Lisa Kislingbury Anderson
@lisaktothea.bsky.social
Creating community one themed event and dress-up adventure at a time. 📚🌍💖🌈✨
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Mayor Wilson pledged to end unsheltered homelessness in Portland by Dec. 1.
Today, people are still sleeping on Portland streets.
But Wilson did met one goal: He secured $$ to open his goal of 1,500 new beds. (Yet only 890 of those beds are currently open for use.)
Where we're at/what's next:
Today, people are still sleeping on Portland streets.
But Wilson did met one goal: He secured $$ to open his goal of 1,500 new beds. (Yet only 890 of those beds are currently open for use.)
Where we're at/what's next:
The state of Portland’s homelessness crisis, as mayor’s critical deadline passes
Mayor Wilson came into office with a pledge to end street sleeping by Dec. 1. Today, thousands still live outside.
www.opb.org
December 1, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Mayor Wilson pledged to end unsheltered homelessness in Portland by Dec. 1.
Today, people are still sleeping on Portland streets.
But Wilson did met one goal: He secured $$ to open his goal of 1,500 new beds. (Yet only 890 of those beds are currently open for use.)
Where we're at/what's next:
Today, people are still sleeping on Portland streets.
But Wilson did met one goal: He secured $$ to open his goal of 1,500 new beds. (Yet only 890 of those beds are currently open for use.)
Where we're at/what's next:
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"Grey was a therapist, an activist, and an inspiration and support to many Portlanders over the decades. She would post activist posters on fence outside her office so people passing by on the sidewalk could learn from their messages." - Lois Leveen
bikeportland.org/2025/12/01/w...
bikeportland.org/2025/12/01/w...
Woman killed on Cesar Chavez was on daily walk, just two blocks from her home
Grey Wolfe is remembered as a mother, counselor, and activist.
bikeportland.org
December 1, 2025 at 9:53 PM
"Grey was a therapist, an activist, and an inspiration and support to many Portlanders over the decades. She would post activist posters on fence outside her office so people passing by on the sidewalk could learn from their messages." - Lois Leveen
bikeportland.org/2025/12/01/w...
bikeportland.org/2025/12/01/w...
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The bike bus concept is gaining in popularity, and Portland is now home to about 25 bike buses. This is largely thanks to Sam Balto.
Sam Balto Has Made Portland’s Bike Buses Famous. Can They Last?
Rachel Saslow
www.wweek.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:54 PM
The bike bus concept is gaining in popularity, and Portland is now home to about 25 bike buses. This is largely thanks to Sam Balto.
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Cincinnati actor Beasley plays Alcott and March sister Jo without veering into lovesick tomboy territory established in other adaptations.
Portland Center Stage Embraces Louisa May Alcott’s Queerness in “Little Women”
Laura Hill
www.wweek.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Cincinnati actor Beasley plays Alcott and March sister Jo without veering into lovesick tomboy territory established in other adaptations.
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Today is a great day to spend time with your friends and family, do something good for your community, or shop at local, Black and immigrant-owned small businesses.
Skip the Target run, Home Depot christmas tree, or Amazon binge. Tell Trump enablers that #WeAintBuyingIt
Skip the Target run, Home Depot christmas tree, or Amazon binge. Tell Trump enablers that #WeAintBuyingIt
We have to use every tool available to us - including our dollars. This Black Friday and weekend @blackvotersmatterfund.org asks you to join “We Ain’t Buyin’ It!” to send a message to Trump’s corporate enablers. Learn more about the companies targeted in this campaign here: weaintbuyingit.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Today is a great day to spend time with your friends and family, do something good for your community, or shop at local, Black and immigrant-owned small businesses.
Skip the Target run, Home Depot christmas tree, or Amazon binge. Tell Trump enablers that #WeAintBuyingIt
Skip the Target run, Home Depot christmas tree, or Amazon binge. Tell Trump enablers that #WeAintBuyingIt
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Netflix’s The Perfect Neighbor is a brutal reminder that racism doesn’t always kick down the door—sometimes it just calls 911.
Our latest Black Byline connects the dots between Florida, Oregon, and the systems that insist they’re keeping us safe.
✍️ @donovanscribes.bsky.social
Our latest Black Byline connects the dots between Florida, Oregon, and the systems that insist they’re keeping us safe.
✍️ @donovanscribes.bsky.social
THE BLACK BYLINE: Netflix’s Perfect Neighbor Proves That Not All Hate Wears Hoods
“Some things you can't escape Death, taxes, and a racist society that make Every nigga feel like a candidate For a Trayvon kinda fate Even when your crib sit on a lake Even when your plaques hang on a...
www.portlandmercury.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Netflix’s The Perfect Neighbor is a brutal reminder that racism doesn’t always kick down the door—sometimes it just calls 911.
Our latest Black Byline connects the dots between Florida, Oregon, and the systems that insist they’re keeping us safe.
✍️ @donovanscribes.bsky.social
Our latest Black Byline connects the dots between Florida, Oregon, and the systems that insist they’re keeping us safe.
✍️ @donovanscribes.bsky.social
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How to be a good party host (or guest) | Zoe Williams
How to be a good party host (or guest) | Zoe Williams
From picking your guests (always add a random) and your outfit, to coping with drunks and nudity, this is what you need to know
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:36 AM
How to be a good party host (or guest) | Zoe Williams
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it's several years old but the Adele SNL Thanksgiving sketch is still perfect
A Thanksgiving Miracle - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
www.youtube.com
November 28, 2024 at 2:57 AM
it's several years old but the Adele SNL Thanksgiving sketch is still perfect
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Pattie Gonia turns Yosemite trans Pride flag into fierce red carpet look
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/25/pattie-gonia-yosemite-trans-flag/?utm_content=1764213600&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/25/pattie-gonia-yosemite-trans-flag/?utm_content=1764213600&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
Pattie Gonia turns Yosemite trans Pride flag into fierce red carpet look
Pattie Gonia stunned at the Out100 Gala in a dress made from the Yosemite park trans flag hung across El Capitan.
www.thepinknews.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Pattie Gonia turns Yosemite trans Pride flag into fierce red carpet look
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/25/pattie-gonia-yosemite-trans-flag/?utm_content=1764213600&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/25/pattie-gonia-yosemite-trans-flag/?utm_content=1764213600&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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Take a few more laps around the ice-skating rink and support the indie businesses that remain.
This could be your last chance to shop at Lloyd Center mall for the holidays
Take a few more laps around the ice-skating rink and support the indie businesses that remain.
www.oregonlive.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Take a few more laps around the ice-skating rink and support the indie businesses that remain.
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As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.
Viola Fletcher, Oldest Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies at 111
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.
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We're here to report that seasonal affective disorder is REAL—so are you ready? @courtenayhameister.bsky.social rides to the rescue with this sweet, funny—and most of all—informative primer on how to deal with the SADZ. (Appropriately, it's part of our Winter Guide on the streets now!)
How to Survive the Big SAD This Winter
[What follows is one of the many merry articles in the Mercury's Winter Guide 2025. Find a print copy here, subscribe to get a copy mailed to you here, and if you're feeling generous this holiday seas...
www.portlandmercury.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:51 PM
We're here to report that seasonal affective disorder is REAL—so are you ready? @courtenayhameister.bsky.social rides to the rescue with this sweet, funny—and most of all—informative primer on how to deal with the SADZ. (Appropriately, it's part of our Winter Guide on the streets now!)
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“When you are dying, at least in my limited experience, you start remembering everything.” Tatiana Schlossberg, the daughter of Caroline Kennedy, writes about receiving a terminal diagnosis. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/4SkkDI
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
“When you are dying, at least in my limited experience, you start remembering everything.” Tatiana Schlossberg, the daughter of Caroline Kennedy, writes about receiving a terminal diagnosis. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/4SkkDI
“We are your symphony, Mr. Holland. We are the melodies and the notes of your opus. We are the music of your life.” Rewatching “Mr. Holland’s Opus” 30 years after it came out and feeling the feels all over again. 😭 🎶
November 22, 2025 at 5:46 AM
“We are your symphony, Mr. Holland. We are the melodies and the notes of your opus. We are the music of your life.” Rewatching “Mr. Holland’s Opus” 30 years after it came out and feeling the feels all over again. 😭 🎶
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Portland author Omar El Akkad won the National Book Award for Nonfiction for "One Day, Everyone Will Always Have Been Against This."
Portland Author Omar El Akkad Wins a National Book Award
Andrew Jankowski
www.wweek.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Portland author Omar El Akkad won the National Book Award for Nonfiction for "One Day, Everyone Will Always Have Been Against This."
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Chadwick Boseman received a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Thursday.
Boseman’s wife Simone Ledward-Boseman accepted the star on his behalf, joined by Boseman’s family.
Boseman’s wife Simone Ledward-Boseman accepted the star on his behalf, joined by Boseman’s family.
November 21, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Chadwick Boseman received a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Thursday.
Boseman’s wife Simone Ledward-Boseman accepted the star on his behalf, joined by Boseman’s family.
Boseman’s wife Simone Ledward-Boseman accepted the star on his behalf, joined by Boseman’s family.
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From artsy tattoo parlors to cozy coffee shops, these three businesses are amplifying Indigenous voices across Portland.
‘We should be taking up space’: Meet 3 of Portland’s Indigenous business owners
From artsy tattoo parlors to cozy coffee shops, these three businesses are amplifying Indigenous voices across Portland.
www.oregonlive.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:00 PM
From artsy tattoo parlors to cozy coffee shops, these three businesses are amplifying Indigenous voices across Portland.
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Portland, OR -- Our courageous crew took to the streets today and braved a little bit of weather to demonstrate again our opposition to this horrendous regime and provide a visible sign to others that they are not alone.
I am so proud of each and every one of them.
#HonkAndWave
I am so proud of each and every one of them.
#HonkAndWave
November 18, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Portland, OR -- Our courageous crew took to the streets today and braved a little bit of weather to demonstrate again our opposition to this horrendous regime and provide a visible sign to others that they are not alone.
I am so proud of each and every one of them.
#HonkAndWave
I am so proud of each and every one of them.
#HonkAndWave
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If you want people to believe a different story, you have to tell a different story. And more than tell it. People learn by example. They must be shown the truth that, for example, immigrants are awesome, respecting other races is rewarding, working people generate our wealth, and so on.
November 16, 2025 at 12:09 AM
If you want people to believe a different story, you have to tell a different story. And more than tell it. People learn by example. They must be shown the truth that, for example, immigrants are awesome, respecting other races is rewarding, working people generate our wealth, and so on.
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Join City Club’s New Leaders for our next Happy Hour!
📅 Thurs, Nov 20, 5:30-7:30 PM
📍 Migration Brewing, 2828 NE Glisan
We’ll be joined by Adam Davis of Oregon Humanities for a conversation on community, dialogue, and finding hope across differences.
RSVP: crm.nonprofiteasy.com/6452/Pages/E...
📅 Thurs, Nov 20, 5:30-7:30 PM
📍 Migration Brewing, 2828 NE Glisan
We’ll be joined by Adam Davis of Oregon Humanities for a conversation on community, dialogue, and finding hope across differences.
RSVP: crm.nonprofiteasy.com/6452/Pages/E...
November 13, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Join City Club’s New Leaders for our next Happy Hour!
📅 Thurs, Nov 20, 5:30-7:30 PM
📍 Migration Brewing, 2828 NE Glisan
We’ll be joined by Adam Davis of Oregon Humanities for a conversation on community, dialogue, and finding hope across differences.
RSVP: crm.nonprofiteasy.com/6452/Pages/E...
📅 Thurs, Nov 20, 5:30-7:30 PM
📍 Migration Brewing, 2828 NE Glisan
We’ll be joined by Adam Davis of Oregon Humanities for a conversation on community, dialogue, and finding hope across differences.
RSVP: crm.nonprofiteasy.com/6452/Pages/E...
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Neon-clad protesters stage '80s aerobics demonstration outside Portland ICE facility. They called it “Sweatin’ Out the Fascists.”
https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2025/11/neon-clad-protesters-stage-80s-aerobics-demonstration-outside-portland-ice-facility.html
https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2025/11/neon-clad-protesters-stage-80s-aerobics-demonstration-outside-portland-ice-facility.html
November 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Neon-clad protesters stage '80s aerobics demonstration outside Portland ICE facility. They called it “Sweatin’ Out the Fascists.”
https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2025/11/neon-clad-protesters-stage-80s-aerobics-demonstration-outside-portland-ice-facility.html
https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2025/11/neon-clad-protesters-stage-80s-aerobics-demonstration-outside-portland-ice-facility.html
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Yes, Mr. President: You’re right. We do have “the worst health care” of any major country.
Despite spending twice as much per capita, we are the only major country not to guarantee health care to all as a human right.
The solution: Medicare for All.
Despite spending twice as much per capita, we are the only major country not to guarantee health care to all as a human right.
The solution: Medicare for All.
November 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Yes, Mr. President: You’re right. We do have “the worst health care” of any major country.
Despite spending twice as much per capita, we are the only major country not to guarantee health care to all as a human right.
The solution: Medicare for All.
Despite spending twice as much per capita, we are the only major country not to guarantee health care to all as a human right.
The solution: Medicare for All.
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With SNAP benefits going out late, nonprofits are begging for pet food donations to prevent desperate owners from surrendering their dogs and cats to animal shelters.
Families on SNAP worry about not just feeding themselves but also their pets
With SNAP benefits going out late, nonprofits are begging for pet food donations to prevent desperate owners from surrendering their dogs and cats to animal shelters.
bit.ly
November 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
With SNAP benefits going out late, nonprofits are begging for pet food donations to prevent desperate owners from surrendering their dogs and cats to animal shelters.