TASTE for Equity

TASTE PDX, United for Equity is a premier food and beverage event celebrating those engaged in advancing inclusion and equity in the greater Portland region.

[Kali Ladd @kalipdx]

Portland friends,

If you’re anything like me, you may be distracted by life - work, kids, global health pandemic, ongoing racial pandemic - and you may not realize what is happening in our city. But for the last 30 days a largely white fringe factor has wreaked havoc.

[ryanbuch @ryanbuch]

So grateful to be involved in organizations like TASTE who share this needed message of solidarity and hope and a reminder around the importance of Ubuntu - our collective humanity @louradja @KairosPDX

[TASTE for Equity @PDXTASTE]

We hope you're doing well. We hope you're healthy.

-The Team at TASTE For Equity.

[TASTE for Equity @PDXTASTE]

Friends,

In our effort to build greater awareness for equity efforts and heroes and establish relationships that reach across difference, we at TASTE stand in this moment pained by the loop of history repeating itself; devastated by the loss of life at the hands of racism.

[TASTE for Equity @PDXTASTE]

We are the future we’ve been waiting for.

Let us not lose hope. Let us not lose focus. Let us say their names - Ahmaud Arberty, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Christian Cooper… and keep fighting for a society we deserve.

[Kali Ladd @kalipdx]

Community still matters. So does Equity. Now more than ever. Stay tuned for exciting ways that TASTE is evolving to bring us together, better. #TASTE #equity #PDX #Portland

[TASTE for Equity @PDXTASTE]

Now, we are re-inventing and changing what it means to be an equity champion in the post COVID-19 world.

More news coming soon.

In the meantime, we hope you're staying healthy and safe.

-The Team at TASTE FOR EQUITY

(Picture from our inaugural 2019 event.)

[TASTE for Equity @PDXTASTE]

The world is shifting and so are we.

The steering committee at TASTE for Equity recently came to an unanimous conclusion: We need community, now more than ever.

We are seeing a sudden collective shift in society, searching for deeper connection, meaning, and purpose.

[TASTE for Equity @PDXTASTE]

There is nothing more important than protecting human life, and we heed the advice of trusted public health experts who urge physical distancing until there is a vaccine for the virus.

[Kali Ladd @kalipdx]

It's happening again... https://t.co/er5cVEGQ1r @EileenParkTV @louradja @keiththomajan @JothR

[Se-ah-dom Edmo @SeahdomEdmo]

@PDXTASTE I can’t hide it! I’m excited 😊

[ryanbuch @ryanbuch]

Get ready for another amazing night on June 4, 2020. Mark your calendar now.

[TASTE for Equity @PDXTASTE]

Portland, are you ready?

[Michelle J. DePass @MichelleDePass]

Remember the legacy of Dr. King & freedom fighters who gave their lives for a struggle that did not end in 68’. We have come far to =rights and racial justice. Yet we are divided, with more ❤️’s/minds to be won over, & policy & ec. legacies that treat or affect POC differently.