Join Respond to Racism for a presentation of African Americans of Portland with author Kimberly Stowers Moreland.
Kimberly Stowers Moreland owns Moreland Resource Consulting and has over 30+ years of experience in the public sector, including urban, historic preservation, community development, and urban planning. She began documenting Portland’s Black history as a city planner with the City of Portland. She worked with the community advisory committee and local historians to produce History of Portland’s African American History (1805 to the Present). Moreland assisted the City of Portland in successfully listing five historic buildings significant to Portland’s African American history.
The program is at the Lake Theater & Café, 106 North State Street in Lake Oswego. Admission is free and no ticket is required (though food and drink purchase are encouraged to offset the cost to the Lake Theater). Doors open at 6:30, the presentation begins at 7:00.
For more information, contact Alicia Yokoyama at ayokoyama@lakeoswego.city or 503-534-4228. This presentation is supported by the Friends of the Lake Oswego Public Library.