AfroVillage PDX

Over the next five years, AfroVillage will transition from a proven community-based initiative into a permanent place-based hub for healing, leadership, and opportunity in Portland’s Black and culturally connected communities. Building on three years of demonstrated work through the pandemic and beyond, AfroVillage will establish the AfroVillage Oasis as a stable community space where residents can access culturally grounded healing practices, food and land-based workforce pathways, and leadership development opportunities in one connected environment. “Community members continue to shape how AfroVillage evolves.”

In five years, AfroVillage will operate the Oasis as a permanent, community-led hub where healing, leadership, and workforce opportunity grow together, serving as a model for culturally grounded community infrastructure nationwide.

Gladys McCoy spent her life naming what Portland tried to hide.
As a civil rights leader, educator, and Multnomah County Commissioner, she fought against:
the destruction of Black neighborhoods in Albina
displacement caused by “urban renewal”
housing policies that extracted Black wealth while erasing Black presence
She survived the Vanport Flood, witnessed the deliberate dismantling of Black Portland, and spent decades demanding accountability from systems that displaced families in the name of progress. Gladys McCoy warned us what happens when cities grow without justice.
Black Portland paid the price.
AfroVillage exists because displacement is not history — it is ongoing.
We build housing, land stewardship, and climate resilience as repair.
🖤 Black Futures Are Made Here.
AfroVillage | 2026

Join Brown Hope, AfroVillage PDX, and Urban League of Portland at Alberta Abbey for a community celebration honoring MLK Jr.

Featuring a facilitated panel of local racial justice leaders, a powerful performance by .ettasworld, and space to reflect on the wisdom of Civil Rights ancestors as we continue the march toward freedom.

Volunteers are still needed and welcomed.
$10 suggested donation to support this work.

Join Brown Hope, AfroVillage PDX, and Urban League of Portland at Alberta Abbey to honor MLK Jr. with a special community celebration.

We will have a facilitated panel of local racial justice leaders about what wisdom MLK and Civil Rights ancestors can offer to guide us through the challenges we face.

We will also get to experience a brilliant performance by .ettasworld !

Join@us to honor Martin Luther King Jr. and continue the march towards freedom!

We are still in need of volunteers and would love to include you!

Support this important work with a $10 suggest donation.