Happy Pride + Community Actions!
Banner commemoration made by DSP youth artist Ameya Okamoto.
It's Pride 2022 and we still have work to do in making the world a safe place for our LGBTQQIP2SAA community. We choose this month and every month of the year to uplift, support and celebrate the work of our queer friends, family and community. Our voices matter to create change and we are forever proud and motivated by the actions of social movement leaders to make this happen.
“White House marks Pride Month amid wave of anti-LGBTQ legislation”
We have so much further to go and we will get there together!
Press conference with Don't Shoot Portland, Allen Fremont Plaza residents, and Underdog Law Firm. Photo by Hattie Watson.
Thank you to the residents at the Allen Fremont Plaza Apartments for inviting Don’t Shoot Portland to support your community listening sessions in order to demand a livable environment for vulnerable renters.
(June 1, 2022) – Tenants of the Allen Fremont Plaza held a press conference after they filed suit against their landlord, Reach-Allen LLC (Reach Community Development) for failure to maintain habitable premises in accordance withOregon law.
Legal advocacy and services are being provided with support from Don't Shoot PDX and civil rights law firm OlsenDaines. For a copy of the tenants' complaints, email alacia@alaciajayne.com.
If you have experienced violations of your rental rights as a tenant and are seeking legal support, please see our advocacy form here. We would be honored to connect you with legal referrals.
This Saturday June 4th, we are calling for community members to show up at Allen Fremont Plaza Apartments from 9am to 1pm to do a clean-up for residents. Due to REACH’s failure of leadership, the residents have been dealing with terrible conditions for several years.
There is a crucial need for this kind of support, so please spread the word to friends and family to help this community in their time of need!
Please respond to this email or reach out to contact@dontshootpdx.org for more details on showing up.
Save the Date: We will be hosting a free day of meals, community engagement and art education programming. Please join us on June 19 at Kee’s Loaded Kitchen for free food and community building to celebrate Juneteenth!
June 19th, 2022 at 5020 NE Martin Luther King JR Blvd starting at 1pm.