Atiim Boykin · What comes next

People are wondering what my next steps are. Here it is.

Many genres. One room. Stronger community.

I am no longer a candidate for Portland City Council. But I want to be clear about something: your power was never only in your vote.

Your power is in your wallet. Your power is in how you show up.

So show up.

Help fund A to Z, the fund that supports the completion and access needs of artists and creatives right here in Portland. Creatives are the grit of this city, the cornerstone of this country. You cannot have resilience without creativity. A city has no resilience without its creatives, and creativity cannot carry a city alone. It needs the resilience of real support behind it.

This is something near and dear to me. I brought it with me from Oakland, and now it lives here in Portland.

Roots & Routes · launching the A to Z Fund

Wednesday, November 18 · 5 to 8 PM

Live at Madrid’s, 144 Fore Street, Portland

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Three ways to show up

1. Buy a ticket

Come hear live music and spoken word, meet makers, and buy art straight from the artists. Every ticket goes first to covering the night, and everything beyond that goes to the Fund.

2. Give

You don’t need a business to do it. Go to the Support page and give to the Fund, at any amount.

3. Bring someone

Know a business that might want to help fund this? Pass it on. The night works when everyone brings the room they already have.