RACE TALKS: Uniting to Break the Chains of Racism

presents

An Evening of Conversation & Performance:

THE LIVING ICONS SERIES

This year, we are celebrating local LIVING ICONS: Portlanders who have made significant contributions to racial justice through their contributions to the arts, culture, and music. These Icons have embodied excellence over decades, and have left an indelible mark on our community and culture.

This is a four-part series and fundraiser for RACE TALKS. Each evening of the four-part series will honor two LIVING ICONS, who through their work and community contributions and activism, have a shared history and relationship. We will listen to our Icons’ inspiring stories while we enjoy a sumptuous dinner, intimate conversation, and musical performances. Our series theme is “OPULENT JOY: Filling Our Cracks with Gold.”

September 12th LIVING ICONS:

URAL THOMAS
Widely recognized as one of the most exciting singers remaining from the original soul era, and an active musical institution
for over 60 years

MEL BROWN
Making his mark as a Motown drummer, he remains one of the most active, influential, and respected artists in the area jazz scene since the 1970s, and continuous to perform weekly five decades later

As the third installment of the series, we have planned as intimate dinner parties between close friends; seating is limited. The attire is dress to impress. These dinners serve as our premier 2023 fundraising events for RACE TALKS: Uniting to Break the Chains of Racism. We want you to reach into your open heart and giving soul. Ticket pricing includes: the cost of dinner, honorariums for our ICONS, and a donation to RACE TALKS.

Our program will be recorded and broadcast at a later date on Open Signal’s community local television channel, and will become part of the recorded history of Portland. You will be the live studio audience as we record these celebrations and our Icons’ stories.

Tickets available at racetalkspdx.com and mcmenamins.com.

Questions: info@racetalkspdx.com; 971-361-9191

LIVING ICONS: September 12, 2023

By RACE TALKS

LIVING ICONS: September 12, 2023

Opulent Joy: Filling our cracks with gold

Team Members