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Flossin Magazine: Build Black Better_ Vol 23_#1
GOOD IN THE HOOD
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KEEPING THE SOUL IN THE DISTRICTT
BY MICHELE DARR PHOTOGRAPHY GOOD IN THE HOOD
It’s that time of year again! Good in the Hood is celebrating its 33rd Annual Multicultural Music, Arts & Food Festival at King School Park on June 24th-25th, 2023.
Founded by the parents and staff of Holy Redeemer Catholic School in 1990, The Good In The Hood (GITH) is a non-profit organization with a vision to raise funding for the school and to celebrate diversity. The GITH staff of volunteers has continued that tradition over decades through providing a viable venue to maintain ‘Unity in the Community’ (the organization’s motto) and most importantly, the ability to provide scholarships to enrolled college students.
As the largest event of its kind in the Pacific Northwest, GITH opens with a parade that travels through Northeast Portland and ends at the festival, a site that provides a setting where businesses are able to share their resources, small businesses are able to sell their products, and where locally and nationally renowned musicians showcase their extraordinary talents. Headliners Andy Stokes and Keith Washington join a plethora of popular local artists for a weekend of blues, funk, reggae, and more, including Jubba Reggae Band, Hot Tea Cold, This is Portland, Versie Jean, Galen Clark Trio, Funk E Fusion Review, Norman Sylvester, Zhanea June and Mach X.
Good in the Hood is also getting out ahead of the festivities by entering one of very few black-identified floats in the Rose Festival Grand Floral Parade on June 11th, 2023. Sponsored by the Soul District Business Association, residents in N/NE Portland and throughout the city are invited to come out and get your groove on with us! Can’t make it? Catch exciting, exclusive behind the scenes coverage by Flossin Media on our youtube channel at flossinmediatv.
plethora of popular local artists for a weekend of blues, funk, reggae, and more.”
In addition to seeking sponsors for all levels of the festival, nothing happens without a team of dedicated volunteers to make for a memorable festival and parade. Numerous volunteers are necessary to help coordinate the hundreds of participants and their associated floats and vehicles into the parade lineup, so please consider signing up to make this special event better than ever!
For more information you can visit: goodinthehood.org
The event is located at King School Park, 4906 NE 6th Ave Portland, Oregon -97211 See you there!
