Monthly Archives: September 2012

When: Thursday, October 4th from 7-9pm Where: St. Francis Dining Hall 330 SE 11th Ave, Portland On the first Thursday of every month, Occupy Portland does an all committee report back. This is a time for working groups, committees and community organizations to all come together and report back on what they have done...
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When: Tuesday, October 2nd from 7-8:30pm Where: Rose City Park United Methodist Church 5830 NE Alameda Street 97217 What are the risks if the largest coal companies in the world transformed the Northwest into a dirty energy corridor to supply US coal to Asian markets? Coal companies propose to bring over 150 million tons of...
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General Motors in Detroit refuses to sit down and talk with injured workers, and its subsidiary failed to resolve the situation. Left without other options, workers who have been enduring an economically desperate situation since being fired for injuries developed at the plant, restitched their lips and restarted the hunger strike on Monday, September...
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Happening today!! Friday, September 14th, join us at St. Francis (SE 12th and Oak St.) for a night of community building and networking. The activities start at 5pm in the park with refreshments and games, then at 7pm, we move into the dining hall, where 40 groups and organizations will be tabling, cake and...
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Why No Revolution? A Short History of American Left Movements featuring Joe Uris will be History of Social Justice Organizing’s first fall program Since the early1800s, there have been labor struggles, struggles against slavery and struggles for a more equitable distribution of wealth in the United States. Uris will briefly examine some of that...
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