ALT Drawing of a green, leafy plant. Reimagining the Language of Pain Sunday April 23rd 2-3:15pm cost: free-sliding scale. In this workshop we will use writing and collage activities to explore language beyond the pain scale. Facilitated by claire barrera and Meredith Butner, creators of When Language Runs Dry.
ALT Drawing of three nipple grafts of various shapes, sizes and colors. Drawing Towards Our Autonomy: Trans Healthcare in Words and Pictures (A Comics Workshop) Saturday April 22nd 2-3:30pm cost: free-sliding scale. Facilitated by Rimona Eskayo, author of I'm Having Top Surgery: An Illustrated Guide for You and Me.
ALT Street Roots vendor Mykel stands next to his dog, Petey. They are standing on a snow covered sidewalk. White text over a blue background says, "SNOW DAY FUNDS FOR STREET ROOTS VENDORS. We're raising $12,000 so we can give each active vendor $50 for missed paper sales. Donate via @streetroots Venmo and put 'SNOW DAY FUNDS' in the payment note."
ALT A photo of a stack of two copies of Staring Contest, a book with a yellow background and five blue overlapping eye-shapes descending down the middle of the page.
ALT the background is solid pink. in the foreground is a long egg facing down and to the left—it is a long white cylinder with a yellow circle at the front edge that is facing the camera. there is a strong dark shadow underneath which emphasizes its cylindrical shape. a smaller and slightly warped copy of the long egg sits on top of it, also with a thick shadow.
ALT A flyer that says "coming soon! "Portland State University & Street Roots." "Read all 10 comics in Changing the Narrative: Stories of Student Homelessness and Housing Insecurity, purchase from a Street Roots vendor starting Feb. 2, 2022. For more information on the project visit: https://www.pdx.edu/homelessness/StudentStories. The flyer features a black and white comic with trees in the background and a moon. It shows a wheel depicting the character's day and experiences while homeless.
