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Africa House, IRCO Africa House is the only culturally and linguistically specific one stop center targeting the increasingly diverse and rapidly growing number of African immigrants and refugees living in Oregon. Receiving national attention for moving beyond intercultural strife to be the only center serving Africans from every country in the continent, Africa House is led by an advisory board of cross-cultural community leaders.

AfroVillage PDX The AfroVillage is more than a physical space, it is a movement rooted in the vision of Portland community member and activist Laquida Landford. The movement focuses on addressing the needs of our most vulnerable population — unhoused individuals — with a focus on racial disparities and inequalities. Through a variety of initiatives and events, including Old Town Fresh and Sneaker Week in Downtown Portland, AfroVillage provides a variety of critical services to community members and has started important conversations around fundamental basic needs such as hygiene and sanitation, food scarcity, and mental and physical health.

Afro-World Music PDX This group purpose is to rally everyone who is interested in joining a fun diversity of people united by a common goal of discovering, sharing and enjoying events in which music dance and food experience is tied to the Caribbean islands, Africa, and the Americas!

Alliance of Black Nurses Association of Oregon (ABANO) ABNAO nurtures an empowered Black nursing community by promoting solidarity, professional enrichment, and collaborative partnerships.

ABNAO is a safe space for Black nurses to speak freely, honestly, and without interruption.

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Beaverton School District Black Affinity Group This is an affirming space for Black staff to cultivate relationship, grow professionally, strengthen our community and support one another.

Billy Webb Elks Lodge #1050 Event Space, Sports Bar, Party, Live Music, Dining, Fraternal Organization

BIPOC Staff Affinity Group, Portland Public Schools The BIPOC Community Circle welcomes all Black, Indigenous, Asian, Middle-Eastern, Latinx, and mixed race staff members.  This group began in 2017. We hold regular social gatherings and provide career pathways support and emotional support and advocacy.  

Black & Beyond the Binary Collective Black & Beyond the Binary Collective builds the leadership, healing, and safety for Black - African transgender, queer, nonbinary, two-spirit, and intersex (TQN2SI+) Oregonians.

We envision a future that gives power back to our communities, celebrates self-expression, and preserves the dignity, joy, and the future of Black queer and Trans communities living fully liberated lives.

Black Community Of Portland Facebook Group

Black Cultural Initiative Eugene, OR  The Black Cultural Initiative is a collection of programs that are designed to serve Lane County’s Black population.

Our Community Center offers a wide range of self-sufficiency programs where we take unique respectful approaches to empowering our community to live more stable lives. We target employment, financial literacy, and mental and physical health (including food security). To remove barriers, most services are offered with an online option and childcare is provided onsite.

Black Faculty/Staff Affinity Group, Portland State University The Black Faculty/Staff Affinity Group (BFSAG) is an employee group committed to creating an inclusive, safe and affirming environment for self-defined faculty, staff, and students of direct African descent, including those who also define themselves as biracial or multiracial. BFSAG’s mission aligns with PSU's equity initiatives and strategic goals and supports the recruitment, retention, and empowerment of Black faculty, staff, and students, as well as the establishment of networks with Black alumni.  Furthermore, it supports the cultivation of equitable relationships with members of Portland and the region’s Black communities by recognizing that historical and contemporary manifestations of institutionalized racism impact us locally and regionally.

Blacks In Technology, Portland We started out supporting each other professionally and are continuously paying it forward. We expect inclusion… the basics help, such as representative leadership. Additionally we practice specific steps to make our communities better. We pay our privileges forward.

Blacks In Technology Foundation membership is available at no cost to our members. Once a member, you’ll receive access to discounts on technical training, certifications, products, IT services, and exclusive professional networking and social events.

Black Portland FB Group This is an online community that was created by and for Black Portlanders. The purpose of this community is to network, share community events, share resources, establish support systems, and more.

This group is solely for Black community members who are from (or currently live in) Portland and the surrounding area. We reserve the right to use any tools at our disposal to verify your identity prior to joining. Members with friends or family in the group are added faster.

Black Possibilities App/Website, Imagine Black This community space was designed to help connect Oregonians with a safe online space to come together, heal, advocate, and dismantle our internal and external anti-Black racism.

Black Professionals Eugene/Springfield Eugene and Springfield, OR  Our goal is to simply present Black people in a dignified and beautiful light. Much too often we are only exposed to seeing negative images of our people, we wish to dispel the incorrect myths of our great people.

This is a networking group that offers a space for professionals and business-minded people to foster authentic relationships, learn from one another, and build social capital.

Black Women Career Collective Meetup Welcome to a community where we understand that your journey, your ambitions, and your challenges are unique. Here, we’re building each other up, creating room to thrive, and walking side-by-side as we climb. Whether you’re navigating your first promotion, expanding your network, or reclaiming your worth, this is the circle to fuel your growth.

We’re talking real conversations, real connections, and real moves. From insightful talks and workshops to relaxed, vibe-filled gatherings, every meetup is designed to inspire, equip, and celebrate you. So, whether you want advice on how to lead with confidence, negotiate that raise, or simply need a sisterhood that gets it, you're in the right place.

Come as you are, bring your dreams, and let’s rise together. 

Bloco Alegria Portland, NW Afro-Latin Music & Events Social Club If you like and enjoy culture, people and events in which samba, salsa, bachata, reggaeton, cumbia, merengue, cha cha cha, kizomba are featured, this is your place to join in!

Brown Hope Brown Hope responds to racial injustice through healing justice. Our theory of change uses a healing justice framework to address the cycles of harm perpetuated by historic and ongoing racial trauma, and outlines our dream for collective healing.

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Caribbean People Living in Portland Facebook Group

City African American Network (CAAN), City of Portland Black Employees The City African American Network (CAAN) is a network focused on connecting and empowering Black employees.

Also see their FB page.

Coalition of Black Men (COBM) We are Black Men representing various professions and life experiences in the Portland Metro area who are working to empower our people through advocacy, education, and community programming.

The Cully Black Resource Network A Public Space for members of The Cully Black Resource Network.

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Ghana Association Of Oregon GHASO is the premier social and cultural support network for Ghanaians and Ghana enthusiasts living in Oregon.

Good People PDX  Google Group. Email group organizers to be added.

Gordly Burch House The Gordly Burch House is the childhood family home of of Oregon’s first Black Woman Senator Avel Louise Gordly . The home is located on North Williams Avenue in the center of what was Portland’s Black Community in a block that is still majority Black owned. We use this space to convene, connect , listen to, learn from and train Black leaders and community members.

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Historic Alberta House Our mission is to reach and engage voices from our community that have been disproportionately impacted by Oregon’s social, economic, and racial injustices. Surrounded by and intertwined with the reminders of a complex history marked by vibrancy, resiliency, and ingenuity, as well as racism, exclusion, and trauma, we open the doors of this historic building for the community to explore.