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Summer is here!  And what better way is there to enjoy the sun (or rain) then joining Occupy Portland for some outreach events at upcoming community events?  Tomorrow, Sunday, June 24, come out to Sunday Parkways at Kenton Park from 11am to 4pm, and help us hand out some flyers and talk with our...
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Over 30,000 Oregonians have already demanded Governor Kitzhaber protect our water from a Nestlé water bottling plant in the Columbia River Gorge. On Tuesday at 4pm join a coalition of Oregonians, including Occupy Portland, for a rally at Terry Schrunk Plaza to keep up the momentum for the effort to protect the Gorge. Keep Nestlé...
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On Friday the web team received an email from Portland Parks & Recreation that Occupy Portland was “no longer allowed” to hold General Assembly meetings or any “other Occupy Portland related events” at Director Park.  Such statements had no basis in law or in park regulations and Occupy Portland went ahead with the scheduled...
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On Friday the Portland Parks and Recreation sent an email to Occupy Portland stating the General Assembly meetings at Director Park are no longer allowed to take place.  While the GA is still scheduled to occur at its usual time and place,  a #reOccuPizzy will also happen at Director Park this Sunday. Haven’t heard...
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Several autonomous actions are planned over this Portland Pride weekend.  OccuPride PDX has a rundown of all the happenings: Saturday, June 16, 1 p.m.-2:30 p.m.: Pride sign-making picnic at the Couch Park (find us near the Couch Park sign at the southeastern corner of the park), NW Glisan Street at NW 19th Avenue.  Make...
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Occupy Portland’s Bank Action, a weekly outreach event to encourage individuals and small businesses to move their money out of big banks and into local credit unions, will be taking place outside of the Wells Fargo at 38th and Hawthorne from noon to 6pm this Friday.  Feel free to join us as we spread...
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Increases in tuition and student debt are out of control.  At 7pm this evening at Pioneer Square stand up for affordable education and in solidarity with the people of Quebec who have joined students striking for more than 100 days, and in the past weeks have held some of the largest demonstrations ever to...
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