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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.

Free

Black Feminist Summer School (PDX)

PSU Women's Resource Center 1802 SW 10th Ave, Portland, OR, United States

REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED AT https://forms.gle/ruD6uUWRp8tTQ5ic8 The Black Feminist Summer School is an underground freedom school that explores the teachings of Black Feminist Thought (BFT). This pop-up school will deep-dive into the co-constitutive relationship between pain and pleasure using black feminist texts as theory. In other words, the question I am posing is: what is the bittersweetness of Black Feminism? My hope is that we can intimately explore this question together. Borrowing from Fred Moten, The Black Feminist Summer School (BFSS) will follow this model of study: “When I think about the way we were using the term ‘study,’ I think we were committed to the idea that study is what you do with other people. It’s talking and walking around with other people, working, dancing,…

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$10 – $25

Social Justice Book Club (Remote)

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Join us Saturday March 20th at 6:30pm for Social Justice Book Club. Since March is Women's History Month we will discuss Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall. PAPERBACK RELEASE: 2/23/21 Preorder on our website. (If you do not want to wait until then please email us and we'll order you the hardcover). Join us Saturday March 20th at 6:30pm for Social Justice Book Club to discuss Hood Feminism. Book club picks may not be currently in stock but will show that way so we can have an idea on how many to order. You will be contacted when your book is ready for pickup and provided the password to the book club as well. About the book: A potent and electrifying critique of today's feminist movement…

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$15 – $25
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