AfroVillage 

What we believe

The AfroVillage PDX Movement fosters equity, dignity, and sustainability in Portland’s Black and Brown communities, with a focus on women, immigrants, and people experiencing homelessness and housing insecurity.

Mission Statement

What we do

Community Programming

Workshops, wellness sessions, and neighborhood events rooted in joy, rest, and radical imagination.

Campaign and Advocacy

From Housing Justice to Digital Equity, our campaigns move resources and power back into community hands.

Partnerships that Matter

From Housing Justice to Digital Equity, our campaigns move resources and power back into community hands.

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AfroFuturism Oasis

AfroFuturism Oasis is where imagination meets infrastructure. We’re transforming retired MAX train cars into a living ecosystem for creativity, learning, healing, and sustainability — built by and for Black, Brown, and marginalized communities.

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Diagram of a concept train with sections for service car, welcome car, food train, hygiene train, and therapy train. The service car provides amenities like free tickets, 24/7 service, info and resources, WiFi, restrooms, and six beds. The welcome car offers a safe welcoming space with info, outlets, a welcome desk, lockups, restroom, bed-couch, and office. The food train has a mini-kitchen, shelves for fresh produce, dining tables, register, snack dispenser, and beds. The hygiene train includes showers, washing machines, dryers, a waiting area, and lockers. The therapy train features yoga and meditation rooms, a fitness wall, massage therapy, a waiting area, and beds.
Four people sitting on foldable chairs on a grassy area next to a road, with a large industrial building in the background on a cloudy day, some birds on the grass, and a bicycle nearby.

UPCOMING EVENTS

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A collage of four photos: the first shows a close-up of green onions in a striped pot; the second features two smiling women standing together indoors, one wearing a white T-shirt with colorful text and the other wearing light-colored tank top with tattoos; the third depicts a man sitting on a blue-cushioned black couch in a room with yellow walls and solar panels on the ceiling; the fourth displays a bunch of green onions with roots and leaves, laid out on a white surface.

Support the Village

Your donation powers everything we do! From Food, to digital access, to workshops centered on wellness, and the creating of spaces.
Every dollar helps us grow

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