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  <div class="vevent h-event"> <h1 class="summary p-name">Changemaker Channel: Buchi Asemota, Executive Director of Our Streets</h1> <div class='date'><time class="dtstart dt-start" title="2023-02-16T11:00:00" datetime="2023-02-16T11:00:00">Thursday, February 16, 2023 from 11</time>–<time class="dtend dt-end" title="2023-02-16T11:45:00" datetime="2023-02-16T11:45:00">11:45am</time></div> <div class="location vcard p-location h-card"> <a class="url" href='http://calagator.org/venues/202397378'><span class='fn org p-name'>Virtual (Zoom)</span></a> <div class="adr p-adr h-adr"> </div> </div> <div class="description p-description"> <p><strong>This event is free, open to the public, and hosted by Field Day on Zoom.</strong></p> <p>Our Streets brings people together to respond to the needs of the community and change the dynamic of living, primarily serving people experiencing housing and food insecurity. With a true grassroots origin, the nonprofit began with a group of friends who observed the needs of their community and were inspired to take action in the midst of the Black Lives Matter movement and COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Propelled by community momentum, the nonprofit has grown quickly – they’re now supplying over 600 meals to six shelters per day with 30 staff members and a permanent kitchen (plus a second opening soon).</p> <p>In this Changemaker Channel, join us for a fireside chat with Buchi Asemota, Executive Director of Our Streets, that’ll leave you feeling empowered to make a change within your community.</p> <p>What we’ll cover:</p> <ul> <li>Our Streets’ grassroots beginnings</li> <li>What it means to work in alignment with the values of the BLM movement</li> <li>Their exponential growth of operations (and why they dropped “PDX” from their name)</li> <li>Questions from the audience</li> </ul> <p><strong>About Changemaker Channel:</strong> In this series of virtual fireside chats with leaders of nonprofits on Field Day, a community engagement platform and Portland-based startup.</p> </div> <h3>Links</h3> <ul> <li><a class="url u-url" href="https://www.heyfieldday.com/register/changemaker-channel-buchi-asemota-our-streets?utm_source=pdxstartups&utm_medium=calagator&utm_id=cc2023-ourstreets">Website</a></li> </ul> </div>