After that brilliant night, and after a few text messages it was decided: WE WERE GOING TO STAND IN THE GAP. We were going to be everything every other agency wasn't. We were going to help give a voice. Encourage creating. Build a new community.

So we met over waffles and a casserole. We talked about our strengths, rather our super powers. We talked about being African-American in Portland. We talked about the lack of diversity. We knew we were going to change that. Instead of asking ourselves "How?" we decided to simply be the answer.