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Virtual Event
In-person, Portland Book Festival, Writing Class, Young Adult, Youth Events
Narrative and Social Justice Storytelling (Grades 9-12)
Saturday, November 4, 2023, 11:45 am
1237 SW 10th Ave
Portland,
OR
97205
Free, registration required
In this workshop, we’ll learn journalistic storytelling techniques and explore how they can be used to cover social justice stories. Utilizing examples from local and national news, students will practice using journalistic storytelling and media literacy to engage with social justice issues more thoughtfully in their communities.
This class is a part of Portland Book Festival 2023. Portland Book Festival passes sold separately. For more information about Portland Book Festival, visit pdxbookfest.org.
This workshop is located at the Rental Sales Gallery, directly behind the Art Museum on the corner of 10th and Jefferson.
Bruce Poinsette
Bruce Poinsette (he/him) is a writer whose work is primarily based in the Portland Metro Area. A former reporter for the Skanner News Group, his writing has also appeared in the Oregonian, Street Roots, Oregon Humanities, and Eater PDX, as well as projects such as the Mercatus Collective and the Urban League of Portland’s State of Black Oregon 2015. He hosts the YouTube series “The Blacktastic Adventure: A Virtual Exploration of Oregon’s Black Diaspora” and “The Bruce Poinsette Show” on 96.7 The Numberz FM, Portland’s Black radio station. Poinsette also works with Respond to Racism LO, a grassroots anti-racism organization in his hometown of Lake Oswego, Oregon.
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