Join us for an inspiring evening dedicated to advancing worker justice!
AVENUE Portland–631 NE Grand Ave, Portland, OR 97232
What to Expect:
• Delicious cuisine from Casa Lola Kitchen de México
• Silent auction featuring a special collection of political posters
• Community & Laughter with comedian Nato Green
Nato Green is the country’s only semi-functional hybrid of standup comedian and union organizer.
Nato starred along with W. Kamau Bell and Janine Brito in the streaming series Laughter Against the Machine on Means.tv, the first worker-owned post-capitalist streaming platform. He also appears regularly doing political comedy chat on the podcasts The Bugle and The Bitchuation Room. He released his second comedy album The Whiteness Album on Blonde Medicine Records, and appeared in the film Sorry to Bother You. The Whiteness Album was named one of the best comedy albums of 2018 by the NPR show Bullseye with Jesse Thorn.
His writing has appeared in the LA Review of Books, the San Francisco Examiner, In These Times, VICE, Truthdig, Huffington Post, the San Francisco Bay Guardian, The Rumpus, and The Bold Italic.
Nato has been named San Francisco’s Best Comedian by the SF Bay Guardian, SF Weekly, Huffington Post, SFist, and CBS.
Venue & Accessibility
We are working to make our event as accessible and welcoming as possible. Please reach out to Maesie Speer with any questions or needs at maesie@nwjp.org.
AVENUE provides excellent wheelchair accessibility with step-free entrances designed for easy, inclusive access.
Spanish interpretation
Spanish interpretation will be provided for the live program via headset. Please reach out to maesie@nwjp.org if you or someone in your party would like to reserve a headset.
Estamos trabajando para que nuestro evento sea lo más accesible y acogedor posible. Se proporcionará interpretación al español para el programa en directo a través de auriculares. Si usted o alguien de su grupo desea reservar unos auriculares, póngase en contacto con maesie@nwjp.org