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Dec. 9, 5 PM Rally/March: Citizens Against the National Defense Authorization Act

Date: Friday, December 9th 2011

Time: 5pm – 6pm

Location: Director’s Park, Downtown Portland

JOIN US! at Director’s Park @ 5pm to voice our LARGE concern over this Bill that has already passed the Senate.

AGENDA PLAN
  • 5:00PM – We will gather at Director’s Park located between SW Yamhill and SW Taylor.
  • 5:00PM – 6:00PM – We will have an open forum and announcement. This is where crucial information about the bill is presented to everyone, especially for new people who are wanting to learn more, unaware and for bystanders.
  • 6:00PM – 9:00PM – We will be marching around downtown to protest against the NDAA bill. Our route will typically cover Pioneer Square area, and may change depending on the number of participants (our previous march included a march on the east side from Lloyd Center to KATU).
Continue reading “Dec. 9, 5 PM Rally/March: Citizens Against the National Defense Authorization Act” »

Iraq War Vet Scott Olsen to Longshoremen: Please Honor Picket Line

For more information on the Dec. 12th Shut Down the Ports action,
see: http://occupyportland.org/2011/12/07/99-shut-west-coast-ports-dec-12th/ 

Wed. Dec. 14th: Chapman & Lownsdale Squares, Leaf Raking!

Wednesday December 14th, starting at  9:30am - 

You must RSVP though as leaves are limited Please RSVP to me so we can plan appropriately.

Steven Pixley PP&R Volunteer Services 503-823-5121 steve.pixleyATportlandoregon.gov

Key here is that volunteers contact me for shift assignment so we can have enough tools and staff on hand to make use of the volunteers.

I know your interested in clearing Chapman & Lownsdale Squares. We missed a week of good weather, but on the plus side, the trees are about bare and we’ll be ready to reseed shortly after we get the leaves up. Join PP&R staff and friends refreshing two of Portland’s oldest parks. All tools will be provided so we can rake up the leaves in preparation for reseeding. Dress for the weather and expect wet, muddy conditions. (Imagine that!) Volunteers can work two hours, four hours or all day. You must RSVP though as leaves are limited. All ages are welcome, but children must be accompanied by an adult.

To RSVP or for questions, contact Steve at 503-823-5121 or steve.pixleyAtportlandoregon.gov

Thanks for your interest in helping. I look forward to working with you.

Steve

Dec 8/9: Reverend Billy Comes to Occupy Portland

Rev. Billy, NYC street performer and OWS participant, will be in
Portland on Thursday and Friday, 12/08-12/09, as part of a 9-city
Occupy tour bringing greetings from the other Occupy encampments.  He
will be “preaching” his basic anti-corporate, anti-consumerism message
at the Open Forum on Thursday evening at 7pm in Shemanski Park, and
again on Friday at 6:45pm before the Spokes Council Meeting.
Continue reading “Dec 8/9: Reverend Billy Comes to Occupy Portland” »

Injured Occupy Portland Protester to Testify at City Council Hearing on Police Accountability

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

http://nightingale.chipin.com/jj-bridges-recovery-fund

Portland, OR, December 7, 2011 — Injured Occupy Portland protester Justin James Bridges will testify at Thursday’s City Council hearing on police accountability at 2pm at City Hall. Bridges was a victim of police brutality during the eviction of Chapman Square on November 13. He remains in a wheelchair, unable to feel or move his right hand and right leg. He has lost his livelihood as a professional guitarist and his avocation as the volunteer sign language interpreter for Occupy Portland. Bridges does not have health insurance and supporters have established a recovery fund to pay for his medical care and therapy. Continue reading “Injured Occupy Portland Protester to Testify at City Council Hearing on Police Accountability” »

Press Release: Portland Public Schools shut down Occupy Portland Panel

12/07/11

PRESS RELEASE

Contact: press@occupyportland.org


PORTLAND, ORE — The Occupy Portland Panel, invited as guests to a 6th grade current events class at the Astor School, were interrupted Wednesday afternoon just as students began naming off important world issues. The guests were told by the teacher, “The school district is not comfortable with us having this conversation.”The Portland Public Schools’ Board of Education includes this passage in their 6.20.010-P Academic Freedom policy document: Continue reading “Press Release: Portland Public Schools shut down Occupy Portland Panel” »

The 99% Will Shut Down West Coast Ports on Dec. 12th

OCCUPY PORTLAND TARGETS ”WALL STREET ON THE WATERFRONT”
Continue reading “The 99% Will Shut Down West Coast Ports on Dec. 12th” »

Occupy Our Homes!

Several weeks ago, Occupy Wall St. requested a national day of action to start working together against foreclosure. Today, Occupations across America went home. They went to the homes of many affected by the greed of the 1%. Predatory lending practices led to the current housing bubble bursting. This American Life, an NPR radio show, does an excellent job of explaining just how this bubble burst. Listen here. Continue reading “Occupy Our Homes!” »

Thurs. Dec. 8, 2PM Council Hearing on Police Accountability

Occupy Portlanders concerned about police accountability should contact City Council now, and testify on the 8th.
Snail mail: City Hall 1221 SW 4th Ave, Portland OR 97204
Commissioner Dan Saltzman Room 230 Phone: (503) 823-4151
Commissioner Amanda Fritz Room 220 Phone: (503) 823-3008
Commissioner Nick Fish Room 240 Phone: (503) 823-3589
Commissioner Randy Leonard Room 210 Phone: (503) 823-4682
Mayor Sam Adams Room 340 Phone: (503) 823-4120

For more information, details and updates:
Portland Copwatch (503) 236-3065 www.portlandcopwatch.org

5PM Today: Instant Run-off Voting Working Group Meeting

On Oct. 16, the Occupy Portland General Assembly agreed to support efforts to establish ranked ballots for the City of Portland.

The General Assembly of Occupy Portland advocates for Ranked Choice Instant Runoff Voting (or IRV).

The following amendment was added before it passed:
Understanding that this step is in itself insufficient but that we will take small steps as well as large. Continue reading “5PM Today: Instant Run-off Voting Working Group Meeting” »

Rally, March, Potluck – Dec. 10th

Stand with communities around the world for International Human Rights Day
because people should be more important than profits.
1:00 pm - Rally at Director Park: 815 SW Park Ave in Portland
2:00 pm - March to shopping locations to remind holiday shoppers to match their money to their values.
3:00 pm – Return to Director Park for music and conversation. Bring a dish to share for a holiday potluck.  Continue reading “Rally, March, Potluck – Dec. 10th” »

Dec. 6th Portland Action – National Day of Action Against Foreclosures

The details have come in…

PORTLAND ACTION
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Tonight, 7PM, Dec. 5 @ Red and Black Cafe – Arun Gupta

Arun Gupta and his partner Michelle Fawcett have been traveling around the country the last two months and have visited 24 occupations.  They will be speaking about the politics and organizing of occupations tonight at the Red and Black Cafe.  Michelle will show some of her videos.  The event is at 7pm.  Donations to cover gas.

Arun produced the first Occupied Wall Street Journal, and writes for the New York Indypendent and Salon magazine among others.

Read some of his writing here: http://www.alternet.org/authors/1162/

 

Dec. 6th: National Day of Action to Stop Foreclosures

Unsettle Portland, a sister group of Occupy Portland has taken on the foreclosed home fight. From their website:

NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION AGAINST FORECLOSURES COMES TO PORTLAND

The Occupy Wall Street movement has extended its focus to include spaces that the banks are trying to empty. Go here for some remarkable victories that have already happened. This Tuesday, December 6th is an escalation of that new focus with a national day of action against foreclosures with events happening all over the country, including Portland. Continue reading “Dec. 6th: National Day of Action to Stop Foreclosures” »

Dec. 9, 4:30PM: Teach-In for Occupy “Everything You Wanted to Know about Revolution but were Afraid to Ask”

Teach-in Location & Time
Portland Community College Cascade Campus
Moriarty Arts and Humanities Building (Auditorium room )
705 N. Killingsworth St. Portland, OR 97217
Friday, December 9th, starting at 4pm ending around 7:30
  • The Democratic Imagination: Studies in Revolutionary Consciousness
  • Occupy Memes: Recontextualization as a Method of Justice
  • Wealth Inequality: The Economics of American Capitalism
  • Building Dreams with Uncertain Hands: Occupation and the Planting of an Alternative
  • Militant Pacifism: Gandhi, King, & the Occupy Wall Street Movement