Episode 2: AfroVillage Movement takes shape

Additional reading:

• AfroVillage

• Bleeding Albina: A History of Community Disinvestment, 1940‐2000

• Gentrification and Displacement Study: implementing an equitable inclusive development strategy in the context of gentrification by Lisa K. Bates

• ‘Why Aren't There More Black People In Oregon: A Hidden History’ presented by Walidah Imarisha

• History of Racist Planning in Portland

• Race and Homelessness Research

Summary:

Community health worker, activist and grassroots organizer LaQuida Landford talks about her roots in Belize and her lived experience of homelessness, and how both shape her vision for the AfroVillage Movement. She has worked for several Portland area nonprofits working on homelessness including Central City Concern, JOIN, and Urban League of Portland. Now she is creating her own movement. The AfroVillage will be a healing space for communities of color.