The Blacktastic Adventure

Arts & Culture Podcasts

Audio-only episodes of The Blacktastic Adventure: A Virtual Exploration of Oregon's Black Diaspora. Hosted by Bruce Poinsette.

Location:

United States

Genres:

Arts & Culture Podcasts

Description:

Audio-only episodes of The Blacktastic Adventure: A Virtual Exploration of Oregon's Black Diaspora. Hosted by Bruce Poinsette.

Language:

English

Episodes

Donovan Scribes | Blacktastic Extras

4/15/2022

Duration:00:22:31

Black News Future Part 3 feat. Candace Avalos, Sen. Akasha Lawrence Spence and Winta Yohannes | Blacktastic Extras

4/15/2022

“Black News Future” is a 3-part panel series exploring the current state of Black news media in Portland and the future of the landscape going forward. The panels each have themes, which are Black media and politics, Black print media and Black-owned radio. Each panel features 2-3 guests from Portland’s Black media community, ranging from columnists to podcasters to editors and more. This series is sponsored by the University of Oregon Agora Journalism Center. This panel focuses on the interface between local politics and media. It explores the role of traditional journalism and editorials in influencing campaigns around Black issues, as well as looks at examples such as the Rose Quarter development project and recent non-general elections. Panelists- Candace Avalos, Winta Yohannes and State Sen. Akasha Lawrence Spence Candace Avalos is a first generation American “Blacktina”, daughter of Black Americans from the south and Guatemalan immigrants. She currently serves as the Executive Director at Verde. Prior to her venture into the nonprofit world, she worked at Portland State University for 8 years providing civic engagement education and advising support for student leaders. Originally from Virginia, she lives in NE Portland and is an active member of her community, such as a co-founder of the Black Millennial Movement, serving on the Citizen Review Committee and Charter Review Commission for the City of Portland, as well as on the boards of Portland: Neighbors Welcome, Street Roots, and the Oregon Kickball Club. Sen. Akasha Lawrence Spence is an innovator, change agent, and intuitive strategist who puts community first. She proudly serves NW and SW Portland and The City of Tigard as Oregon State Senator for District 18. She is also the Founder & Principal Designer of Fifth Element—a conscientious community development firm fortifying historically undercapitalized communities through decision making power and real property ownership. Winta Yohannes serves as the executive director of the Albina Vision Trust - a nonprofit organization stewarding the thoughtful reinvention and transformation of lower Albina, from which thousands of primarily African Americans residents were forcibly displaced. Previously, she served as a senior policy advisor in Portland City Hall and is passionate about connecting community power to the political process. Winta grew up in Northeast Portland and graduated from Reed College. Support the show

Duration:01:24:12

Black News Future Part 1 feat. Mac Smiff, Jenni Moore and Donovan Scribes | Blacktastic Extras

2/7/2022

Duration:00:53:08

Black News Future Part 2 feat. Morgan Jones and Kan Jones | Blacktastic Extras

2/7/2022

Duration:01:23:20

Amber Boydston | Blacktastic Extras

2/7/2022

Duration:00:20:34

My Run-In with Bizarro World Black Karen at Lloyd Center (Blacktastic Extras)

12/19/2021

Duration:00:33:53

Donovan Smith (Blacktastic Extras)

10/18/2021

Duration:00:42:52

Esperanza Tervalon-Garrett (Blacktastic Extras)

10/18/2021

Duration:00:30:37

Mac Smiff and Verbz (Blacktastic Extras)

10/18/2021

Duration:00:20:44

Tyree Harris (Blacktastic Extras)

10/18/2021

Duration:00:29:22

Amber Starks

10/11/2021

Help me make videos and join the monthly discussions: https://www.patreon.com/brucepoinsette Sign up for classes and check out the latest bylines: https://www.brucepoinsette.com Subscribe to the monthly newsletter: https://www.brucepoinsette.com/newsletter/ The Blacktastic Adventure is an ongoing interview series that explores Oregon's Black diaspora. In this episode, I speak with Amber Starks. About Amber: Amber Starks is an Afro Indigenous (Black and Native American) activist. She is an enrolled citizen of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and is also of Shawnee, Yuchi, Quapaw, and Cherokee descent. Her passion is the intersection of Black and Native identity, where she seeks to normalize, affirm, and uplift the multidimensional identities of Black and Native peoples and to encourage Black and Indigenous peoples to prioritize one another and divest from compartmentalizing struggles. Her pronouns are she/her/hers. Support the show

Duration:01:14:41

Bashira Muhammad

9/15/2021

Help me make videos and join the monthly discussions: https://www.patreon.com/brucepoinsette Sign up for classes and check out the latest bylines: https://www.brucepoinsette.com Subscribe to the monthly newsletter: https://www.brucepoinsette.com/newsletter/ The Blacktastic Adventure is an ongoing interview series that explores Oregon's Black diaspora. In this episode, I speak with Bashira Muhammad. About Bashira: Bashira Muhammad is an environmental scientist, fungi farmer and sustainability leader. In 2017, she established the agricultural company, Zoom Out Mycology with the goal of creating a sustainable business that contributes to achieving a sustainable society. To “Zoom Out” is to see the big picture of sustainability including social, environmental, economic and institutional tactics. Support the show

Duration:00:40:29

Oregon Black Pioneers

9/6/2021

Help me make videos and join the monthly discussions: https://www.patreon.com/brucepoinsette Sign up for classes and check out the latest bylines: https://www.brucepoinsette.com Subscribe to the monthly newsletter: https://www.brucepoinsette.com/newsletter/ The Blacktastic Adventure is an ongoing interview series that explores Oregon's Black diaspora. In this episode, I speak with the Oregon Black Pioneers. About Oregon Black Pioneers: Oregon Black Pioneers is Oregon’s only historical society dedicated to preserving and presenting the experiences of African Americans statewide. Since 1993, the organization has illuminated the seldom-told history of people of African descent in Oregon. They are inspired by the tenacity of Black Oregonians who have faced discrimination and hardship to make a life for themselves here over the past 400 years. OBP honors their sacrifices by remembering their stories and by sharing them to the public. Support the show

Duration:01:00:50

Gina DuQuenne

8/16/2021

Help me make videos and join the monthly discussions: https://www.patreon.com/brucepoinsette Sign up for classes and check out the latest bylines: https://www.brucepoinsette.com Subscribe to the monthly newsletter: https://www.brucepoinsette.com/newsletter/ The Blacktastic Adventure is an ongoing interview series that explores Oregon's Black diaspora. In this episode, I speak with Gina DuQuenne. About Gina: Gina DuQuenne is a native of Los Angeles, California and move to Ashland, Oregon in 2008. She is proud of her ancestors and gets her courage and strength from her great grandmother. In 2010 she founded Southern Oregon Pride and in 2020 she was elected the first African American Lesbian to the Ashland City Council and the first in Southern Oregon. Support the show

Duration:00:51:06

Jason Lamb

8/13/2021

Help me make videos and join the monthly discussions: https://www.patreon.com/brucepoinsette Sign up for classes and check out the latest bylines: https://www.brucepoinsette.com Subscribe to the monthly newsletter: https://www.brucepoinsette.com/newsletter/ The Blacktastic Adventure is an ongoing interview series that explores Oregon's Black diaspora. In this episode, I speak with Jason Lamb. About Jason: Jason Lamb is co-host and producer of Minority Retort (Portland’s Black and brown standup comedy show), co-producer of The Blackonteurs (the all Black/African-American storytelling show) and writer of numerous unpublished comic books and unproduced screenplays. Support the show

Duration:00:57:16

Amira Stanley

8/5/2021

Help me make videos and join monthly, patrons-only discussions: https://www.patreon.com/brucepoinsette Sign up for writing classes and check out my latest bylines: https://www.brucepoinsette.com The Blacktastic Adventure is an ongoing interview series that explores Oregon's Black diaspora. In this episode, I speak with Amira Stanley. About Amira: Queer Femme, Amira Stanley is a Mindset & Intention Coach, Anti-racism Student and community activist. Amira believes in sitting in discomfort in a way that is loving and nurturing to one's self, EVEN in the Bullshit. Support the show

Duration:00:51:12

Walidah Imarisha

7/26/2021

The Blacktastic Adventure is an ongoing interview series that explores Oregon's Black diaspora. In this episode, I speak with Walidah Imarisha. About Walidah: Walidah Imarisha is the co-editor of Octavia's Brood: Science Fiction Stories From Social Justice Movements, and her book Angels with Dirty Faces: Three Stories of Crime, Prison and Redemption won a 2017 Oregon Book Award. She spent 6 years with Oregon Humanities’ Conversation Project as a public scholar facilitating programs across the state about Oregon Black history and other topics. Imarisha currently teaches in Portland State University’s Black Studies Department and is the Director of the Center for Black Studies. For early access to Blacktastic Adventure episodes and more, become a patron at https://www.patreon.com/brucepoinsette https://www.brucepoinsette.com Support the show

Duration:01:17:06

Nikeisah Newton

7/16/2021

The Blacktastic Adventure is an ongoing interview series that explores Oregon's Black diaspora. In this episode, I speak with Nikeisah Newton. About Nikeisah: Chef Nikeisah Newton founded Meals for Heels (M4H), a late-night meal delivery service for Portland's sex worker community. M4H brings fresh, delicious meals to those with less access to healthy food. As a food activist, Nikeisah uses food as the entry point to dismantling systems of oppression, and as a social enterprise, M4H is thriving -- feeding frontline workers, LGBTQ and houseless folx, and protesters. For early access to Blacktastic Adventure episodes and more, become a patron at https://www.patreon.com/brucepoinsette https://www.brucepoinsette.com Support the show

Duration:00:50:51

Randal Wyatt

7/16/2021

The Blacktastic Adventure is an ongoing interview series that explores Oregon's Black diaspora. In this episode, I speak with Randal Wyatt. About Randal: Randal Wyatt is a philanthropist, hip hop artist, and community activist in Portland, OR. As a native to the city, he has watched as various disparities and predatory practices have displaced and oppressed the Black and other nonwhite communities, and decided to prioritize finding ways to combat it. With inspiration from becoming a father as a teenager, he used hip hop as a tool to provide opportunities for youth and put together events that helped our most vulnerable population. Those efforts progressed into professional positions as a counselor, mentor, and advocate for multiple mental health, judiciary, educational, and culturally specific organizations. His latest endeavor is Taking Ownership PDX, a reparations based organization that raises money, uses volunteers, and other resources to provide free repairs for Black homeowners in an effort to fight gentrification. For early access to Blacktastic Adventure episodes and more, become a patron at https://www.patreon.com/brucepoinsette https://www.brucepoinsette.com Support the show

Duration:00:44:40

Karma Rivera

7/16/2021

The Blacktastic Adventure is an ongoing interview series that explores Oregon's Black diaspora. In this episode, I speak with Karma Rivera. About Karma: With her clever, edgy lyricism and riotous stage persona, Karma Rivera has established herself as one of the rising stars of the Portland hip-hop scene. Born in Chicago, the American rapper and songwriter's musical catalogue is filled with catchy anthems, bold lyrics and vibey hooks, with elements of Latin music and R&B, that complement her primarily Rap musical style. Refreshingly confident, with an irresistible “I’m doing me” energy that keeps you hitting the loop button on her tracks, Karma Rivera’s witty, refined, high-speed wordplay and star power have become her recipe to Independent success. For early access to Blacktastic Adventure episodes and more, become a patron at https://www.patreon.com/brucepoinsette https://www.brucepoinsette.com Support the show

Duration:01:17:49