Reclaiming Black Pleasure opens in Rockwood Sunday, Oct. 30, with music, meals and celebration of group

October 27, 2022

Neighborhood members are invited to a Reclaiming Black Pleasure occasion within the Rockwood neighborhood on Sunday, Oct. 30, from midday to five p.m.

This cultural occasion is one in a collection of month-to-month gatherings which have taken place all through the summer season and fall to have fun group and unfold pleasure by meals, tradition, music, and leisure. The occasions have been held at Dawson Park.

This time, individuals attending in East County will get an opportunity to study and obtain safety-net assets and assist native companies and distributors. The occasion coincides with The Individuals’s Market, occurring each third Sunday of the month till Jan. fifteenth at Rockwood Market Corridor.

The occasion begins with a group stroll at Vance Park, 1400 S.E. 182nd Ave, Portland, OR 97233 at midday and proceeds to the Rockwood Market Corridor, 458 S.E. 185th Ave, Portland, OR 97233 the place the festivities start at 1 p.m. will proceed till 5:00 p.m.

Play Develop Be taught (PGL), in partnership with Multnomah County’s Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) program, is organizing Reclaiming Black Pleasure.

Anthony Bradley and Germaine Flentroy of Play Develop Be taught will lead the half-mile group stroll from Vance Park as a part of the Gresham Strolling Marketing campaign and Multnomah County’s “Lively Individuals, Wholesome Multnomah” initiative. 

Gresham’s Mayor Travis Stovall will then open the occasion at 1:00 p.m. The primary 350 attendees can accumulate a ticket on the welcome desk to trade for a meal, freed from cost. Meals and different items will probably be obtainable for buy all through the day.

Music and leisure begins instantly  after mayoral remarks and bulletins. They embody celebrated musical artist DJ O.G. ONE who will lend his skills to host the occasion from 1:00 p.m. to five:00 p.m. Different units embody William “Chill Will” Scriven, Charles Hysaw and Press Forth Gospel Band, and dance efficiency and poetry studying by Play Develop Be taught’s youth group.

Reclaiming Black Pleasure can even function the official launch of a newly-designed breastfeeding house at Rockwood Market Corridor. The African American Breastfeeding Coalition of Oregon, Multnomah County’s Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program, the Black Parent Initiative, the Healthy Birth Initiative, and the REACH program are excited to open this lactation room to the general public in continued assist of breastfeeding mother and father.

Sponsoring group REACH, will probably be among the many many group organizations sharing details about assets and upcoming occasions. COVID-19 vaccinations will probably be obtainable. Volunteers are nonetheless wanted to assist with day-of-event actions and assist. To volunteer, please e mail Play Develop Be taught at: LGarnerpgl@gmail.com. We hope to see you there!

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