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Gentrification and Redlining in Portland

Our pamphlet about Gentrification and Redlining is available here.

We used these sources to compile the information:

Vanport Flood, Stuff You Missed in History Class Podcast by Tracy B Wilson and Holly Fry

The History of Portland’s African American Community

Gentrification & Black Portland

Racial Restrictive Covenants in Portland

Portland: Race Against the Past (Documentary about Portland’s legacy of White Supremacy and housing segregation)

Portland Monthly: “How Oregon’s Racist History Can Sharpen Our Sense of Justice Right Now” by Walidah Imarisha

Learn even more from Black scholars whose work has centered on housing and anti-Black racism in Portland: Walidah Imarisha, Lisa Bates, Robin John-son, Jesse Beason, Carmen Thompson

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Reparations and Reallocation of Wealth

Our pamphlet about Reparations and Reallocation of Wealth is available here.

We used these sources to compile the information:

H.R.40 - Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act (currently sitting in committee)

Hannah-Jones, Nikole. (2020). What is owed: If true justice and equality are ever to be achieved in the United States, the country must finally take seriously what it owes black Americans. The New York Times Magazine.

The Case for Reparations 

British Tax Paid to Slave Owners

Namibia President Hage Geingob says his government has turned down Germany's offer of compensation for colonial-era killings, calling it "not acceptable."

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/12/africa/namibia-rejects-germany-reparation-offer/index.html https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/12/namibia-rejects-german-compensation-offer-over-colonial-violence

https://www.dw.com/en/namibia-germany-reparations/a-54535589

CNBC article on reparations in the U.S.

Aware-LA

Sonya Renee Taylor

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Environmental Racism

Photograph by Erica Cirino, "Sharon Lavigne, founder of RISE St. James, a grass-roots group fighting environmental racism", Cancer Alley, Louisiana, 2020

Our pamphlet about Environmental Racism is available here.

We used these sources to compile the information:

The Movement’s Future: Teaching Our Kids about Environmental Justice

Center for Health, Environment, and Justice

PBS Resource Bank: “ Conditions of antebellum slavery”

Not in My Backyard: Executive Order 12,898 and Title VI as Tools for Achieving Environmental Justice

PBS Teacher’s Lounge: Teaching Environmental Justice

EPA: Environmental Justice Timeline

“Who’s In Danger?: Race, Poverty, and Chemical Distasters”

“Life at the Fenceline: Understanding Cumulative Health Hazards in Environmental Justice Communities”

Climate Justice Alliance/

Earth Justice

Center for Biological Diversity

Indigenous Environmental Network

Communities for a Better Environment

Environmental Justice Foundation

Coalition of Communities of Color

Portland Harbor Community Coalition

OPAL (Oregon People Activating Leaders)

“An Environmental Injustice: Freeway Project Would Increase Pollution in Portland’s Most Polluted Neighborhood”

Sharita Towne, This is a Black Spatial Imaginary

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Building Antiracist Public Schools

Our pamphlet about Building Antiracist Public Schools is available here.

We used these sources to compile the information:

Center for Racial Justice in Education

Don’t Shoot Portland

Shit You Should Care About

Dear Asian Youth

Rachel Cargle

Racial Equity Education

Center for American Progress

EdBuild

UNCF Report, “A Seat at the Table: African American Youth’s Perceptions of K-12 Education”

NYU Research Report, “ Why Is Public School Curriculum Still Whites Only?”

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Black Trans Lives

Our pamphlet about Black Trans Lives is available here.

We used these sources to compile the information:

2015 U.S. Transgender Survey

TIME article on violence against Black trans people

Anti-LGBTQ+ Policies and Orders of the Trump Administration 

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Write in Teressa Raiford

Our pamphlet about mayoral candidate Teressa Raiford is available here.

We used these sources to compile the information:

www.medium.com/@adie.bovee/an-open-letter-regarding-portlands-upcoming-mayoral-runoff-eb31e2624181

www.movingportlandforward.com

www.writeinteressaraiford.com

Check out https://linktr.ee/writeinteressaraiford for more information on Teressa and how you can get involved.

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