Each weekend in February, young Black men will share their perspectives while leading others on a walking tour through their neighborhoods.
PORTLAND, Ore. — Seventeen-year-old Girmy Kiflemariam stands outside the Charles Jordan Community Center in North Portland. He is planning to give others a walking tour through his neighborhood this month.
Being a Black teenager in a city that is largely white can feel isolating, Kiflemariam said, but he feels at home in his neighborhood.
“I just want to share my own personal narrative and not the perspective of people who have never lived in this neighborhood,” he said. “I want to give you
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