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Thank God the Billy Webb Elks Lodge is on the mend. Finally, it seems they are beginning to handle the business of getting this beloved building and its programs back up and running. Some know that this is one of the few black-owned and operated buildings in Portland and Oregon. They are not home yet, … Read more
The Portland branch of the NAACP can be accused of being asleep at the switch if we don’t get the word out. Attached is our poster and flyer about this coming election process. Please be patient with us as we try to make up for lost time in this critical election season. If you are … Read more
As a grandparent, I am acutely aware of what is riding on my shoulders. We need you to step up for the future of our kids, grandkids, and great-grandkids. We need your help at the NAACP to foster a “Kids First” agenda focused on what Byron Allen has tried to tell us. Byron Allen talking … Read more
I woke up this morning the sun was shining knowing that today was my birthday. I was thinking if anyone wanted to give me a gift, I would ask them to JOIN our Portland Branch of the NAACP 1120-B (pdxnaacp.org). This is not too much to ask because God knows the fight against racism, discrimination, … Read more
Askari, as we called him, will be greatly missed. It is a privilege to assist in the memorial celebration of his life this Saturday at the Lloyd Center Mall next to our NAACP office. To know him is to love him. Come hear his story at 1:00 pm. He truly exemplifies our love for black … Read more
I know this is Black History Month but I am still surprised that very few people, blacks in particular, know about this great black woman and the contribution she made to blacks in Oregon and across the USA. When in June 1928, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) chose to hold … Read more