QTBIPOC RESOURCES
Links and Resources centering the needs and voices of Queer and Trans Black, Indigenous, and People of Color
Portland African American Leadership Forum
The Portland African American Leadership Forum helps our Black community imagine the alternatives we deserve and build our civic participation and leadership to achieve those alternatives.
Ori Gallery
https://www.oriartgallery.com/
Ori Gallery is the brain child of the creative duo Maya Vivas & Leila Haile. Together they seek to reclaim and redefine "the white cube" through amplifying the voices of Trans and Queer Artists of color, community organizing and mobilization through the arts.
In addition to our rotating exhibitions, we also offer classes and workshops to the community for free or low-cost such as PoC figure drawing, Grant Writing for the People, Arts for Direct Action and meet-ups for Queer and Trans creatives of color.
Don’t Shoot Portland
Our organizational work and activism, including direct community education workshops, support the outreach of our continued advocacy as first respondents and has helped community members contribute through direct engagement and legislative value. There are a vast amount of policy based assets influenced and being harnessed in our strategic building of relationships and networks used toward the shift in culture and systemic discrimination. Activists from the front line need to be encouraged to continue frank and honest conversations about our connection with Ferguson and race in American and its influence within politics.
Unite Oregon
Led by people of color, immigrants and refugees, rural communities, and people experiencing poverty, we work across Oregon to build a unified intercultural movement for justice. Unite Oregon represents over 13,000 supporters and members across Oregon.
The Kathleen Saadat Leadership Fund
The leadership fund has been set up in Kathleen's honor and will give money directly to Black LGBTQ Oregonians who want to take the next step in their personal leadership journey – whether it’s taking a class or applying for a business license or buying supplies to put on a community event or renting a bus to take to Salem to speak with their legislators about issues that matter to their communities.
ABOVE FOUR Fund
Grants to USA Black Women Artists for Support During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Grants of up to $500 to USA Black women artists for support during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Funding is intended for applicants that have lost gigs, opportunities, or income due to COVID-19 or as a stipend for an on-going creative project. The goal of the funding source is to continue empowering black women and their artistic practices.
Ten, Tiny, Talks Artist Residency Program
Ten, Tiny, Talks offers ten paid artist residency positions to Black and Indigenous Trans and Queer artists and serves as a celebration and festival for Black and Indigenous trans and queer art.