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.”

May 9th LIVING ICONS:

SHIRLEY NANETTE
A stellar performer with demonstrated skill across genres, whether pop, torch, R&B, jazz, or gospel

LARHONDA STEELE
"The First Lady of Portland Blues,” a Blues and gospel singer and songwriter, recognized as one the region's best rhythm and blues vocalists

This is the second of the series we have planned as intimate dinner parties between close friends; seating is limited. The attire is dress to impress. These quarterly dinners will 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; art and auction items also available.

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: May 9, 2023

By RACE TALKS

LIVING ICONS: May 9, 2023

Opulent Joy: Filling our cracks with gold

Team Members