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Happy Juneteenth Black folks!
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No politics involved, though mothers and birthing people are heavily politicized. See you Saturday to celebrate the closing of this incredible art exhibit!
Join us Saturday at to celebrate our show ‘Motherhood’ featuring



We’ll have some live music and a dessert tasting by .feast! This is free, open to the public and family friendly event.

A better Portland is possible and it’s going to happen when we all start tapping in and actively do our part. That means more voting. That means more community services and action. That means meeting your neighbors. That means sharing resources. Consistently.
Hiiiii again. I went radio silence post the May 2022 primary election due to exhaustion and frankly a lack of interest in saying much. The loss wasn’t particularly sad for me, but a rough loss for the future of Portland. I sent private emails and messages to thank folks and took space to breath, regroup, heal, and settle into my new place (we moved 10 day before the election, which was planned before I had even decided to run-my new place dreamy af ). I warned y’all I was a different kind of candidate and after giving myself to the public for nearly six months I needed a break. I needed to be with my kid, who the press dragged unnecessarily. He took that s**t hard. He’s fine now, but PDX press yall raggedy and your crappy antics were harmful to a child. I will never forget that.
I do want to say big thank you publicly to all the folks who helped on the campaign, staff, volunteers, those two genius teens I hired, everyone that donated and cheered me on. I appreciate y’all. I met some really incredible people campaigning and I’ll treasure that forever. It was amazing
Running for public office is ugly. Politics is a very unproductive dusty space that isn’t eager to actually make changes that better society or take care of people and it shows. I’m sure there is some politico will I will read that and be livid but it’s true. I am glad I ran but it’s not for me. I don’t really see me going down that road again. I also don’t see many more women, Black people, or radically caring candidates step up unless we as a community get more involved. About 30% of Portland voted in May. That’s not a democracy and we can’t ask folks to give so much if we as a collective don’t show up and do out part. It’s a two way street. Also nothing changes if we don’t participate.
More in the comments. ⬇️