The activist sat down with a Street Roots vendor to talk about the movement he helped launch Four years ago, DeRay Mckesson was virtually unknown. When he watched the protests that followed the 2014 police shooting of Michael Brown on television, he was w ...
23 Mar 2018 - Emily Green
Nathaniel Williams and his friends created Unify Portland to provide positive role models for youths The prevalence of gangs in Portland is a symptom of a community torn apart, said Nathaniel Williams – and it’s only part of the problem. “The black commun ...
26 May 2016 - Emily Green
Racial injustice in the City of Roses, from the perspectives of young black men who live here Before sharing the mic with the nine young men seated with him at the table, moderator and Multnomah County employee Kory Murphy solemnly listed off statistics i ...
29 Oct 2015 - Emily Green