Emilly Prado

Emilly Prado

Emilly Prado is an award-winning journalist, writer, and photographer calling Portland, Oregon home since 2009. When not working or writing, she makes zines, travels as much as possible, and performs as DJ Mami Miami with Noche Libre, the Latinx DJ collective she co-founded in 2017. See more of her work at emillyprado.com.

Recent Articles

Book Excerpt: "(When You Gonna) Give It Up To Me" from Funeral for Flaca: Essays

"When you’re the hairy shell of a coconut in a sea of tender and sweet white meat, it’s impossible not to feel like you’ve already fucked up a little bit."

The 13 Best Ways to Make a Difference in Portland this Week: October 24-November 6

The 2019 Native Artist & Storytelling Symposium, Honoring Afro-Mexican Ancestry on Dia de los Muertos, and a Grocery Worker Contract Debrief

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The 15 Best Ways to Make a Difference in Portland this Week: October 10-23

Indigenous Peoples’ Day, a World Beyond Policing, and Reparations for African People

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The 15 Best Ways to Make a Difference in Portland this Week: September 26-October 9

Butches & Mental Health: Queer Storytelling, Kitten Yoga, and Our House Dinner Series

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The 16 Best Ways to Make a Difference in Portland this Week: September 12-25

Portland Joins Global Climate Strike, a Reparations Workshop, and a Youth Drag Show for Marrow PDX

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The 16 Best Ways to Make a Difference in Portland this Week: August 29-September 11

Support Black-Owned Restaurants Week, Slutwalk Portland’s Voices in Action, and Veteran Services

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The 15 Best Ways to Make a Difference in Portland this Week: August 15-28

Illamette Hip-Hop River Festival, a documentary about gentrification, and T: a Trans Dance Party

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The 13 Best Ways to Make a Difference in Portland this Week: June 20-July 3

World Refugee Day, a Volunteer Fair, and Fundraisers for Rehabilitative Incarcerated Youth Programs

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The 15 Best Ways to Make a Difference in Portland this Week: May 23-June 5

Indigenous land tending, youth-led activism, and the Black Business Summit

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The 15 Best Ways to Make a Difference in Portland this Week: May 9-22

Una Vida Mejor, Bark’s Forest Plan Revision, and the Vanport Mosaic Festival

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The 14 Best Ways to Make a Difference in Portland this Week: April 25-May 8

Take Back the Night, a Nipsey Hussle Celebration, and May 8th for Students

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The 15 Best Ways to Make a Difference in Portland this Week: April 11-24

Remembering Chief Red Heart, City Budgeting with Jo Ann Hardesty, and a Panel on Masculinity

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The 15 Best Ways to Make a Difference in Portland: March 28-April 10

Transgender Day of Visibility, AWP Offsites and an Alternative, and Sexual Assault Awareness Month

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The 14 Best Ways to Make a Difference in Portland this Week: March 14-27

Grout Elementary’s Plant Sale, Fatshion Spring Clothing Swap, and a Parkinson’s Awareness Month Kickoff Party

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The 13 Best Ways to Make a Difference in Portland this Week: February 28-March 13

A New Womxn’s March, Financial Literacy, and Wildlife Tracking with Cascadia Wild