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Shereen Jacobs

Shareen Jacobs is a Portland, Oregon actor, deviser, and director who serves on the MediaRites board and hosted the Black Femme event of The -Ism Storytellers Project.

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Sep 9, 2026

Special Series: -Ism Storytellers: Black Femme

Sep 9 · 58m

Dmae Lo RobertsHOST

2:19

Here's Shireen Jacobs.

Shereen JacobsGUEST

2:21

So it's December 2012.

Shereen JacobsGUEST

2:24

I'm new to Portland, just moved in August.

Shereen JacobsGUEST

2:27

And I had been staying with my partner living in our car during that time.

Shereen JacobsGUEST

2:30

And this weekend, we move into our new place.

Shereen JacobsGUEST

2:34

It is, of course, the coldest weekend of the year, because why wouldn't it be? The job that I was working at gave me a hotel for the weekend, and I needed to get to the Beaverton Tigard area from Gresham on the bus at night so that I could get into this hotel room because I had to check out, of course.

Shereen JacobsGUEST

2:54

So I sat in the car with my two dogs, taking as much possible time as I could before that last bus hit.

29 MINS LATER

Dmae Lo RobertsHOST

32:13

Here's how Shireen chose the storytellers for the theme of courage, grace, and grit.