Walidah will be the 2018 MLK Tribute speaker at Portland State University. The last three were Janet Mock, the founders of Black Lives Matter, and Angela Davis.
The tribute will be Jan. 22nd at 7 pm, and is titled "Afrofuturism and the Possibilities for Oregon."
It is free and open to the public but tickets are required.
Writer/activist/educator/poet Walidah Imarisha delivered the opening keynote address at The Liberated Archive: A Forum for Envisioning and Implementing a Community-Based Approach to Archives at ARCHIVES 2017 in Portland, OR. Imarisha discussed the role of a community archives in telling community stories—and making sure that all stories are told.
You can listen to the keynote as an audio file (and download it) here:
https://www.pathlms.com/saa/courses/5062/audio_presentations/79197