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12/12 WEST COAST PORT SHUTDOWN: Action Details for Portland/Longview

occupypdxer — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 07:22:06 +0000

MEDIA CONTACTS
Kari or David at 503-567-8694

For those not joining us, watch the Portland Occupier Liveblog
Or follow Twitter hashtags: #D12, #D12PDX, #PortShutDown, #OccupyThePort

Please print the legal info fliers and hand a few out: 12.12 quarter sheet

Please join us on 12/12!

Meet up at 6 AM at Kelley Point Park -

We will rally and then head to the Port together!

It is important to arrive on time. We need to establish a strong presence before the morning shift is scheduled to begin. Kelley Point Park is located in the Saint Johns neighborhood and is accessible via the #16 Bus. If you ride the bus, you will need to walk or bike 0.7 miles from the N. Lombard and Simmons stop. Check trimet.org for details.

Bus meet-up points & times (we’re aiming to have the buses leave at these times):

5:00 AM: Colonel Summers Park~ SE 20th and Belmont

5:30 AM: Shemanski Park~ SW Salmon and Park

5:55 AM: Expo Center~ The end of the MAX Yellow Line
After 6 AM, there will be buses shuttling people between the Expo Center and Kelley Point Park.

Please email busATshutdowntheport.com and let us know if you plan on being at one of these spots (be sure to include which spot) so we can better facilitate getting everyone to the park.

If you plan on offering rides or are looking for one, please see the ride share board on the website.

There will be a second opportunity to meet up at 4 PM at Kelley Point Park for those who cannot make it in the morning! However, it is crucial that we get as many people as possible for the morning shift!

Please consider biking or driving if you can. Folks with cars are encouraged to offer rides to others. We may need cyclists and drivers to travel to different parts of the Port in order to maximize our coverage. Cyclists are encouraged to connect with the Bike Swarm and join a feeder ride to join the action!

We encourage folks to form affinity groups- groups of friends who are committed to sticking together during the action. TheFlying Squad Committee will coordinate with affinity groups to ensure that we have a presence at all key areas of the Port.

Please e-mail flyingsquadcommitteeATriseup.net to register your affinity group. Be prepared to share the following information:

1. The name of your affinity group;

2. One person’s contact information (a first name or alibi and phone number);

3. Approximately how many people are in your affinity group; and

4. Whether you will be bringing bikes or cars to the Port (not just to Kelley Point Park).

Join the action in Longview!

In solidarity with the struggles of the Longshoreman against EGT & Port Truckers against Goldman Sachs, we will block the Port of Longview, targeting “Wall Street on the Waterfront”.

On Monday, December 12th,meet at Ozzie’s Carwash on the corner of Industrial Way and Oregon Way in Longview, WA at 6:30AM.

Occupy City Hall

Prof P — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 05:30:26 +0000

The following is an update from the Action Committee:

Monday, November 14th

Join us as we all apply for a position in Portland’s city council. Bring all of your grievances and tell them how you can do better. If anyone gets hired, we’ll be creating jobs in the community.

When: 11/14/11 at 1pm
where: City Hall at 1221 SW 4th Avenue — Sam Adam’s office

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Celebrate you importance!

11/12/11 Diversity MARCH

occupypdxer — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 08:16:07 +0000

Date: 11/12/11
Time: 12:00PM Rally / 2:00PM March
Location: Waterfront park at SW Salmon st and SW Naito Pkwy

Purpose
This is a march to bring together all the minorities groups and cultures, and share experience, thoughts and ideas about the Occupy Portland Movement. We are marching against economic inequality and exploitation of working people especially minorities.

NOVEMBER 12 2011

OCCUPY PORTLAND
PRESENTS THE 99%
IS DIVERSE AND UNITED
THIS TIME WE WON’T LET THEM DIVIDE US
THIS TIME WE WILL BE TOGETHER AND STRONGER THAN EVER
EXPECT US
Location: Waterfront park at SW Salmon st and SW Naito Pkwy
Time: We’ll gather at 12:00 pm and we’ll march at 2:00 pm.
Here are some things we are going to be marching for:
A better quality of life
Health care for all
Education reform and make the higher education accessible for all
Distribute the world’s wealth equally with all
Put an end to wars and stop killing innocent people
Stop once and for all, the divisions and any discrimination among people. No matter the social class, race, skin color, immigration status, age, sexual orientation, disability we are all human and we have the same rights
Protect the environment of our planet in a more strict way because it is the only one we have and is dying.
Create jobs in the country and stop sending them to other places
To have more benefits in the jobs and with better conditions
For more updates go to occupypdx.org

STRENGTH IN DIVERSITY
POWER IN UNITY We are workers. We are black. We are straight. We are Hispanic. We are men. We are White. We are gay. We are rich. We are women. We are unemployed. We are Middle Eastern. We are poor. We are white. We are students. We are people of faith. We are struggling. We are active. We are Asian. We are atheists.
We are everything in between. We are many.
WE ARE THE 99% and WE ARE UNITED against the greed of Wall Street that has damaged our economy, destroyed our jobs, forced foreclosure on our homes, polluted our environment and corrupted our democracy.
DIVERSITY MARCH in support of education, health care and job opportunities for all in support of justice and financial reform
Meet at Water front park at SW Salmon st and SW Naito Pkwy Gather at 12PM and We March at 2PM November 12, 2011

Nov 6th, 2pm Hands Around Pioneer Courthouse MARCH

occupypdxer — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 14:22:49 +0000

Tomorrow November 6th

Time: Rally 2pm March 2:30

Location: Terry Schrunk Plaza

Sponsors: Oregon Chapter of the Sierra Club, Oregon Interfaith Power & Light (OIPL), Climate Justice Portland, Cascade Climate Network (CCN), Oregonians for Renewable Energy Policy (OREP), Oregon Conservancy Foundation, 350.org, Tar Sands Action, Friends of the Earth and Occupy Portland

A coalition of environmental groups will rally and march in downtown Portland Sunday, November 6th from 2-4pm. Our goal is to build local awareness and support to stop the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, which would run from the Alberta Tar Sands to the Texas Gulf Coast.

The Tar Sands oil contains toxins such as mercury, lead, arsenic and benzene. The oil companies want to build the Keystone XL pipeline through America’s heartland, through farms, wild areas and the precious Ogalalla Aquifer, a water source for 8 states. Those companies want to take that Tar Sands oil, delivered by an extremely unreliable pipeline and have it burned up in the form of marketable fuel, thereby bringing even higher levels of carbon into the atmosphere.

Science demands that we stop carbon emissions. We need to pressure Obama to deny the 1,700 mile Keystone XL pipeline application. This rally and march will also bring awareness and support to push Wyden and Blumenauer’s call to investigate the State Department. In October, it was revealed that the State Department process has been corrupted by federal-employee and contractor interaction with pipeline owner TransCanada. We encourage you to come out on Sunday, bring a friend, march with us…and be loud!!

For further information on Tar Sands oil visit www.tarsandsaction.org

Also check out www.facebook.com/xlpipelinepdx and @xlpipelinepdx on Twitter

If you have any questions about this event contact Tommy tboypunk78@yahoo.com

SAT. Nov. 5th 9:30 am RALLY & MARCH for Bank Transfer Day

occupypdxer — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 20:02:19 +0000

WHEN:
Volunteers to help facilitate event meet at Terry Shrunk at 9:00am.
Rally at 9:30am
March at 10:00am

WHERE:
Terry Shrunk Plaza

WHAT:
This is a community outreach/public education focused action which consists of two parts: First, we march to some big bank locations to rally and hand out public outreach material exposing the crimes of big banks and describing their role in the collapsing economy. We then march over to a credit union (with whom we have been in contact and are happily opening on a Saturday to help with this event). Stations will be set up to help anyone interested in getting more information about credit unions and local banks, or opening an account, if they so choose.

We will meet at 9:30 to rally, then the march will be begin. Route (including bank and credit union locations) will be announced at the time of the rally.

This will be a PEACEFUL action, with the unified message to the banksters at the top. We will refrain from harassing the wage workers of the bank (bank tellers) who often barely make a liveable wage and may be in danger of being laid off themselves. (This doesn’t mean we don’t MAKE SOME NOISE!) During this demonstration, we will remember who our common enemy is.

WHY:
We want the banksters held accountable for their actions and put behind bars. We want their sentence to match their crimes. We want them to end their destructive practices immediately.

We invite anyone affected by bank corruption to share their stories. Your voice will be given a platform to be heard.

The big banks think they’re too big to fail. We will show them that we will change the system from the bottom up.

*THIS IS A GA APPROVED ACTION*

10 Reasons to hate Bank of America

Anti-Coal Zombie March

occupypdxer — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:59:37 +0000

Watch the Video: Zombie Attack on Bank of America

Date Monday October 31st, 2011
Time 11:30am – 5pm
Location Chapman Square @ SW Main/4th Downtown Portland
Sponsor Rising Tide

Purpose

The Anti-Coal Zombie March is organized by Rising Tide to highlight the banks that fund coal mining (Bank of America, Wells Fargo…) Rising Tide is an international, all-volunteer, grassroots network of groups and individuals who organize locally, promote community-based solutions to the climate crisis and take direct action to confront the root causes of climate change. Contact us at info@portlandrisingtide.org.

Event Info

This is going to be an awesome event for anyone and everyone. Its a great chance to get your ZOMBIE on!! There will be face painters, tombstone making and lots of other great stuff going on. Bring a friend and have fun!

MARCH to Occupy Pearl District, Sat. 29th 12:30PM

occupypdxer — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 08:40:05 +0000

Saturday, October 29^th

MARCH TO THE CONVENTION CENTER TO PROTEST BANK OF AMERICA’S CYNICAL PLOY TO CONVINCE PEOPLE THEY WANT TO HELP THEM “RETAIN” THEIR HOMES.
MARCH BACK ACROSS THE BROADWAY BRIDGE TO OCCUPY PORTLAND’S NEW SITE IN THE PEARL DISTRICT. ENJOY A CAMP MEETING, AND THEN DINNER BIKED OVER FROM THE OCCUPY KITCHEN.

Gather with us at the waterfront park, Naito and Salmon (by the fountain), at 12:30 pm. We march at 1:00 pm to the Oregon Convention Center and hand out flyers to homeowners going in to give all their financial data to B of A “home retention specialists.” In reality, all they’re doing is identifying themselves as probable foreclosure targets, and participating in a cheap publicity stunt.

At 3:30, we will march back across the Broadway Bridge to Occupy Portland’s new site in the Pearl District. If you plan to help sit-in and break curfew hours bring your sleeping bags, tarps, and mats with you on the march. NO TENTS!

Jamison Square: NW 11^th and Johnson

Camp Meeting starts at 4:00 PM, with a Potluck at 7:00 PM, and a Cuddle Party at 10:00 PM. We plan on staying the entire night.

Occupy Portland is in Solidarity with Oakland, Atlanta, and all other cities which have experienced a hostile police take-over. We will gather for a camp meeting to discuss the prospects of our future political actions, which may include the expansion into new territory.

We will be demonstrating in Pearl District to bring awareness to the inequality of wealth within our very city. We are not proposing redistribution of wealth- we raise our concerns to the truth that basic needs for safety are only guaranteed to those with the economic privilege.

Jamison Square is ~~privately owned~~ a public park*. It is emphasized that you REMAIN ON YOUR BEST BEHAVIOR. Drugs and Drama will not be welcome.

Please bring: Food, tarps, sleeping bags, mats, hand warmers, water coolers, and buckets. NO TENTS!

Celebrate with the 99%.

***This event has been endorsed by the G.A.***

* Update: Jamison Square was incorrectly identified as being privately owned. It is indeed a public park. http://www.portlandonline.com/parks/finder/index.cfm?PropertyID=1140&action=ViewPark

Move Your Money Before The Big Banks Lose It

occupypdxjacob — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 04:03:03 +0000

This article is presented by the Occupy Portland News Team in association with the Action Committee. This is the first of several articles leading up to “Greed Week” and Bank Transfer Day on November 5th.

Last month, the Bank of America Corporation received the latest in a series of credit downgrades. Those who had derivatives deals with BAC’s subsidiary, Merrill Lynch, became understandably worried about the health of the company, and began to demand additional collateral from Merrill Lynch as insurance against the possible failure of their deals.

Fortunately for the Bank of America Corporation, it also owns the commercial bank branded as Bank of America. Unlike the company’s investment bank Merrill Lynch, Bank of America holds the deposits—the checking and savings accounts—of millions of Americans. To insure these account holders against bank failure, BOA is a beneficiary of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation protection—if the bank no longer has the money to cover withdrawals by its account holders, the federal government is required to use taxpayer money to make up for the losses. Because Merrill Lynch does not hold the deposits of ordinary account holders, it is not backed by FDIC insurance, and its shareholders would pay for any losses it suffers—an extremely distasteful proposition to BAC.

BAC has thus transferred $22 trillion of dangerous derivatives from Merrill Lynch to Bank of America, so that, should BAC’s poor decisions and risky behavior end up threatening its capital base, the corporation will—again—be rehabilitated by the United States government, at taxpayer expense. This $22 trillion supplements $53 trillion in derivatives already held by the Bank of America Corporation’s FDIC-insured commercial bank.

The only reason we know any of this is that anonymous sources risked their employment to tell us. Spokespersons for BAC, FDIC, and the Federal Reserve have so far refused to comment in any capacity on any of this.

Skeptics point out that this move is standard practice, not just for the Bank of America Corporation but for JP Morgan Chase, Citigroup, and Wells Fargo. They say that the risk involved is negligible compared to the possible profit. They argue that profit always generates social good. Indeed this is standard practice. But recent years have shown that the risk is in fact grave, and that the profit motive alone cannot take care of the vital interests of the American people.

Put aside for a moment the characteristically impenetrable details of this latest in an endless series of clandestine financial manipulations by the wealthy. The important thing is the pattern: once again, three years after the TARP bailouts, and four months after the Government Accountability Office’s discovery of a secret second bailout of $16 trillion for a handful of banks and corporations, a company unwilling to suffer the consequences of its gambling is passing its risk onto the American public. You were not consulted in this decision. Nor were your representatives in Congress. The information was kept from you by people who believe it is not your business what the banks you entrust with your money do with that money.

You do not have to entrust them with your money. People across the country are moving their money from these multinational banks to put it in more responsible institutions—credit unions and small, local banks. We urge you to join them. A mass transfer is proposed for November 5th, but the specific date is not as important as the act of transfer. This is the only form of speech these corporations understand. Let your voice be heard.

This article has not been approved by the Occupy Portland General Assembly.