Plight of Middle East Refugees—Program & Dinner Nov. 9 in Medford

Allen Hallmark / Citizens for Peace & Justice, 06.11.2012 - 15:56
Dear Friends of Citizens for Peace & Justice,

This is your special invitation to join CPJ and the Collateral Repair Project for a free dinner program, featuring a first-hand report on the growing refugee problems in the Middle East. Mary Madsen, co-director of the Collateral Repair Project, just back from Amman, Jordan, will discuss how the influx of thousands of Syrian and Iraqi refugees from the civil war in Syria has added to the already dire conditions for Iraqi War refugees in Jordan and elsewhere in the Middle East. (continued below...)
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Meet Amy Goodman and Support KSKQ Radio

Jason Houk, 24.10.2012 - 04:57
KSKQ, Ashland's Community Radio, is excited to be hosting world renowned reporter Amy Goodman on Sunday, October 28, prior to her lecture at Ashland High School. Amy Goodman—anchorwoman, fearless journalist and Producer of Democracy Now—is celebrating 16 years of reporting on hot topics at the cutting edge of politics often ignored by mainstream media. On her current tour, she is promoting her new book, The Silenced Majority: Stories of Uprisings, Occupations, Resistance, and Hope, written with Denis Moynihan.
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Undignified Corporate Takeover ➡ Ashland Community Hospital

S T O P * D I G N I T Y * H E A L T H, 19.10.2012 - 20:55
Here is the latest on the "Corporate Takeover" in (so-called) progressive Ashland, Oregon!

Following you will find a well written update on how things stand regarding the current takeover of our community hospital. Our city council is run by the chamber of commerce and they line up time and time again to do the bidding for the 1%. The privatization of what we locally have owned continues and it hurts to see this happening not just here, but everywhere.

Wes Brain, Community Organizer
Southern Oregon Jobs with Justice
www.sojwj.org

Keep reading and see the Update about "Ashland City Council: Vote NO on Dignity Health's acquisition of Ashland Community Hospital"
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Single Payer Champion State of Oregon Representative Michael Dembrow

Diane Lund-Muzikant — The Lund Report, 18.10.2012 - 19:57
Oregon activists are lining up for our state's grassroots campaign: Health Care is a Human Right!

State Representative Michael Dembrow is the "Oregon Single Payer Movement Champion" for sure. Read this article to get just a taste of what is yet to come when All Oregonians line up for this important change in health care—rogue imc volunteer

Health Care for ALL-Oregon is a grassroots campaign —  http://hcao.org/
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RRAW takes letters to Medford Walmart Boss

(Rogue) Residents Against Walmart, RRAW, 12.10.2012 - 19:02
RRAW (Rogue) Residents Against Walmart challenged the giant on 10/10/12 when at 11a.m. activists arrived at the South Medford Walmart with two letters. One was for Medford Walmart manager Ms. Rachel Ciddio and the other letter was addressed to Mr. Rob Walton, Chairman of the Board of Walmart Stores, Inc.
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Rogue Residents Against Walmart

Siskiyou, 03.10.2012 - 22:31
RRAW - Rogue Residents Against Wal-Mart rallied and created a stir at Medford's Multicultural Fair in Hawthorne Park on the last Saturday of September. Many adults seemed taken aback, but children generally were delighted.
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Walmart's "Grand" Opening

Siskiyou13, 24.08.2012 - 01:09
A recent letter to the Editor of the Medford Mail Tribune entitled, "Now We Know" from resident Don Young went as follows:

"Hmm. Five thousand Walmart customers and 25 Occupy protesters. Now, we know who are the real 99 (and one half) percent."
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Oregon Supreme Court win on MERS

Keith S. Dubanevich, Oregon Dept. of Justice, 18.07.2012 - 18:50
Breaking news: The Oregon Court of Appeals has ruled that MERS is not the real beneficiary and thus does not have standing to pursue foreclosures. Attached is the opinion.
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Hard Travelin' Tour celebrating Woody Guthrie's 100th birthday is a BIG HIT in Ashland

CONCERT RAISES FUNDS FOR HEALTH CARE FOR ALL—OREGON, 09.07.2012 - 20:16
The Hard Travelin' Tour, summer of 2012 is Anne Feeney, Mark Ross and Adam Moss singin' songs written or inspired by Woody Guthrie in this year of his 100th Birthday (officially July 14, 2012)

Ashland, Oregon--July 7, 2012
Southern Oregon's concert dazzles over 120 people crammed into Ashland's UCC Congregational Church on Saturday night. This was the Rogue Valley's first very HOT summer day and all those bodies in a non-airconditioned space made for one heck of a celebration. The church was plumb full of sweaty smiling people celebrating with laughter and lots of song...

Sponsoring Organizations: Womens International League for Peace and Freedom, Southern Oregon Central Labor Council, Occupy Medford, Citizens for Peace and Justice and Southern Oregon Jobs with Justice.

Proceeds raised benefit Healthcare For All—Oregon.

Following is a report from Allen Hallmark who provides several photos of this grand occasion... click a pic to make it larger
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HCAO response to Supreme Court ruling on ACA mandate

Health Care for All—Oregon, 28.06.2012 - 17:05
The following press release is forwarded by Southern Oregon Jobs with Justice. It can also be seen at this website  http://www.singlepayeroregon.org

June 28, 2012
For immediate release
Contact: Joanne Cvar, Chair HCAO Communications  cvar@peak.org 541 563 3615
Mike Huntington, MD, HCAO president;  mchuntington@comcast.net, 541-745-5635 (H) 541 829 1182 (C)

HCAO response to Supreme Court ruling on ACA mandate
Health Care for All Oregon welcomes the survival of important patient protections and rights under today’s Supreme Court decision on the Affordable Care Act. These protections include the ban on refusal of coverage for pre-existing conditions, the required full coverage of limited basic primary care, and the extension of coverage of adult children under parental insurance through age 25. These elements move the human right to health care in the U.S. forward.
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