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Mónica Mayer: Translocal Translations, Feminist Art in Contemporary Mexico

PSU Lincoln Recital Hall 1620 S. Park Avenue, Portland, OR, United States

In Collaboration with the PSU School of Art and Design and College of the Arts, Portland Women in Arts Lecture Series (PWALS) hosts Mexican feminist artist and activist Mónica Mayer, November 6th-9th, 2018 Mónica Mayer is renowned for pioneering feminist projects such as El Tendedero (The Clothesline), recreated repeatedly since its first iteration in Mexico City in 1978 and proving the continued relevance of the issues she engages. Her work has shown internationally for decades, notably in "WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution" and "Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960-1985." Admission is FREE for all events Portland State University, Lincoln Recital Hall (LH 75) 1620 S. Park Avenue, Portland, Oregon www.pcc.edu/about/events/women-in-art www.facebook.com/PWALS

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The Wisdom of Sun Ra: Music, Myth, and the Altered Destiny

Literary Arts 925 SW Washington Street, Portland, OR, United States

Sun Ra was many things: master jazz pianist, bandleader, composer, as well as an activist, philosopher, and poet. He was also one of the world’s great, if unacknowledged, Mythologists. His work, an expansive space music built on a poetics of the ancient, was intended to transform the consciousness of the people of planet Earth. “My job,” he said “is to change five billion people to something else”. The Human Race needed an alternate destiny – a better world initiated by way of Music, Poetry, and Myth. This was Sun Ra’s offering.  In this Delve we explore the life, work, and poetics of Sun Ra in search of the altered destiny he professed.   A curated selection of Sun Ra’s music will be provided and a portion…

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How We Win: A Guide to Nonviolent Direct Action Campaigning

Powell's City of Books 1005 W Burnside Street, Portland, OR, United States

Beginning as a trainer in the civil rights movement of the 1960s, George Lakey has been on the front lines of social change for decades. Now, in his timely and down-to-earth guide, How We Win: A Guide to Nonviolent Direct Action Campaigning (Melville House), he passes the torch to a new generation of activists hitting the streets. He looks to successful campaigns across the world to help us see what has worked and what hasn’t: from choosing the right target, to designing a creative campaign; from avoiding burnout within your group, to building a movement of movements to achieve real progressive victories. Drawing on the experiences of a diverse set of ambitious change-makers, How We Win shows us the way to justice, peace, and a…

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Black Feminism in the Hashtag Era

Multnomah County Library - North Portland Meeting Room 512 N Killingsworth Street, Portland, OR, United States

Who comes to mind when you think of a feminist? Women of color have played an essential role in laying the groundwork for the #MeToo movement. Join Dr. Shirley A. Jackson in this tour of the intersections of history, race, activism and feminism and come away with tools to embrace your inner activist. Join us for Everybody Reads, Multnomah County Library’s annual community reading project.

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Comic Night!

Guilder Cafe 2393 NE Fremont St., Portland, OR, United States

Join us for an engaging evening about using comics for education and activism! We’ll be joined by local author, artist, and zinester Sarah Mirk and the comic artist who created the Ask Me About Cost of Production comic, Jim “Kett” Kettner. Sarah will present on using comics for educational and activist purposes and will be followed by a live reading of the Ask Me About Cost of Production by authors Mike and Caryn Nelson, and artist Kett. Both presenters will have their own creations available for purchase. The event is free to attend and no registration is required but donations are welcome! This is an all ages event. Happy hour will be available throughout the event.

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THESE ARE STRANGE TIMES, MY DEAR: Wendy Willis on Protest Rights

Mother Foucault's Bookshop 523 SE Morrison St, Portland, OR, United States

On Thursday, February 28 at 7 pm, come hear local author Wendy Willis discuss protest rights and read from her brand new collection of essays, These Are Strange Times, My Dear.  Wendy Willis is a writer living in Portland, Oregon. Winner of the Dorothy Brunsman Poetry Prize, she has published two books of poetry and in journals, including New England Review, Oregon Humanities, Poetry Northwest, The Rumpus, Zócalo Public Square, and ZYZZYVA. Willis is a lawyer, the executive director of the Deliberative Democracy Consortium, and the founder and director of Oregon’s Kitchen Table. Wendy Willis is one of our country’s sharpest observers of politics, art, and the American spirit. Her view is honed by her place as a mother, a poet, and when necessary, as an…

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