Dec. 29 Spokescouncil Announcements

December 30, 2011
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-Medics need a hand moving supplies to a new location. Please contact Jim or Astrid:

-Women’s Caucus invites all self-identified women to meetings, Location TBA, 5:30 Thursday nights, 1PM Sundays, contact: opwomen@googlegroups.com

-Action Committee invites all to meetings, 5:30 Wednesdays, OP Office @ St. Francis, also requesting more help with immigrant outreach

-Solutions Committee wants everyone to fill out the anti-corporate personhood online petition available here: http://www.change.org/petitions/city-of-portland-to-congress-we-the-people-not-we-the-corporations

-Spending needs more members representing committees. Meeting Thursdays @ 6PM in the Che Room at St. Francis

-Jan. 16th Benefit Concert in honor of MLK’s B-day. Email OccupyTupac@gmail.com for more info or to get involved.

-The Radical Caucus asks anyone assaulted by a police officer to contact them. Also providing sexual assault advocacy information. Contact:

-Union Outreach has organized a march/rally on Jan. 8th to save the Post Office. More info here: https://occupyportland.org/2011/12/28/18-2pm-march-rally-save-post-office/

Also, Longview Support Action coming up – please contact

-Web Team will be providing a way to create Committee Pages and will be distributing @occupyportland.org email addresses on Jan. 8th 1 PM supercluster meeting at Smith Memorial Student Union @ PSU. Please email if you’re unable to make it to the meeting. Also, new website will be launching very shortly.

-Media Committee says if you have media, there are several ways of sending it to us:

occupy portland flickr group – flickr pool found  at flickr.com for photos

- email videos

 - main contact

– stories and story ideas

Mike Blue Hair offering to shoot/edit videos, contact: 503 901 8593

-Food Team is requesting that homecooked meals and coffee be brought to the vigil at City Hall. Email

-illona: Looking to coordinate an indoor seed swap/winter market and workshops for mid February – contact: or call 503 875 6444

-Info needs more people to man the info table at St. Francis. Email to schedule a time. Asking for rent donations, please donate to the we-pay donation: https://www.wepay.com/donations/occupy_portland_rent_fund

-17 – Outreach shiva 477 3512

Occupy Neighborhood assemblies

1st one, if live in SW or NW both two groups together, the West Neighborhood

NW Pub Library 1t- 23rd/Thurman 4pm

NE and N PDX

Mcmenimas Chapel @ Killingsworth 5pm

Both Sath Jan 7th

-Healthcare Committee – Jan 28th Education event about single payer health care

Jan 3, 6 – 8 Meeting? contact: Facebook – http://www.facebook.com/groups/345403855475058/

-Open house grand opening for Che Room please come to see Info Table

-Antonio: Statewide Get Together?  One day Conference… anyone wants to get involved media, contact:

-Wade: Ongoing protest at Banks Working hours contact:

-Occupy May Day Action planning contact:

Full notes available here: 12/29 Spokecouncil Notes PDF

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