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The Citizen Review Committee’s Workgroup on Crowd Control wants your input! CRC’s Crowd control Workgroup is scheduled for: Date: Friday June 15, 2012 Time: 12:00 PM (noon) – 1:00 PM Location: F.G. (Jamie) Troy II Troy & Rosenberg, P.C. The Tillamook Building 2105 NE Cesar Chavez...
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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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Civics for Adults Workshops to Enhance Civic Knowledge and Inspire Political Engagement An Occupy Portland – “Our School” Workshop Series Participatory democracy is an illusion if people aren’t involved. Understanding how government works, and meaningful civic engagement is necessary, especially in these times of powerful anti-democratic interests. We can’t just give up. If anything,...
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In Solidarity with Teacher and Student Struggles
Share the Facebook Event: http://www.facebook.com/events/233335663442520/
A public forum with authors Bill Bigelow, Jesse Hagopian, Sarah Knopp and Adam Sanchez
A conservative consensus dominates the discussion about what’s wrong with our schools and how to fix them: scapegoat teachers, vilify our unions, and promise more private control and market solutions. In each case, students lose—especially students of color and the children of the working class and the poor.
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An alert sent out by the Portland Progressive Party
Join us to STOP Spy Camera Installation in Portland!!
City Council sent out the announcement 2:58pm, the Friday before Memorial Day Weekend, stating that the installation of spy cameras in Portland will be on the agenda for the City Council Meeting Wednesday May 30th at 9:30 am. Nice timing, right!
They hope people won’t be there for the vote to put cameras up in Portland. They are wrong.
There still is no policy in place that describes the limits on how these cameras can be used.
Portland Police (PPB) could access camera feeds through their phones with little oversight, if any.
We cannot allow this violation of our public and private spaces!!
Images collected would be deleted after 24 hours, ensuring video the PPB wants to keep will be saved but video that citizens would want to access and any videos showing officers acting unlawfully could be easily deleted.
STOP the SPY CAMS!!!
Wednesday, May 30th
8:30 am – Rally and Protest – Meet Outside City Hall
9:30 am – City Council Meeting Begins at the Portland Building
Portland City Hall: 1221 SW 4th Avenue, Portland, Oregon
The Portland Building: 1120 SW 5th Avenue (next to City Hall) Council Meeting is in 2nd Floor Auditorium
We do not need to invest city funds in spy cameras for Portland!!
We need council members committed to providing social services not advocating for Portland joining the surveillance state.
The spy cameras give more power to the police but do not address any core issues relating to crime or substance abuse.
Profiling tactics have proven dangerous to our community and the use of these cameras will encourage profiling and threatens the civil liberties of all.
Here is contact info for City Council Commissioners…
Let them know you oppose spy cam installation in Portland and support oversight and accountability for Portland Police Officers.
Sam Adams
Mayor, Commissioner of Police, Finance and Administration
(503) 823-4120 E-mail: Samadams@portlandoregon.gov
Amanda Fritz
Commissioner of Public Utilities, Position Number 1
(503) 823-3008 E-mail: amanda@portlandoregon.gov
Nick Fish
Commissioner of Public Works, Position Number 2
(503) 823-3589 E-mail: Nick@portlandoregon.gov
Dan Saltzman
Commissioner of Public Affairs, Position Number 3
(503) 823-4151 E-mail: dan@portlandoregon.gov
Randy Leonard
Commissioner of Public Safety, Position Number 4
(503) 823-4682 E-mail: randy@portlandoregon.gov
Visit the Our School Homepage
This is a list of general Activist-run Celebratory Events and training workshops for the month of June. If your event information is not up here, email webteam@occupyportland.org Awesome Events The Village Building Convergence – May 25- June 3rd City Repair hosts the annual Village Building Convergence that transforms public spaces into vibrant community...
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This hour-long video from David Love commemorates labor history in Portland and all the actions from Mayday this year. Worth the watch!
What: M12PDX Global Day of Action and R/Evolution (Potluck and Multi-Swarm)
On Tuesday, May 1st, the Portland Police Bureau violently attacked and arrested more than three dozen May Day organizers and protesters using a level of force that would be best characterized as brutality. The organizations, groups, and coalitions represented below all actively participated in May Day marches, rallies, and liberations. Our members and supporters celebrated...
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