Feb 28, 2019 | Black or African American, Music and Art, Professional Services, Story
“I’m very staunch about figuring out how to treat people, not well, but at the height of care.” Intisar Abioto | Artist Share this Story In her 8 years living in Portland, Intisar Abioto has profoundly influenced how the city and the state tell culturally...
Feb 27, 2019 | Black or African American, Health and Wellness, Professional Services, Story
“When you endure for so long and you’re always enduring and fighting, that becomes your normal state. So you need more than ever that refuge of the outdoors and that space to be away from it all and be with people who are like you.”Mercy Shammah | Founder and...
Dec 30, 2018 | Black or African American, Professional Services, Story
In the process of starting their company, the Somali-born owners of PDX Yellow Cab found themselves widening the entrepreneurial landscape of their field. The driver-owned cooperative launched in 2016, but its existence is the culmination of a four-year journey on the...
Dec 29, 2018 | Black or African American, Music and Art, Professional Services, Story
“We’re able to build out much more intricate programming with resources, so that’s profound for us.” — Natalie Figueroa In the summer of 2015, a community of creative of color came together to launch Y.G.B. (Young Gifted and...
Dec 19, 2018 | Black or African American, Professional Services, Story
“We are a design and manufacturing company for clean tech long flight endurance unmanned aerial vehicles. We design drones, essentially.” — Ben Berry Ben Berry is the CEO of...
Dec 19, 2018 | Black or African American, Professional Services, Story
“The fantasy does pertain to us. We just have to create the support structures.” – Cole Reed Before relocating to Portland in 2015, Greenhaus Gallery was already a revered...
