Mapping the Pipeline Education Series: Part 2

This education series is part of Policing Justice, which is on view at PICA from February 23 – May 19, 2024.

Please join us at PICA on Saturday, May 11, 2024, for Mapping the Pipeline Education Series, created and organized by Buddy Terry and Master Artist Michael Bernard Stevenson Jr.

James Broughton aka Queaz Otti: 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Tacuma Jackson: 1:45 pm - 2:45 pm
Greg Brown Junior and Selena Ramirez: 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

James Broughton aka Queaz Otti

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

James Broughton, aka Queaz Otti, is a co-founder of the Tin Can Phone Podcast who, throughout the history of the show, has referred to himself as a child of the system. Queaz has endured multiple years in foster care facilities, juvenile detention centers, and County Jail in multiple cities and states, as well as two prison stints together equaling ten years. During the series, Queaz will be interviewed by Master Artist Michael Bernard Stevenson as they hand over the baton for Queaz to interview the other guests who are part of the series.

Tacuma Jackson

1:45 pm - 2:45 pm

Tacuma Jackson is a resounding voice and advocate for criminal justice reform. As a long-time Portland resident and former adult in custody, at a young age, Tacuma was sentenced unconstitutionally to over 30 years in Oregon State Penitentiary by a non-unanimous jury, a system that was permissible in only two U.S states until very recently. Growing up in Northeast Portland, Tacuma has seen first-hand the stark changes that Portland has undergone over the past few decades, including the impacts of policing and gentrification on Oregon’s Black population. Today, Tacuma is a business owner, a student at Portland State University pursuing a degree in Political Science, and has since devoted his life to reform efforts, which include the passing of the historic Measure 112, removing slave language from the Oregon Constitution.

During the series, we’ll be speaking to Tacuma about being an Albina resident and policed as a youth.

Greg Brown Junior and Selena Ramirez

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

A conversation with Greg Brown Junior, and his wife Selena Ramirez. Greg and Selena both grew up and continue to live in North East Portland. In this talk, we’ll unpack what their experience was with policing both in the neighborhood and in school when they were young. We will also discuss the challenges of policing in regards to their children who are growing up in the Northeast/North Portland region. In this conversation, we’ll explore the differences between before and after gentrification of inner city Portland. Greg and Selena are both business owners in the very city that raised them

Greg is the owner of Ebony Economic Renaissance a clothing brand and company that teaches Black financial empowerment while Selena is the owner of Natural Hairdo Guru as well as an Educator and Self esteem coach.