A National Day of Action in Defense of Public Transportation “With fare hikes and cuts to service at TriMet looming on the horizon, Occupy Portland joins Occupy Boston’s call for a national day of action on April …4th in defense of public transportation. ‘Occupy TriMet’ will be a local day of action...
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Students for Unity Presents: 3rd Annual Law & Disorder Conference April 6-8th 2012 Portland State University Smith Memorial Student Union Free, open to the public, disability affirmative & Safer Space This year’s event featuring: Chairman Fred Hamton Jr.- POCC/BPPC Dylcia Pagan-Former Puerto Rican Political Prisoner Captive Genders-Eric Stanely, Dean Spade, Ralowe Ampu, Vikki Law...
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The Occupy Portland Solutions Committee prepared a set of questions and solicited responses from candidates for Portland mayor and city council to them. The questions and candidate’s answers are now available for you to look over. https://occupyportland.org/cgi-bin/qr.pl?d=2012P
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This Friday, members of the Occupy Portland Media Coalition are bringing to you a brand new movie they’ve worked tirelessly to put together. All are invited. From B Media Collective’s Facebook: B Media Collective‘s 5th Variety Show “Occupation Nation” slams the new era of global uprising into a 1/2 hour episode of political remix...
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WHEN? 4:00- 6:30 PM on Saturday, March 31st WHERE? St. Francis Church, 311 SE 12th, at Oak WHAT? –Bilingual relationship building and information exchange. Free event, snacks provided.– We will learn a bit of history around Cesar Chavez and the related history, before focusing on current topics related to farm worker rights, unions, immigration and food...
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Do you want to know whats going on at Occupy Portland without sifting through 5 billion websites and facebook pages? Are you interested in receiving a recap of past and present events straight to your inbox, no more than twice a month? Do you like shiny pictures? Look no further! We have the solution...
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The 99% will not sit idly by while any among us are denied their basic human rights. We are outraged at the City of Portland’s efforts to criminalize homelessness. Join us for a day and night of non-violent direct action to protest the city’s inhumane ban on “camping.” In a spirit of solidarity that...
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Friday, March 23- 7PM in the Che Room!
The Occupy Portland General Assembly endorsed Parasol Climate Collective’s “Clown the Debates” action. As of Friday the 15th, the debate was canceled. Below is Parasol Climate Collective’s press release. For Immediate Release: REPUBLICAN NATIONAL DEBATE CANCELLED: CLOWNS CLAIM VICTORY Parasol Climate Collective, which initiated a clown picket for the scheduled March 19th Republican Debate...
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Cash mobs started in New York in 2011 as a way to encourage people to support small, locally owned businesses. The concept is simple. A large group of people arrive at a location at the same time to spend their money together. We revamped it and brought it to Portland! Cash Mob Social creates...
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