Black Lives Matter: Portland Events, Resources, Markets, Lectures, & More

An updated calendar of 2024 Portland events including Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Black History Month, Movies, Concerts, Historical Presentations & Walks, Lectures, Festivals, & more!

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2024 Portland Black Lives Matter Events:

• February 6: Celebrating Black Film History – Quilombo @ Clinton Street Theater | 7PM (more info)
• February 7: A Dose of Burlesque @ The Pharmacy (NW 21st) | 9PM, All-black Cast in Honor of Black History Month (more info)
• February 8: Celebrating Black Film History – Top of the Heap @ Clinton Street Theater | 7PM (more info)
• February 8: Cascade Festival of African Films @ PCC Cascade | Free, The Last Shelter @ 7PM
• February 9: Cascade Festival of African Films @ PCC Sylvania | Free, Elesin Oba, The King’s Horseman @ 7PM
• February 10: Celebrating Black Film History – Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song @ Clinton Street Theater | 7PM (more info)
• February 10: Cascade Festival of African Films @ PCC Cascade | Free, Married to Work @ 2PM, Omen @ 7PM
• February 11: Cascade Festival of African Films @ Tomorrow | Free, Mambar Pierrette @ 6PM
• February 13: Fat Tuesday Celebration with Les Blank @ Clinton Street Theater | 7PM (more info)
• February 15: Cascade Festival of African Films @ PCC Cascade | Free, Tamaaden @ 7PM
• February 16: Cascade Festival of African Films @ The Hollywood Theatre | Free, Sira @ 6:30PM
• February 17: Celebrating Black Film History – Deep Cover @ Clinton Street Theater | 7PM (more info)
• February 17: Multnomah County REACH Presents When Health & Wellness Meets Economic Development Fair @ Lloyd Center | Noon-3PM, Learn About Living Longer & Healthier Lives, Free Lunch
• February 17: Black History Month: African Storytelling @ Sellwood-Moreland Library | 11AM (more info)
• February 17: Black History Month: Hip-Hop Soulsation @ Hollywood Library | 3PM (more info)
• February 17: Cascade Festival of African Films @ PCC Cascade | Free, 5 Short Films @ 2PM, Mwabi/Can You See US? @ 7PM
• February 18: Celebrating Black Film History – Nope @ Clinton Street Theater | 3PM & 7PM (more info)
• February 18: Black History Month: Family Craft Sundays @ Hillsdale Library | Noon-4PM (more info)
• February 18: Black History Month: Stones, Bones and Black Eyed Peas @ Woodstock Library | 2PM (more info)
• February 18: Community Art Build with Don’t Shoot PDX & Media Pollution @ PNCA | 11AM-3PM (more info)
• February 20: Celebrating Black Film History – Sambizanga @ Clinton Street Theater | 7PM (more info)
• February 20: Black History Month: Gumbo Screening @ St. Johns Library | 6PM (more info)
• February 22: Cascade Festival of African Films @ PCC Cascade | Free, Sisterhood @ 7PM
• February 22: Seattle Black Panthers Fight for Justice & Freedom @ Clinton Street Theater | 7PM (more info)
• February 23: Fantasy Gets a Mattress @ Clinton Street Theater | 7PM (more info)
• February 23: Cascade Festival of African Films @ PCC Cascade | Free, Our Lady of the Chinese Shop @ 7PM
• February 24: Celebrating Black Film History – The Watermelon Woman @ Clinton Street Theater | 7PM (more info)
• February 24: MLK Walk the Walk March Through History Across the St. Johns Bridge | 9AM-Noon (more info)
• February 24: Black History Month: Black Family Storytime @ Hollywood Library | 10:15-10:45AM (more info)
• February 24: Black History Month: Honoring Black Heritage Through Art @ Gresham Library | 2-4PM (more info)
• February 24: Black History Month: African Storytelling @ Capitol Hill Library | 2-2:45PM (more info)
• February 24: Cascade Festival of African Films @ PCC Cascade | Free, Hawa @ 7PM, All the Colors of the Wold are Between Black and White @ 7PM
• February 25: Black History Month: Family Craft Sundays @ Hillsdale Library | Noon-4PM (more info)
• February 25: Black History Month: Matriarch Celebration and Panel @ Central Library | 1-3:30PM (more info)
• February 27: Celebrating Black Film History – Undercover Brother @ Clinton Street Theater | 7PM (more info)
• February 27: Black History Month: Paint with He(ART) @ Hollywood Library | 5-7PM (more info)
• February 27: Black History Month: Stones, Bones and Black-Eyed Peas @ Troutdale Library | 5-6PM (more info)
• February 27: Black History Month: Hip-Hop, Beyond Beats and Rhymes Film Screening @ St. Johns Library | 6-7PM (more info)
• February 28: Black History Month: Black Family Storytime @ Gresham Library | 6-6:45PM (more info)
• February 29: Celebrating Black Film History – Symbio – psychotaxiplasm: Take One @ Clinton Street Theater | 7PM (more info)
• February 29: Cascade Festival of African Films @ PCC Cascade | Free, Transactions @ 7PM
• March 1: Cascade Festival of African Films @ PCC Cascade | Free, The Mother of All Lies @ 7PM
• March 2: Cascade Festival of African Films @ PCC Cascade | Free, Lionheart @ 2PM, Banel & Adama @ 7PM
• Juneteenth: Portland Juneteenth Celebrations: Freedom Day Marches, Speakers, Music, Rides & More!

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Related Events and Info:

• Black-owned Restaurants in Portland: iloveblackfood.com/pdx-directory
• Travel Oregon: Experience Black-Owned Restaurants in Oregon
• Black, African American, or African Businesses in Portland: mercatuspdx.com
• Travel Noire: How to Spend 24 Hours in Black-owned Portland
• Travel Oregon: 6 Must Visit Black-History Spots in Oregon
• Race Talks PDX: Relationship Gardening Offers Emotional Support via Video Chat w/ a Licensed Professional Counselor
  
• Facebook: /blacklivesmatterpdx
• Instagram: @pdx.blm.events

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