The SWANA Rose Culture + Community Center serves our communities as an all volunteer-run third space, and is a reflection of the people that host and attend events in the space. We are a resource for communities in Portland and beyond to host SWANA cultural events, both open to the public and for our specific communities only. Our space is also available for use by other communities in our affinity, as well as any events organized in alignment with our guiding principles that the broader community is welcome to attend.

The SWANA Rose Culture + Community Center works to build a network rooted in belonging, mutuality, and solidarity grounded in collective trust.

We are not racing toward liberation alone. We are learning to walk each other home in love.

Our collective is built upon a secular pluralism that uplifts joy, reciprocity, global Indigenous sovereignty, internationalism, and collective liberation. We commit to deepen our relationships to each-other, the land, and our ancestors through intergenerational education, knowledge sharing, and cultural preservation.

We aim to cultivate diasporic evolution and fuel our desire for a better world.

Through a non-hierarchical model that respects the spectrum of relation to here and there, we strive to create a space that is inclusive to all regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, citizenship, migration status, class, ability, health status, and age. 

We closely follow scientific evidence and acknowledge that we are still in the midst of the COVID pandemic that causes mass death and disability. We keep our community safer by requiring masks in our space.

We stand firmly against fascism, zionism, colonialism, nationalism, imperialism, and all other forms of bigotry, exploitation, and oppression.

This is a living document.