The Vanport Mosaic Festival promotes “remembering as an act of resistance,” and provides two weeks’ worth of opportunities to learn about the silenced histories of Oregon, such as the hastily constructed city of Vanport, which was home to a predominantly Black population and lost to a flood in 1948. In addition to lots of locally-focused Black history, events were also curated to help Portlanders remember the stories of Oregon’s Japanese Americans, LGBTQ+ citizens, and Indigenous Peoples. There’s a whole day of “memory activism” booked at the Expo Center, plus walking tours, bus tours, documentary screenings, arts, performance, and so much more. by Jenni Moore