Portland Equity in Action

Portland Equity in Action Portland Equity in Action is an anti-racist, social change, awareness and advocacy action organization.

Portland Equity in Action (PEA) is a local community action group comprised of individuals with a range of professional skills and resources, dedicated to building racial equity in Portland. Our purpose is to confront and disrupt the rampant complacency in this city regarding issues of white supremacy and racial inequity. We aim to create a public demand for change to the inequitable structure of

our society, through stimulating and challenging visual campaigns. PEA started as a small Racial Equity work group in early 2017. Since then, we have grown into a highly motivated, and independently functioning grassroots organization; pursuing racial equity both through our direct work in the community and within the organizational structure in which we operate. Our current focus is in organizing the Stolen Angels PDX Billboard Project, in partnership with five local families who lost their sons in violent acts of murder. From our website:

"The Stolen Angels PDX Billboard Project is a multifaceted public ad campaign highlighting racial disparities in access to power structures and policy, as well as media coverage and representation within institutions throughout the Portland area. Through this campaign, we hope to demand public attention for the unjust nature of the deaths of Quanice Hayes, Bodhi Phelps, Christopher Kalonji, Terrell Johnson, and Larnell Bruce, at the hands of law enforcement and white supremacists; and ignite change in policy and policing that criminalizes and victimizes certain members of our community, rather than protecting and serving all of us."

There is no justice, Black lives mattering, or racial equity unless this country pays its debts for the last 400 years o...
09/04/2020

There is no justice, Black lives mattering, or racial equity unless this country pays its debts for the last 400 years of robbing my ancestors.

Full stop. Period. The end.
09/04/2020

Full stop. Period. The end.

Boosting this scorching take down of our complicit council members by one of the fiercest advocates I know - because th...
08/08/2020

Boosting this scorching take down of our complicit council members by one of the fiercest advocates I know - because there are no lies and ableism is white supremacy.
*Image text in comments*
@ Portland, Oregon

A few more for the gram. @ Portland, Oregon
08/04/2020

A few more for the gram.
@ Portland, Oregon

DEFUND. REINVEST. PROTECT. Outside of the offices for their abolition campaign ✊🏽
08/04/2020

DEFUND. REINVEST. PROTECT. Outside of the offices for their abolition campaign ✊🏽

Hire Black. Buy Black. Elect Black. @ Hawthorne Bridge
07/16/2020

Hire Black. Buy Black. Elect Black.
@ Hawthorne Bridge

Let this be a reminder to everyone @ Portland, Oregon
07/10/2020

Let this be a reminder to everyone @ Portland, Oregon

If you are a BIPOC provider in the Portland area, let me know so I can share your page, cuz we need y’all right nowThank...
07/06/2020

If you are a BIPOC provider in the Portland area, let me know so I can share your page, cuz we need y’all right now
Thank you to for this sobering reminder of why I’m not in therapy 🙃
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As you thought about seeking counseling, did this question come up for you? Depending on where you live, it might have been hard to find a counselor who was a good fit based on your identities, experiences, and needs.⁣
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Our mental health systems are still primarily white. White leaders, practitioners, educators, supervisors, and gatekeepers. Just look at the numbers! Nationally and here in Oregon. Notice the overrepresentation of white mental health professionals and underrepresentation of BIPOC mental health professionals in Oregon? Indigenous and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander wouldn't even show up on the graph, that's how few there are! ⁣
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What role have the larger systems played in making this a reality? And what price are our BIPOC communities facing as a result of the lack of access?⁣
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There are unexpected consequences when there are so few BIPOC mental health professionals. Like cultivating a sense of community within the communities that we live and work in. If I am one of the only few Muslim and South Asian counselors, moment to moment, myself and people in those identities have to make decisions about whether we're going to be friends or we are going to be counselor/client. That is a tough process, particularly when I as a mental health professional am seeking community. ⁣
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Do these numbers alarm you? They alarm me. ⁣
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👇🏾Let me know below: how challenging has it been for you to find a mental health professional that is a good fit for you? If you are a mental health professional, how does this racial landscape affect how you navigate these systems?⁣ @ Portland, Oregon

Welp. Another one bites the dust. I’ve made two additional attempts to contact them since my response here but they’ve g...
07/02/2020

Welp. Another one bites the dust. I’ve made two additional attempts to contact them since my response here but they’ve gone radio silent.
Even tho I’m more than used to this by now, the disappointment grows exponentially each time. For every billboard I’ve put out on our streets, there’s 4+ laying in a scrap pile somewhere because somehow someone saw into the future and determined that my words will without a doubt place certain lives and livelihoods in imminent danger. At which point, the cost of working with me in any capacity becomes much too high. *You know who you are*
At least this time all of you can be disappointed with me lol. Thank you to everyone who spoke up. It didn’t really work, but at least dude can’t co-opt or profit off Black Lives now. Swipe to see the designs couldn’t stand behind. @ Portland, Oregon

Had to put this one back up cuz these institutions will do everything except hear us. @ MAX-Psu Urban Ce...
06/23/2020

Had to put this one back up cuz these institutions will do everything except hear us.
@ MAX-Psu Urban Center-SW 5th & Mill

JuSt dOnT cOmMiT aNy CrImEs @ Portland, Oregon
06/16/2020

JuSt dOnT cOmMiT aNy CrImEs @ Portland, Oregon

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