Celebrate Black History Month with the DPO Black Caucus and the Greater Portland Chapter, National Organization for Women (GP NOW) with a virtual screening of “Standing on My Sisters' Shoulders.”

In 1965, when three women walked into the US House of Representatives in Washington D.C., they had come a very long way. Neither lawyers nor politicians, they were ordinary women from Mississippi, and descendants of African slaves. They had come to their country’s capital seeking civil rights, the first black women to be allowed in the legislative chambers in nearly 100 years. A missing chapter in our nation’s record of the Civil Rights movement, this powerful documentary reveals the movement in Mississippi in the 1950’s and 60’s from the point of view of the courageous women who lived it – and emerged as its grassroots leaders. Their living testimony offers a window into a unique moment when the founders’ promise of freedom and justice passed from rhetoric to reality for all Americans. Through moving interviews and powerful archival footage, STANDING ON MY SISTERS' SHOULDERS weaves a story of commitment, passion & determination not to be turned back!

Purchase tickets here for the 6:30 p.m. pre-show, movie screening and follow-up panel discussion. All proceeds go to the women-owned Clinton Street Theater and the DPO Black Caucus.