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On Friday Occupy Portland’s Bank Action took to the sidewalks with chalk in hand! Hat tip to Occupy Los Angeles’s July 12th Chalk Walk action. If you would like to join the next Bank Action they occur every Friday, noon to 6pm. Click here to learn more.
Heads up to everyone – tomorrow, Monday, July 9th will be a day of action to rally against the planned cuts facing 129 Oregon post offices this summer, with a rally planned at St. Johns Post Office (8420 N. Ivanhoe). The details, from the Rural Organizing Project: Postmaster General’s Plan – RETURN TO SENDER!...
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David Love has just put out a new video concerning Occupy Portland’s Vigil and last Sunday’s actions outside of City Hall. Please support the ongoing actions outside of City Hall by stopping by or considering a donation. There will be another large rally on Friday, July 20th: http://www.facebook.com/events/317651364992402/
Sisters of the Road passed on the following information: Sisters of the Road, in coalition with Western Regional Advocacy Project (WRAP), members of Street Roots and Right to Survive (R2S), as well as Right 2 Dream Too (R2DToo) and Dignity Village have begun work to create an Oregon Homeless Bill of Rights (HBR) inspired by the recent...
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PDX Bike Swarm will be hosting a post-pedalpalooza “Circle the Wagons” meeting on Friday, July 6th at 7pm at Musicians Local 99 (325 NE 20th). If you would like to get more involved and help plan the next chapter of the 2 wheeled revolution, please join us there! Learn more: http://www.pdxbikeswarm.org/ http://www.facebook.com/pdxbikeswarm
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Occupy Portland activist Cameron Whitten has reached day 30 of his hunger strike. Today a Slumber Party will take place outside of City Hall at Occupy Portland’s 24/7 Vigil. The weather is looking fine for an overnight stay! Even if you can’t spend the night, please come on down this evening to the Vigil...
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An upcoming panel is being planned focused on the ideas of Michelle Alexander’s best-selling book, The New Jim Crow. Here’s one of the organizer’s description of what will take place at the event: It is an in-depth analysis of how our prison population has become the largest in the world and also why there...
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The General Assembly is returning to Terry Schrunk. General Assembly is now on Monday at 7pm following Agenda Setting at 6:30. On Sunday, June 24th, Occupy Portland General Assembly approved a proposal to move G.A. from Sundays at Director’s Park to Mondays at Terry Shrunk Plaza at 7pm and holding Agenda Setting at 6:30...
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Proud activist of Occupy Portland, and former mayoral candidate, Cameron Whitten is now entering his 25th day of a hunger strike to bring attention to housing justice issues. On the 30th day anniversary of his hunger strike, Sunday July 1st, community members from all around Portland will join Whitten for a Slumber Party at...
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