GUEST SPEAKER: Cameron Whitten, Brown Hope

Presentation Subject: We Heal With Hope: Brown Hope and our Dream for Racial Healing

When: Saturday, August 2nd | From 10:00am to 11:30am

Where: 

• In person: Rose City Park United Methodist Church, 5830 NE Alameda St., Portland, OR 97213

• Online: Clink link below

This presentation will cover Brown Hope's mission, origin story, its theory of change, recent impacts and positive contributions to the community, and upcoming calls to action -- facilitated by Brown Hope Founder and CEO Cameron Whitten. Cameron founded Brown Hope in Portland in March 2018. The organization emerged from a deep sense of urgency to overcome the cycle of wounding that Black, Brown, and Indigenous communities experience because of historical and ongoing racial trauma. Our dream is to inspire a world free of racism through people centered spaces and opportunities for collective racial healing.

BIO:

At the age of eighteen, Cameron Whitten (all pronouns are extremely welcomed!) worked themselves out of youth homelessness in Portland and has spent over a decade giving back to the same community that was here when they needed it most. Cameron has been a leader in several movements for positive social change, and has served as the Executive Director for nonprofits such as Know Your City and Q Center. Cameron is currently the Founder and CEO of healing justice nonprofit Brown Hope and Co-Founder of the Black Resilience Fund. Cameron is excited to be launching a new healing and social justice inspired podcast, Heal Yeah! anticipated to begin Fall 2025.

Cameron Whitten
Founder, Chief Executive Officer, 
Chief Healing Officer
Brown Hope