Expressions in Black

My name is Mike Phillips. I’ve toured with Stevie Wonder, Prince and worked with Michael Jackson. I’m the first non-athlete, to sign with Brand Jordan. The correlation between music and sports; they feed each other. It’s important to remember your technique. practice doesn't make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect.

AJ McCreary founded the Equitable Giving Circle to address the fact that every community has different needs, yet there is not equity. Their work aims to build immediate and increased equity throughout Portland’s BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) communities through a combination of fund development and network building opportunities that center economic equity.

Jordan Carter is an entrepreneur with a vision to build a community of creative excellence. He co-founded Portland's "Produce Organics" and "Produce Organics Records."

Hobbs Waters is an artist, dancer and founder of CityTroll. Whether it’s performance, entertainment, visual art or design, Hobbs identifies as a City Troll in every way and tries to represent this in his work.

Portland Trail Blazer and NBA great Terry Porter talks about his life, his community, his family and how coaching is his way of giving student and athletes direction and support in their lives.

Justice Adrienne Nelson was appointed to the Oregon Supreme Court January, 2018, making her the first African American to sit on the state’s highest court and on any appellate state court. Her election to a six-year term in November 2018 made her the first African American woman elected statewide in Oregon.

Jewan Manuel traces his journey to Portland and into the world of great vegan food. The founder of Plant Based Papi, the popular comfort food pop-up that recently celebrated its one year anniversary of slinging truffle mac and cheese tacos, crispy buffalo “chicken” quesadillas, and roasted jackfruit chili cheese fries, talks about his inspirations and living a purposeful life.

Bertony Faustin has lived a life that has taken him from making mixtapes from the radio in Brooklyn to blending wine in North Plains, Oregon, without skipping a beat. He and his fellow winemakers overcame the odds to forge a new lane in an industry steeped in it's set ways, growing Abbey Creek Vineyard into a signature Oregon earth to glass winery.

Jonathan Johnsongriffin leads Nike vision and strategy that drives product and brand. He talks about the importance of purpose in his life and how it fuels and inspires him and how it can fuel organizations to better represent and serve the greater community and the community of the world that they are a part of.