Portland in Black at The Low End

Portland in Black is a cultural preservation series to grow community connections, build archival skills, and work on personal projects. Portland in Black: Documenting Our Lives in the City of Roses is a cultural preservation series designed to grow community connections, build archival skills, and work on personal projects. Presented by Don't Shoot Portland, these hands-on workshops coincide with archival art exhibits to invite people to learn archiving skills and lift community stories, particularly within the underrepresented Black community. Attendees learn how to conduct research, document personal histories, and leave with an archival starter kit that includes best practices for preserving photos, documents, scrapbooks, art and textiles. Portland in Black at The Low End Saturday Nov 28 670 N Russell Street 12 - 4pm The monthly series generally takes place within our digitizing library space, the Black Memory Lab, but this special event will take place within The Low End. Don’t Shoot Portland is an arts and education organization that promotes social justice and civic participation. Our mission is to harness the power of creative expression to inspire, educate, and mobilize communities towards equity, justice, and transformative social impact. The BLACK Gallery powered by DSPDX is an extension of this programming, centering art as activism to showcase underrepresented artists. @dontshootpdx @theblackgallerypdx