Black Summit Planned by Ministers Alliances

Protecting and advancing civil rights progress

Three Black Ministers Alliances will sponsor a Black Summit to organize, mobilize, plan, and strategize a proactive response to the challenges to eliminate the gains achieved in the Civil- Rights and Post Civil Rights movement under the leadership and vision of the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr.

Communities across our city, our state, and our nation stand at a crossroads as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. eloquently described in his last book, "Where Do We Go from Here":  Community or Chaos? 

This is why the Three Black Ministers Alliances, the Albina Ministerial Alliance (AMA), the Coalition of African American Pastors (CAAP), and Interfaith Peace (IPAC), organized the Black Summit 2026, to be held May 15 to 16, 2026, at Cascade Portland Community College.

On Friday, May 15 at 6:30 PM, organizers will have the first plenary speaker that will give the community inspiration to continue the struggle to redeemed our nation and put the nations back on the path of the vision that Doctor King articulated in the 1963 March on Washington and called the community to form a Black Community agenda, to unify and fight to maintain all the gains we have made in American Society.

 On Saturday, May 16, 2026, the plenary speaker will provide a comprehensive view of the importance of creating a common Black Agenda across political, social, economic, cultural, and educational areas in our city and state.