News Based on facts, either observed and verified directly by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Demonstrators hold their cellphone lights in the air as they gather outside the Justice Center during a night of protest against police brutality on July 29, 2020, in Portland, Oregon. A three-part reported series identifying the infrastructure, challenges, and successes of Portland's sustained protests in defense of Black lives. Sustaining a movement at such scale and duration requires substantial infrastructure, which in Portland emerged from autonomous organizing, deep networks of mutual aid, and a collective commitment to redefining and prioritizing community safety. Portland organizers and volunteers offer an inside look at the infrastructure that supports the city’s ever-evolving movement for Black lives.