LitPDX seeks to amplify marginalized voices, and welcomes all, their ideas, their events, and their words.

For details regarding specific events please contact the organizers or venues. If you are an organizer or venue and would like to reach out to us please feel free to contact us or submit an event using our submission form. We’d love to hear from you!

Uncovering our Resilience, Gratitude, and Connections During COVID-19

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Together, we will share our challenges during COVID-19 and through storytelling, discover how we might create a path of healing for both ourselves and our loved ones. Paul Iarrobino is a skilled facilitator and founder of Our Bold Voices, a local storytelling company. This event is for adults aged 50+. Please include your email address in your registration so we can send you information on how to join this virtual event.

Free

Covid-19 Story Time with Pediatrician Dr. Beth Links Torwekar

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Next Virtual Event! Dr. Beth Links Torwekar Reads JULIE AND THE EVIL QUEEN An Educational Story just for kids about Covid-19! We will post a Facebook Page Link on Tuesday, June 2nd at 11am. Hear this amazing new book written by a local pediatrician to help kids deal with the pandemic!

Free

Deadline: RACC Support Beam

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

We're extending the timeline, recognizing the impacts of the protest movement and COVID-19 on the intended community this program is designed to support. Tell your friends and please apply by Friday, June 12th. Support Beam is an initiative to further emerging visual artists making work in Oregon and Southwest Washington over a period of three to six months. The selection panel will prioritize submissions from Black and Indigenous artists, and artists of color. New work produced during Support Beam is artist-defined and can utilize any discipline or media that can ultimately be wall mounted. Individual grants will be between $3,000 and $5,000.

Free