Speak For Change With Thomas Sage Pedersen

Ep.127: Talicia Brown Crowell | Explore Oregon: History of Blackness in Eugene Oregon & The Inspiration Behind The Black Cultural Festival

March 07, 2023 Thomas Sage Pedersen
Speak For Change With Thomas Sage Pedersen
Ep.127: Talicia Brown Crowell | Explore Oregon: History of Blackness in Eugene Oregon & The Inspiration Behind The Black Cultural Festival
Show Notes

About Talicia
Talicia Brown-Crowell moved  to Eugene in 2000.  For more than 20 years, Talicia has worked in public health, staffed rites-of-passage for Black folks in Memphis, and built her successful Black-owned business, Harmony Massage, in Eugene, Oregon.

Her work is inspired by the mentorship of two dearly beloved people in her life.  Her best friend of 17 years, Bob Dritz, was the clinic coordinator of White Bird Clinic in Eugene for 25 years and the founder of CAHOOTS, of international renown.  Sobonfu Somé, Talicia’s spiritual teacher for 8 years, is known as the world’s foremost authority in African spirituality.   

After years of attending predominately white music festivals, and then getting to experience Black-centered cultural spaces and Brown family reunions in Gurdon, Arkansas, Talicia has a deep desire to create safe and connected events that center Blackness.
Leading to the question she continuously asks herself  “What would a cultural festival look like today, in this place, that centers Black people, and is for us, by us?”  The Black Cultural Festival which she has founded is her answer to that question.
 
Contact Talicia
www.BlackCulturalFestival.com
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/blackculturalfestival/

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