MOTHERHOOD curator AJ McCreary will be on OPB's "Think Out Loud" live during the noon hour tomorrow, Monday, Aug 15 with artist Alice Price. Host Dave Miller will talk with them about their work in the show. The interview will likely begin around 12:40pm, during the last segment of the show. The interview will be available via the "Think Out Loud" podcast and on the OPB website in the afternoon and will be rebroadcast on the radio at 8pm on Monday. ⁠Visit the link in our bio to visit OPB's website and learn more⁠ ⁠ “This basket of baby blankets collected from Mamas across town includes a blanket from my own kiddo’s infancy and is a reminder that we indeed all have things in common. One of those things being baby blankets.”⁠ ⁠ McCreary, a lifelong Portlander, a light bright or a very light Black woman, is a community maverick, artist, curator, solo Mama, and change maker who has been working locally for 15 years. Weaved in her activism work, it is always art, may it be flowers, abstract painting, photography, or charcoal drawings. She specializes in marketing strategies and fundraising through an Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion lens; AJ has brought her skills to such organizations as Steps PDX, MxM Bloc, and Race Talks. AJ is one of the co-founders and is the ED of Equitable Giving Circle, an org that was born out of a desire to create a model of resource distribution that is not rooted in white supremacy and transactional giving. Her day to day work shows up loudly in her creative endeavors and tends to be an informed dance back and forth. AJ is deeply passionate about mutual aid and giving with no strings attached; her work in both the arts and through community is rooted in a desire to create beauty and sovereignty for everyone. AJ’s bachelor in African American history and, equally as important, her lived experience coming from a working class, interracial family in North Portland has informed the full range of her work. ⁠ ⁠ 📸 AJ McCreary / Welcome Home, 2022 / basket of freshly laundered baby blankets @beautifulhappinesspdx