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Also! If you'd like some help fixing your clothes, @mendingbloc.bsky.social has a weekly Masked Craft Night on Mondays in Lents where you can access a sewing machine and get advice from more experienced crafters.

mending bloc mending bloc, a Portland, Oregon based mutual aid group

I see a lot of textiles dumped around the city, so I wrote a zine for @mendingbloc.bsky.social on how to rescue clothes and sheets/blankets from the trash and bring them back into community use. mendingbloc.carrd.co#stuff

Yup! Every Monday evening!

Event flier: The Inaugural Gored Gourd Gala On Glisan SUNDAY, OCT 12 NOON-5pm NE 70TH-74TH GLISAN FALL SPECIALS AT PARTICIPATING BUSINESSES LOCAL CRAFT VENDORS • FOOD •E MUSIC @ HINTERLAND • COSTUMES ENCOURAGED!

We’ll be tabling here with mending kits, zines, and supplies!!

Square flyer graphic, gold background, text in grey and blue. Text: Mend Together with MENDING BLOC [logo with stitching and needle] + kit/supply pickup!. Peninsula Park, Saturday, September 27th, 1–3pm. Smaller text: Bring items that need mending and we’ll help you out or just keep you company, or just bring yourself and we’ll have materials and tools you can stitch or learn with. We’ll also have plenty of sewing supplies that you can use / take with you! —Masks Required—

Come join us at Peninsula Park on Saturday afternoon, probably our last park meetup of the year (depending on the weather in late October!). We have lots of free fabric, thread, and other sewing supplies so you can get stocked up for your winter sewing plans!

LENTS CULTURAL & RESOURCE FAIR Lents International Farmers Market SE 92nd & Reedway at The ZED Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025, 10 am - 2 pm Fresh Produce: Local Food: Community Skill Share: Resources: Giveaways Live Performances by Portland Lee's Association Dragon & Lion Dance Team at 11 am MexicaTiahui Aztec Dance Group at 1 pm ≤ LENTS INTERNATIONAL FARMERS MARKET EAST PORTLAND I COLLECTIVE

We’re here till 2!

Yes we are!!

Square flyer graphic, gold background, text in grey and blue. Text: Mend Together with MENDING BLOC [logo with stitching and needle] + kit/supply pickup!. Mt Scott Park, Sunday, Aug 31st, 1–3pm. Smaller text: Bring items that need mending and we’ll help you out or just keep you company, or just bring yourself and we’ll have materials and tools you can stitch or learn with. We’ll also have plenty of sewing supplies that you can use / take with you! —Masks Required—

Photos of boxes of books with caption: Giving away A TON of free craft books at Mt Scott park today, mostly knitting. Come by and grab some!

Ack we forgot to post this earlier, sorry!! Starting NOW at Mt Scott Park, mending supplies and also today we have a ton of free craft books as well!!

33 different handprinted patch designs in stacks on a table

Printed approximately 785 patches this week for all the events we have coming up! Come see us to pick out your favorite!

Event flyer: Mutual Aid Fair Face masks Required Franklin High School August 1st 5-7pm SUNRISE MOVEMENT PDX Dinner Provided Raffle prizes. Connect with local mutual aid organizations to learn about resources and make your community a better place PORTLAND PARKS & RECREATION Multnomah Healthy Parks, Healthy Portland County SUN Community Schools are a collaboration of Multnomah County, the City of Portland, and Centennial David Douglas. Gresham-Barlow, Portland Public, Parkrose, and Reynolds school districts and non-profits. @portlandmutualaid and sunrisepdx

We’ll be here tomorrow!

GAYS EATING THE RICH IN THE PARK bit.ly/gayjuly SAT. JULY 26 FUCK ICE 5-0 PM LAURELHURST PARK Drag • Crafts • Carnival Games Potluck • Clothing Swap • Book Swap

We’re here right now! We have mending kits, cooling scarf kits, patches, zines, and a big bin of free fabric!!

Peninsula Park is busy today!
You'll find us by the playground, tables closest to the bathrooms

Today!

Flyer with text: MASKS REQUIRED AND PROVIDED TRANS PRIDE RALLY SAT. 7/19/25 2PM - 5:30PM NORTH PARK BLOCKS ASL INTERPRETERS WILL BE PRESENT EMAIL US TO PERFORM, SPEAK OR TABLE GreaterPortlandTransUnity@gmail.com

We’ll be here tomorrow with mending kits, cooling scarf kits, and patches!!

Flyer with text: MASKS REQUIRED AND PROVIDED TRANS PRIDE RALLY SAT. 7/19/25 2PM - 5:30PM NORTH PARK BLOCKS ASL INTERPRETERS WILL BE PRESENT EMAIL US TO PERFORM, SPEAK OR TABLE GreaterPortlandTransUnity@gmail.com

We’ll be here tomorrow with mending kits, cooling scarf kits, and patches!!

East Portland Collective. Bring us your clothes and gender-affirming garments. Community Clothing Closet. Collection event Monday July 14, 4:30-7pm. Woody Guthrie Community Room. 5800 SE 91st Ave. Shopping Event (free) Thursday July 17. 5:30-8:30pm. Glenwood Park, SE 86th Ave and Claybourne St. Face Mask Required.

My late friend had incredible taste and I will be bringing some of her clothing to the clothing closet @mendingbloc.bsky.social is helping with July 17. (Collection day is today.)

Square flyer graphic, gold background, text in grey and blue. Text: Mend Together with MENDING BLOC [logo with stitching and needle]. Peninsula Park, Sunday, July 20th, 1–3pm. Smaller text: Bring items that need mending and we’ll help you out or just keep you company, or just bring yourself and we’ll have materials and tools you can stitch or learn with. We’ll also have plenty of sewing supplies that you can use / take with you! —Masks Required—

We’ll be hanging out at Peninsula Park on Sunday afternoon! Stop by, mend with us, and grab some supplies. We’ll have sewing supplies and cooling scarf kits! Totally feel free to just swing by to get stuff, we know there’s lots going on this weekend!

We’re still meeting on Mondays in Lents! Here is more detail pictured about where we meet since it can be a little hard to find—you’ll go through that little gate to get to the glass door entrance. The community room and bathroom are ADA accessible. There’s air conditioning! 🪡🧶✂️

Tomorrow!!

Rad Pride flyer with text: FUCK CORPORATE PRIDE RAD PRIDE JUNE 28 2025 WILSHIRE PARK 12-6 1312MARKET.CRD.CO MASKS REQUIRED! MUTUALAID - VENDORS • FUNDRAISING • FOOD • PERFORMERS

A sheet of fabric with patch designs printed onto it in pink ink, with screen above

A bunch of stacks of patches on a table

We’ll be at Rad Pride on Saturday and we printed a bunch of new patches to give out, including 9 brand new designs! See you at Wilshire Park!

Yellow flier: Mend Together with MENDING BLOC + kit/supply pickup! Mt Scott Park Sunday, June 15th 3-5pm Bring items that need mending and we'll help you out or just keep you company, or just bring yourself and we'll have materials and tools you can stitch or learn with. We'll also have plenty of sewing supplies that you can use / take with you! MASKS REQUIRED

We know there’s A LOT going on right now, but if you’re able to come out for a bit on Sunday afternoon you can mend with us for a crafty break or just pick up supplies to take home! We’ll have cooling scarf making supplies, tons of donated fabric, and other sewing supplies—please take some!! 🪡🧵

Oh hey if you’re in Gresham and want some mending kits, sewing supplies, or cooling scarf kits, we’ll be at the Rooted in Resilience resource fair!

Gresham Main City Park (Main Field Area), June 8, 1–4pm

Sooo many nice kids clothes are being mended!! If you have or know little kids come by Marie Equi before 5:30 to pick some out. We really want these to get out to tiny folks and get worn! Some are sized for bigger kids, there’s a wide variety

Tomorrow!! We got snacks! Come for as much or little time as you want to, we’d love to see you!

Flyer: Kidswear Mend & Take at The Marie Equi Center Saturday May 24th 1-5pm Come help us mend a large quantity of adorable donated children's clothing that needs a variety of different kinds of fixes. Bring a machine if you have one, or just your hands. We'll have some supplies. Take clothes with you at the end! Logos for mending bloc, reclaim it, and Marie equi center

If you'd just like to take clothing donations at the end, please come between 4:30-5:30 and you can look through mended items to take what works for you. No resale of items is permitted (they were donated with that rule)—please take things for your family or community to use. All skill levels welcome! Mending needed will range from small and simple to more elaborate. You are welcome to learn by watching but the focus here will be on the actual mending rather than teaching. The Marie Equi Center is at 4434 SE 25th Ave, at Holgate, seven blocks from a yellow line MAX stop and less than one block from a bus stop, line 17. Parking is limited. Service and support animals are welcome, but the venue would like to know ahead of time if we expect any so please let us know if you'll have a furry companion!

Come mend with us next Saturday! We have an enormous pile of cute kids clothes that need to be fixed up and also need homes, so you can come just to mend, just to take some clothes home, or to do both—whatever will get these nice items back in functioning condition and worn by kids in our community!

May SECOND SUNDAY SCHOOL at the Craft imparium MENDING BLOC logo Mutual Aid organization Mending Bloc will be here, helping with mending techniques. May 11, 1-4 pm More info & register at CraftEmporiumPDX.com

We’ll be mending at Craft Emporium on Sunday for their Second Sunday School! Sign up on their website, spots are limited — craftemporiumpdx.com/products/may...

Flyer with graphic of knitter wearing a mask, text: Monday Masked Craft Night! EVERY Monday 6-8pm at Woody Guthrie Place 5800 SE 91st Ave in Lents Come work on whatever projects you want— mending, knitting, crochet, embroidery, etc etc etc! Hang out with members of Mending Bloc and other friendly SE crafty neighbors. Bring whatever supplies you need for your crafting. Some limited supplies will be available to use. All are welcome. Masks are required and will be provided. We protect us!! EAST PORTLAND COLLECTIVE MENDING BLOC

SE PDX friends, Lents neighborhood masked craft nights are now EVERY MONDAY! 6-8pm at Woody Guthrie Place—5800 SE 91st Ave.

Masks will be required and provided. Some craft supplies will be available but feel free to bring any kind of craft project you want to work on! Hope to see you there!

Flyer with text: SUNRISE REED PRESENTS... SOLIDARITY AGAINST FASCISM AN EVENT TO BUILD COMMUNITY AND STAND AGAINST STUDENT REPRESSION THUR. MAY 8 4:30-6PM GCC QUAD FEATURING: FROM THE RIVER PDX * MOSQUITO FLF PORTLAND MUTUAL AID * DONT SHOC KALIKASAN SOLIDARITY ORGANIZATI MENDING BLOC * PEOPLE'S FREE LIB RESIST US LED WAR * CLIMATE CAFE LIVE FREE MUTUAL AID MUSIC DESSERT TABLES + ART WITH SPEAKER KENT FORD CO-FOUNDER OF PORTLAND BLACK PANTHER PARTY

Solidarity Against Fascism EVENT SCHEDULE 8 MAY 2025 4:30 - 6:00 PM 4:30 PM Opening + Welcome Sunrise Reed 4:35 PM Mir Bowring Associate Professor of Chemistry, Reed College 5:00 PM "Dreaming 'America,' Enacting Community Joy" Kate Ming Tien Duffly and Michael Stevenson Jr. 5:10 PM Don't Shoot PDX Justice-Based Education and Art Events 5:15 PM From the River PDX Palestinian Justice and Decolonialization 5:30 PM Kent Ford Co-Founder of the Portland Black Panther Party 5:50 PM Closing + Next Steps Sunrise Reed live music mutual aid tabling free dessert

We’ll be tabling at Reed College on Thursday with Sunrise Reed! May 8th, 4:30-6 in the gcc quad (3203 SE Woodstock Blvd, quad outside the Gray Campus Center at Reed College)

This is tomorrow! Come mend with us! Also:

Mend Together with MENDING BLOC Peninsula Park Saturday April 26th 2-4pm Bring items that need mending and we'll help you out or just keep you company, or just bring yourself and we'll have materials and tools you can stitch or learn with. We'll also have plenty of sewing supplies that you can use / take with you! MASKS REQUIRED

Did you know that April 26 is Mend in Public Day?! When we learned that we thought it would be the perfect day for our first mend together in the park day of the year! We’ll have lots of sewing supplies that you can use and take with you, and we’ll be there to help you with your mending projects.