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HOT MIC
April 5, 2019 @ 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Free – $10In February, two Black women organizers were unexpectedly laid off in an attempt to quietly dissolve the radical organizing collective, The Woodlawn MIC. Located in the heart of NE Portland’s historically Black, and heavily gentrified Woodlawn neighborhood, The Woodlawn MIC is the city’s only space dedicated to the preservation of local, progressive, Black- and Brown-led community organizations. Since 2017, The MIC has been returning space, place, power, and resources directly to BIPOC communities and organizers, by circumventing structural accessibility gaps that limit our ability to organize ourselves, create our own solutions, and build within our own communities.
HOT MIC is an open mic & fundraiser presented by Gentrification is WEIRD! for these women extending themselves to keep the collective running and make Portland a better place to live.
It’s a night to share your songs, dance, poems, thoughts etc. and flames of all forms!
Join us for the HOT MIC!
FEATURED PERFORMANCES BY:
[E]mpress
Suggested donation at door: $5-$10; nobody turned away for lack of funds!
WOODLAWN MIC MISSION:
To be a community hub that amplifies the voices of systematically displaced communities by carving out spaces for people of color to thrive in a gentrified Portland.
MIC Partners include: Portland Harbor Community Coalition, Portland Equity in Action, Sacred Lattice, Social Justice Fund NW, GNCM, FIYA, Gabriella PDX, Portland Soo Bahk Do, Fallow Ground Ministries, PDX Alliance for Self-Care – PDX ASC, Portland African American Leadership Forum (PAALF)
To support immediately send money to:
Cashapp: $gentryisweird
Venmo: @gentryisweird
For early open mic sign up email gentrificationisweird@gmail.com with your name, and what medium you’ll be performing in. NOTE: There will also be a sign up sheet at the event!
*ALL PROCEEDS WILL GO DIRECTLY TO THE ORGANIZERS OF THE MIC*