Where: The Roxy – 1121 SW Stark Downtown Portland

Cost: $35

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One week left to get your tickets to the hottest fundraiser in town!! For just $35, not only will you be giving to a great non-profit working to get the best “pay what you can” restaurant up and running in portland, but you will also be helping food security and ending hunger, and you will be given the pleasure of enjoying a three course meal prepared fresh from local farmers by the Ne Si’ka chef!! Join us next Monday for a night of food, fun and community!!

Menu:

First Course: : Warm Black-eyed Pea and Ham Salad with a Mustard Green Pistou.

Second Course: Spatchcocked Cornish Game Hen, Fried Root Vegetables, with Brussels Slaw and a Mustard Jus.

Third Course: Hazelnut and Maple Rice Pudding.

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Our Mission: Helping to end hunger and food insecurity issues following the “pay what you can” restaurant model. Using, wherever possible, locally produced and sustainable ingredients that are healthy and nutritious. A model that builds community, offers a hand up, and helps to end food waste.

Ne Si’ka is a full service restaurant in the quality food tradition that allows patrons to pay as they are able. Suggested prices will be posted and those with means can pay the suggested price, or more if they so choose. All proceeds will go into the non-profit and for fighting hunger. Those who are unable to pay will have opportunities to volunteer at the restaurant in whatever capacity they are willing or able. This may be in the kitchen, the community garden, or a variety of other options. No one is turned away for inability to pay. The goal is to create a completely non-biased and comfortable atmosphere where everyone feels comfortable and has a seat at the table. While we help to alleviate hunger and food insecurity, the broader intention is to help create and foster a greater sense of community.
Everyone, regardless of means, has the right to dine with dignity and have access to a quality, nourishing, thoughtfully prepared meal.

There are many goals surrounding our project. Some big, some small, but they all add up to building a stronger healthier community that works for everyone. Offering a hand up to those who need it while offering amazing and gratifying opportunities to those with the ability to help. All surrounding quality food from the heart.

Let’s face it: Occupy Portland (and the greater national movement for that matter) is facing a Public Relations crisis. There are simply too many people unengaged with us while too little word being spread about us as we embark on our 2nd year. And it certainly doesn’t help that the corporate media would falsely label us as “dead”. But with an office space, phone, and 24/7 small-scale “occupation” and vigil at City Hall of 10 months, it’s clear that we have a real, sustaining future for our Portland area citizens. But how could they know?

That is why we are launching a new advertisement campaign to raise awareness ourselves and provide opportunity where none has been before. Our goal is to raise $1,885 (with taxes and fees by Indiegogo, that gives us $1,750) to establish 25 “Michalangelo” ceiling ads inside TriMet buses and MAX lines to last us about 4 weeks.

We believe that riders of public transportation are the perfect target audience to spread the message of Occupy. With the working class, disengaged youth, student, eco-minded and elderly populations all diverging on the same vehicles, we see true untapped potential (or at least sympathy) when we make our presence known to them. We highly anticipate increased traffic of all levels (web, office, General Assembly) through our campaign, as well as maybe some reactions by fellow riders and drivers.

The fun does not stop here: share this campaign far and wide to your friends and family. Connect with us through our main website, check us out at our office at St. Francis Parish, 1131 SE Oak St., Portland, OR 97214, or give us a call at 971-258-1006. Take our online survey by going to tolu.na/Nlr86d And if you have any questions, feel free to email us at info@occupyportland.org.

On Saturday October 6th we will gather at noon in Shemanski park (South Park blocks at Salmon) for a rally and march. Speakers for the rally include Saba Ahmed, Carol Urner, Brian Wilson and Ahjamu Umi, among others. We will also celebrate with music from General Strike, Patchwork Family, Keith Baich, Mo Mack and the Raging Grannies!

Then on Sunday October 7th, there will be teach-ins and workshops conducted at PCC Cascade (North Killingsworth and Albina) starting at noon with a panel discussion by Brian Wilson, Saba Ahmed, Sami Alloy, Steve Goldberg and Ahjamu Umi.

The teach-ins and workshops include:

1:30pm – 3pm:

PCC Peace and Conflict: The Imposition of Order Through Violence: The U.S. in the Muslim World
Freedom Socialist Party: Alternatives to Capitalism and War
KBOO: Peak Oil & Empire
War Resisters League: War Tax Resistance 101
Occupy Portland/People’s Budget Project: Where’s the Money?

3:30pm – 5pm

WILPF: End Wars and Occupations – No Nukes! No Drones!
Radical Women: To Defend Afghan Women, End The War
KBOO: The Surveillance Security State
Cascadia: Cascadia Bioregion/Free Cascadia
AFSC: Non-Violent Conflict Resolution/Building an Anti-war curriculum

Non-perishable food donations will be collected at the PCC Cascade event to benefit Right 2 Dream Too and Sisters of the Road.

Food will be served at the teach-in! So come out to participate in a weekend of actions endorsed and co-sponsored by more than 50 organizations!

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Starting at 5pm, we will be in the park congregating, enjoying some refreshments and engaging in some fun activities. Then from 7-10pm, we will be moving into the dining hall for tabling, door prizes, cake and a performance from The TREE Institute.

The Open House will provide opportunities for the greater community to hear about the successes and challenges that Occupy has faced over the past year, as well as network with community organizations, and learn how to get more involved.  We hope you can join us!

Please contact opdxevents@gmail.com if:

• you are interested in being involved in the planning of the evening
• your group or organization is interested in hosting an information table
• your business or individual creative talents are interested in donating items for a raffle/silent auction
• you have any general questions about the evening

Where: 1900 S.W. 4th Ave #3000

Alicia Jackson, the woman whose home was liberated on May Day, is battling the city once again. She needs help collecting the $413 needed to get her water turned on. The city told her that if she can not demonstrate proof that her gutters are fixed and she has running water, everyone in the house will be evicted. Please help her keep her home. If we all just give a little, we can continue to maintain a roof for a wonderful person.

If you are interested in donating, you can contribute by using the wepay account below, or you can also donate at the event on Thursday.

https://www.wepay.com/donations/95951

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Hope to see everyone out there on Thursday!!

Come on out for the wedding reception!! We will be at Bend over America…I mean…Bank of America at 121 SW Morrison from 3-5pm on Friday, August 24th.

“In a bold move to highlight the absurdity of Citizens United and Corporate Personhood, members of Envision Seattle, the group working towards getting I-103 on the ballot (The Community Bill of Rights for Seattle), held a wedding in Westlake Park on Tuesday, July 17th. The event was well-attended by a wide variety of Seattle activists, organizers and curious by-standers. A marriage license was indeed issued, after the wedding party proceeded to King Co. offices to file the necessary forms. This may well set a precedent in the United States, as this is believed to be the first time a corporation has married a person.”

Since the FAA began issuing certificates earlier this year for public and private entities to fly unmanned drones in U.S. airspace, hundreds of cities and towns have seen local police and sheriff departments request the use of drones.

Not only are drones being used to bomb and murder civilians in our unending and illegal wars in the Middle East and Afghanistan, they are being actively pursued by local governments and federal entities to be used for police purposes.

Just as with the Old Town Spy Cams, we are asking the Portland City Council to ban the use of surveillance drones in Portland airspace to prevent Portland from becoming a Surveillance State and protecting our 1st and 4th Amendments rights.

Come to City Hall at 8:30am on Wednesday August 22 to let your voice be heard.
Bring flying toys! We plan to have our own airborne fleet of Fun Drones.

NO DRONES IN PORTLAND!

Help us make Portland the first major American city to ban drones. Similar efforts are underway in other cities, including Buffalo and Baltimore.

If your group or organization would like to participate in this demo or join our effort, please send an email to info@progparty.org

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On July 1st the PMG Donahoe began massive closures and cuts to mail processing plants and post offices while changing delivery standards to allow the delay of first class mail. The postal service is not broke. Congress manufactured a financial crisis and Congress or the President will fix it. The PMG is unnecessarily and criminally obstructing and delaying the mail.

LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD!

Freak Out About Our Water!!

Come on out to the City Counsel meeting at 9:30am on Wednesday, August 22nd and tell the mayor and city counsel that Portland doesn’t want fluoride in our water.

Rally Against Fluoridation!!

Rally in front of City Hall at noon on Tuesday, August 21st to say no to Fluoride.

If you miss your trial, you will be defaulted. Other defendants who have
defaulted were automatically fined $200 per charge. Judge Albrecht issued her decision about the question of accessing video discovery, given the high cost of getting CD copies from the Discovery
Office. Basically, she ruled that the DA isn’t required to furnish
copies and she’s not going to require them to let us bring in media to
make our own copies. She did require that they let us view the video
without delay. Read the full decision
here.
This means that each of us should contact the Discovery Office and
request an appointment to view your video discovery, if you haven’t done

so already. The number is 503-988-3018. *If you get any run around, you
should contact Judge Albrecht’s courtroom immediately.* The phone number

After viewing the video in the Discovery Office, if you need a /copy/ of
video for your defense (e.g. you need to view it on better equipment or
need to slow it down) and you can’t afford to pay $30+ per CD, we should
try to raise some funds for it. If anyone needs this or if anyone has
ideas for a quick fundraiser, let me know and I’ll help get the word out.

Other upcoming hearings: Kathryn Garcia’s trial for May Day is now
scheduled to begin August 27th. Please come show your support. Tequila,
Pablo, and No Name’s trials in Beaverton were also rescheduled for later
in August. Watch the calendar at elkpdx.org for more details. If you have another hearing or trial date coming up and you would like support, please call the ELK hotline (503-902-5340).

For more information, read the latest Portland Occupier article related to the trials. Hearings for Occupy’s Speedy Trials Drags On