Wapato Roundtable
Saturday, September 19, 2015, 11am–1pm
at the St. Johns Community Center | 8427 N Central St, Portland 97203
This event is free and open to the public; space is limited.
RSVP Required
This event is free and open to the public; space is limited.
RSVP Required
The roundtable component of Demos will take place on Saturday, September 19 from 11am–1pm. The schedule includes a panel discussion with Emanuel Price, Melissa Salazar, and Yaelle Amir and a community meal and conversation. The day will provide a platform for exploration, open conversation, and a broadened investigation of themes relating to the empty jail facility, both locally and nationally.
Wapato Roundtable Schedule of Events
Saturday, September 19, 2015, 11am-1pm
11am-12pm Panel Discussion with Yaelle Amir, Emanuel Price, Melissa Salazar
12-1pm Community Meal and Conversation
About the Panelists
Emanuel Price is the Founder and current Executive Director of Second Chances Are For Everyone in Portland, OR. S.C.A.F.E. works to reduce the rate of recidivism by providing support services to promote employment, empowerment, and community engagement for men in transition because Second Chances are for Everyone. Price is currently leading the organization in developing key programs and resources that will help reduce criminals going back into destructive lifestyles after being released from jail or prison. More information about Price is available here.
Melissa Salazar is a May 2015 graduate of Pacific Northwest College of Art, where she studied Communication Design. Melissa has recently become involved in activist work focusing primarily on incarceration of black and brown individuals. She has been influenced by events in her own life and seeks to bring awareness to an invisible society behind bars.
Yaelle Amir is a curator, writer and researcher who currently holds the position of Curator at Newspace Center for Photography in Portland, OR. Her writing and curatorial projects focus primarily on artists whose practices supplement the initiatives of existing social movements, rendering themes within those struggles in ways that both interrogate and promote these issues to a wider audience. She has curated exhibitions at Artists Space, CUE Art Foundation, Center for Book Arts, ISE Cultural Foundation, The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, Marginal Utility, and the Wallach Art Gallery at Columbia University, among others. Her writing has appeared in numerous art publications includingArt in America, ArtLies, ArtSlant, ArtUS, Beautiful/Decay, and Sculpture Magazine. She has also worked at major art institutions, such as the International Center of Photography, the Museum of Modern Art, and NYU's Institute of Fine Arts.
Wapato Roundtable Schedule of Events
Saturday, September 19, 2015, 11am-1pm
11am-12pm Panel Discussion with Yaelle Amir, Emanuel Price, Melissa Salazar
12-1pm Community Meal and Conversation
About the Panelists
Emanuel Price is the Founder and current Executive Director of Second Chances Are For Everyone in Portland, OR. S.C.A.F.E. works to reduce the rate of recidivism by providing support services to promote employment, empowerment, and community engagement for men in transition because Second Chances are for Everyone. Price is currently leading the organization in developing key programs and resources that will help reduce criminals going back into destructive lifestyles after being released from jail or prison. More information about Price is available here.
Melissa Salazar is a May 2015 graduate of Pacific Northwest College of Art, where she studied Communication Design. Melissa has recently become involved in activist work focusing primarily on incarceration of black and brown individuals. She has been influenced by events in her own life and seeks to bring awareness to an invisible society behind bars.
Yaelle Amir is a curator, writer and researcher who currently holds the position of Curator at Newspace Center for Photography in Portland, OR. Her writing and curatorial projects focus primarily on artists whose practices supplement the initiatives of existing social movements, rendering themes within those struggles in ways that both interrogate and promote these issues to a wider audience. She has curated exhibitions at Artists Space, CUE Art Foundation, Center for Book Arts, ISE Cultural Foundation, The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, Marginal Utility, and the Wallach Art Gallery at Columbia University, among others. Her writing has appeared in numerous art publications includingArt in America, ArtLies, ArtSlant, ArtUS, Beautiful/Decay, and Sculpture Magazine. She has also worked at major art institutions, such as the International Center of Photography, the Museum of Modern Art, and NYU's Institute of Fine Arts.
Wapato Roundtable
September 19, 2015
September 19, 2015
Demos: Wapato Correctional Facility
A project by ERNEST
Community Dialogue Series
Reading Group: The New Jim Crow | Wednesdays, October 7, 14, 21, 7-8:30pm
Stories in Movement | Saturday, November 7, 2015, 5pm
No Thank You Democracy, The politics of non-participation | Sunday, November 22, 2015, 4:30pm
A project by ERNEST
Community Dialogue Series
Reading Group: The New Jim Crow | Wednesdays, October 7, 14, 21, 7-8:30pm
Stories in Movement | Saturday, November 7, 2015, 5pm
No Thank You Democracy, The politics of non-participation | Sunday, November 22, 2015, 4:30pm
ERNEST Programming Sponsors + Partners
Thank you to our community sponsors and partners. Demos: Wapato Correctional Facility would not be possible without their support.
This project is supported in part by the Oregon Cultural Trust.
This project is supported in part by the Oregon Cultural Trust.
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