Black Studies - Portland State University

Here is a flyer from a community partner about the upcoming Black Community Summit 2026, May 15 and 16th at PCC Cascade campus.

Thank you to everyone who came out for our Black Bag event with Black Futures Farm, both online and in person - it was wonderful to have so many folks get to hear about this work.
And thank you to PSU Pan-African Commons for partnering and hosting us in their beautiful space.
We will share soon when the recording is available in our Black Bag archives online!

TODAY!

Black Futures Farm: Growing Cooperative Resistance
Feb. 20, 2026
2 pm.

Pan African Commons
Smith Memorial Student Union, rm 236
1825 SW Broadway
And remotely on zoom: https://pdx.zoom.us/j/82423574148

Join Malcolm Hoover and Mirabai Collins, co-founders of Portland's Black Futures Farm for a conversation about Black cooperative farming, and Black placemaking as an act of resistance.

Free and open to the public
Refreshments served
Masks suggested

co-sponsors: Pan African Commons, Center for Black Studies, Black Studies Department

Tomorrow is our Black History Month Black Bag event, hope folks are able to join us!

Black Futures Farm: Growing Cooperative Resistance
Feb. 20, 2026
2 pm.

Pan African Commons
Smith Memorial Student Union, rm 236
1825 SW Broadway
And remotely on zoom: https://pdx.zoom.us/j/82423574148

Join Malcolm Hoover and Mirabai Collins, co-founders of Portland's Black Futures Farm for a conversation about Black cooperative farming, and Black placemaking as an act of resistance.

Free and open to the public
Refreshments served
Masks suggested

co-sponsors: Pan African Commons, Center for Black Studies, Black Studies Department

Oregon's Black History Keepers: 1970s

Dr. Darrell Millner came to Eugene in 1970 to attend the University of Oregon. After earning his doctorate, Darrell began teaching History and Afro-American Literature at Portland State University. He chaired the school’s Black Studies department from 1984 to 1995, and later served as a Board member of Oregon Black Pioneers. As an educator and mentor, Dr. Millner has introduced generations of people to local and national Black history.

In honor of the 100th anniversary of Black History Month, we're highlighting a century of Black history keepers here in Oregon. Without them, so many stories would be lost. We honor and appreciate their essential work this month, and all year round.

Hope you are able to join us for our upcoming Black History Month Black Bag Event!

Black Futures Farm: Growing Cooperative Resistance
Feb. 20, 2026
2 pm.

Pan African Commons
Smith Memorial Student Union, rm 236
1825 SW Broadway
And remotely on zoom: https://pdx.zoom.us/j/82423574148

Join Malcolm Hoover and Mirabai Collins, co-founders of Portland's Black Futures Farm for a conversation about Black cooperative farming, and Black placemaking as an act of resistance.

Free and open to the public
Refreshments served
Masks suggested

co-sponsors: Pan African Commons, Center for Black Studies, Black Studies Department

Oregon's Black History Keepers: 1960s

Martha Anderson (nee Adams) was born in 1910 and spent the first 30 years of her life in Colorado, Idaho, and Nevada. In 1940, she married Walter Anderson and moved to his ranch in Harney County, Oregon. When Walter’s health worsened in 1953, the couple moved to Portland. They purchased the former Hotel Medley and ran it until it was demolished for the Memorial Coliseum in 1959. For the next decade, Martha, now a widow, researched and compiled the stories of other early Black settlers of the west. This culminated in “Black Pioneers of the Northwest, 1800-1918,” one of the first books on PNW Black history.

In honor of the 100th anniversary of Black History Month, we're highlighting a century of Black history keepers here in Oregon. Without them, so many stories would be lost. We honor and appreciate their essential work this month, and all year round.

Historian & Justice Advocate Gwendolyn Trice To Speak at Whitman’s 140th Commencement Ceremony Gwendolyn Trice has been selected as speaker for Whitman College’s 140th Commencement Ceremony on May 24. Trice is Founder and Executive Director of the Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center in Enterprise, Oregon, which celebrates the rich history of African American, Indigenous and immigrant logg...

Hope folks are able to join us in two weeks for our Black History Month Black Bag event.

Black Futures Farm: Growing Cooperative Resistance
Feb. 20, 2026
2 pm.

Pan African Commons
Smith Memorial Student Union, rm 236
1825 SW Broadway
And remotely on zoom: https://pdx.zoom.us/j/82423574148

Join Malcolm Hoover and Mirabai Collins, co-founders of Portland's Black Futures Farm for a conversation about Black cooperative farming, and Black placemaking as an act of resistance.

Free and open to the public
Refreshments served
Masks suggested

co-sponsors: Pan African Commons, Center for Black Studies, Black Studies Department

We hope you will be able to join us for one of our Black History Month events at PSU, where we will explore Black cooperative farming, resistance, and Black placemaking in Portland.

PSU Center for Black Studies/Black Studies Department present a February Black Bag Speakers Series Event.

Black Futures Farm: Growing Cooperative Resistance
Feb. 20, 2026
2 pm.
Pan African Commons
Smith Memorial Student Union, rm 236
1825 SW Broadway
And remotely on zoom: https://pdx.zoom.us/j/82423574148

Join Malcolm Hoover and Mirabai Collins, co-founders of Portland's Black Futures Farm for a conversation about Black cooperative farming, and Black placemaking as an act of resistance.

Free and open to the public
Refreshments served
Masks suggested

co-sponsors: Pan African Commons, Center for Black Studies, Black Studies Department