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| purpose = Occupy Portland’s Labor Solidarity Committee invites all people to join us in a Community Assembly to create a people’s budget that works for all of us. Our intention is to launch a campaign and action plan to achieve a city budget and spending proposal that addresses the primary concerns we all share, such as jobs, no cuts to services, housing, transportation, health care, education, etc. We plan to outreach to labor unions, community groups, Occupy, and the broader 99% to join us in a fightback against the planned city cuts to essential services, while putting forth a budget for the 99%.
| purpose = Occupy Portland’s Labor Solidarity Committee invites all people to join us in a Community Assembly to create a people’s budget that works for all of us. Our intention is to launch a campaign and action plan to achieve a city budget and spending proposal that addresses the primary concerns we all share, such as jobs, no cuts to services, housing, transportation, health care, education, etc. We plan to outreach to labor unions, community groups, Occupy, and the broader 99% to join us in a fightback against the planned city cuts to essential services, while putting forth a budget for the 99%.
| image = [[File:We Are One With The Community Assembly to Create a People's Budget.jpg|300px|right]]
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| other details = Links To Relevant Documents
| other details = '''Links To Relevant Documents'''
* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kCqPEYKr6vPnCKUYd5mhPQM6cEG0RKFQU6rjcQ4crDo/edit A Budget for the Rest of Us]
* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kCqPEYKr6vPnCKUYd5mhPQM6cEG0RKFQU6rjcQ4crDo/edit A Budget for the Rest of Us]
: Our initial "call to action" invitation letter.
: Our initial "call to action" invitation letter.

Revision as of 20:17, 2 February 2012

Community Assembly to Create a People's Budget

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Purpose

Occupy Portland’s Labor Solidarity Committee invites all people to join us in a Community Assembly to create a people’s budget that works for all of us. Our intention is to launch a campaign and action plan to achieve a city budget and spending proposal that addresses the primary concerns we all share, such as jobs, no cuts to services, housing, transportation, health care, education, etc. We plan to outreach to labor unions, community groups, Occupy, and the broader 99% to join us in a fightback against the planned city cuts to essential services, while putting forth a budget for the 99%.

Other details
Links To Relevant Documents

Our initial "call to action" invitation letter.
(Short version.)
(Long version -- draft.)
This document contains DRAFT proposals that began with suggestions and ideas that emerged during inaugural meeting to plan for a Community Assembly Meeting for a People’s Budget, which took place on Thursday, January 26, 2012 in Portland, Oregon.

Contact Us

Group Homepage: http://groups.google.com/group/peoples-assembly
Group Email: peoples-assembly -AT- googlegroups -DOT- com

See Also