Committee Members

Collage of images and posters from past festivals

Festival Directors

Eugenie Jolivett Fontana | Aviva McClure

Volunteers

  • Wiley G. Barnett
  • Nabil Boudraa
  • Rebecca Bratter
  • Tracey Brown
  • C. Louis Butts, Jr.
  • Haoua Cheick Seip
  • Tracy Francis
  • Natalie Davis-Eltahir
  • Kiki Dembrow
  • Michael Dembrow
  • Tatyana Dembrow
  • Baba Wagué Diakité
  • Hilina Kidane
  • Amadou Fofana
  • Kelly Fraser
  • Darrell Fuhriman
  • Tedla Gessesse
  • Gloria Halper
  • Mark Holman

  • Bob Holmström
  • Mary Holmström
  • Mike Johnson
  • Patricia Johnson
  • Aaron McKee
  • Jay Moskovitz
  • Marie Noussi
  • Salina Norton
  • PC Peri
  • Megan Phillips
  • David Rutiezer
  • Anatole Schaff
  • Daadir Shee
  • Joseph Smith-Buani
  • Carrie Walker
  • Ghermay Woldeab
  • Brittany Anne Wade
  • Ronna Neuenschwander
  • Adil Shaaeldin
  • Kathleen Joy

Creative Team

Poster Design: Jacob Mauk (Student -Graphic Design Program, Portland Community College)

Website Design: Ali Gray, Luis Menchu, Gabriel Nagmay (Portland Community College);  Anatole Schaff  (Workday)

3D Festival Animation: Felipe Mirez

Country Notes: Dr. Candice Goucher, coordinator, editor, writer / Dr. Marie Noussi, contributing writer, scholar

Acknowledgments

We gratefully acknowledge the continuing support of Portland Community College, and especially would like to thank the following:


PCC College President: Dr. Adrien L. Bennings

PCC Board of Directors: Kien Truong/ Tiffani Penson / Greg McKelvey/ Dan Saltzman / Mari Watanabe / Laurie Cremona Wagner / Kristi Wilson / Student Trustee Nathaniel Kung

PCC Organizations: Cascade Associated Students of PCC / Cascade Cultural Affairs Fund / Cascade Information Staff / Cascade Multicultural Awareness Council / Cascade Public Safety / PCC Foundation / PCC Library / PCC Print Center

PCC Staff Members: James G. Hill / Christina Kline / Matt Chase / Randy Zeller/ Heidi Dombek / Kendi Esary / Cody Field / Amy Bader / Lisa George / Crystal Froembling / Ashley Hansen / Amanda Harrison / Nancy Hartman / Shally Hartman / Keri McCarty  / Hayli Minnick / Kelly Novak / Heidi VanBrocklin / Matt Wade / Ana Rau / Nathan Savage / Kurt Simonds / Daniel Soucy / Luat Tran / Elia Unverzagt / Maria Wagner

 

We are also grateful for the generous support of our sponsors.