Occupy Portland Events
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- PLEASE NOTE: Not all events listed originate with Occupy Portland. Events may be attended by Occupiers, or endorsed by the Occupy movement, or they may be simply sponsored by people who share the goals of the Occupy movement. Please refer to each event for specifics, and use the discussion pages to ask questions.
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Today
AC meeting today at 5:30pm PSU Smith Center cafeteria
Neighborhood Assembly Facilitator Training
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- Date: Thu, December 1, 2011
- Time: 1:00pm – 2:30pm
- Location: Lucky Labrador 915 SE Hawthorne
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Purpose
In our mission to kick-start some Neighborhood Assemblies so that all our communities can feel better represented in the movement.
Outreach Committee brings to you a Facilitator Training that will be very useful in having well trained participants helping the flow of communication.
All are welcome!
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Holiday Bazaar at Beaverton's Shilo Inn!!
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- Date: Thursday at 3:00pm until Sunday, December 4, 2011 at 2:00pm
- Location: Shiloh Inn 9900 Sw Canyon Rd, Beaverton, OR 97225
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Purpose
Join us for Shilo Inn's first ever Holiday Bazaar.
Dozens of vendors from the metro area will showcase their handmade clothing items, crafts, high end jewelry, Hat makers, photography, and more!
- It's a great way to get a jump start on you Christmas list, while supporting local artisans and local soloprenuers.
Thursday and Friday are our Happy Hour Bazaar. from 3-7pm Come on in, have a cocktail and shop at the same time!!
- Saturday and Sunday are 11am-3pm....Join us for Brunch and peruse the tables for that unique item.
This season more than ever it's important to shop local, and proceeds go to the Beaverton Education Foundation!
Come enjoy the spirit of the season at The SW Shilo Inn first ever Holiday Bazaar!!
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Occupy City Hall Prayer Vigil
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- Date: Begins Thursday, December 1, 2011. Continues until camping ban is lifted.
- Time: Begins 4:00 p.m. >> Non-stop 24/7 Prayer Vigil on City Hall.
- Location: Portland City Hall, 1221 SW 4th Avenue >> Map
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Purpose
- OCCUPY CITY HALL Prayer Vigil to Lift the Camping Ban.
Begins 4:00 p.m. >> Daily 24/7 Prayer Vigil on the steps of Portland City Hall.
We call on people of conscience and people of all faiths and creeds to join us in a collective prayer that the Portland City Council immediately suspend the ban on camping.
- This ban is unconstitutional, and enforcement of it puts our community at risk by criminalizing people's attempts to find shelter from the cold.
Shelter is a human right! End the ban Now!
Warm safe sleep is the most basic of human rights. End homelessness or end the camping ban. G-d (or whatever you believe in) help us! Chant down Babylon!
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For more information contact Moses Wrosen, Andrea Townsend, townsan@gmail.com, 503-737-8331, or Kernel Loose-Nut, kernelloosenut@yahoo.com, 503-453-9937.
Race, Class and Occupy
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- Date: Thursday, December 1, 2011
- Time: 5:30pm until 8:00pm
- Location: First Unitarian Church of Portland Oregon 1211 SW Main Street, Portland, OR 97205
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Purpose
We know that the communities springing up from the Occupy movement are struggling with race and class in a way that reflects the broader divisions created by racism and class inequality in our country.
At the same time, the response to Occupy by local governments and America's most powerful corporate interests is shaped by racism and the drive to maintain class inequality as the status quo. Let's talk about how to keep our vision for racial and economic justice front and center in the Occupy movement, as well as in all the social justice movements we're a part of.
Our Justice Socials are smaller-scale evening get-togethers to bring people together for socializing and political discussion. We often have a featured speaker and topic, with ample time for meeting new people, catching up with folks you know, and stimulating conversation.
For this Justice Social, we'll start the conversation by hearing from a panel of speakers:
- Sharon Gary-Smith, MRG Executive Director
- Shizuko Hashimoto, Occupy Portland participant and MRG Board Member
- Israel Bayer, Street Roots Executive Director
- Kate Lore, Social Justice Minister, First Unitarian Church of Portland
- Light snacks will be provided. Wheelchair accessible.
For more info or to RSVP: Contact Sheryl Sackman at sheryl@mrgfoundation.org
This Justice Social is co-hosted by the McKenzie River Gathering Foundation and the First Unitarian Church of Portland
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The Art and Images of Occupy
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- Date: Thursday, December 1, 2011
- Time: 6pm – 9pm
- Location: 625 NW Everett No 108, MoHDI Gallery
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Purpose
The Art and Images of Occupy
- This opening is a celebration of the art created at or about the camps and dedicated to the camps and the ideas and ideals behind the Occupy Movement, past, present and future.
Including over one hundred photographs from local photographers including Mark Kronquist, poetry, fiber, metal, ceramic and other artisans.
The exhibit will also include signs salvaged from the camp, which, at end of the show, will be donated to the Oregon Historical Society’s permanent collection.
- Twenty-five percent of proceeds from the event will be donated to the City of Portland for Park Restoration.
FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT Mark Kronquist • mak@teleport.com • 503 750 8235
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This just in! Rumors Cafe will be there to serve coffee, OP style. (Thanks Ivy Knight!)
Inaugurate A New Society
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- Date: Thursday, December 1, 2011
- Time: 7pm
- Location: PSU Park Blocks
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Purpose
- THEY TRY TO SELL YOU FEAR
The 1% who control our government, media and economy threaten us with death and imprisonment if we don’t respect their corporate property. They threaten us with homelessness and starvation if we refuse to produce for their earth-destryoing, soul-degrading consumerist economy. They tell us if we don’t submit to the coercive, violent tactics of their military police state or we will be exterminated by communists, Islamic terrorists, or some other phantom menace.
- WE BRING A MESSAGE OF JOY AND LOVE
The world we want to build is one where local, autonomous communities use fully inclusive decision making to meet everyone’s needs in an ecologically sustainable manner. It’s a world without the hierarchical relationships of rich and poor, ruled and rulers, police and policed, that characterize our lives today. And it’s a world that we are already building through the ways we share space and make decisions in the Occupy encampments.
- OCCUPY THE EARTH
We don’t want reforms, we don’t even want a revolution, or at least not a political one where the current 1% are replaced with another set of leaders — we simply want to occupy the planet in a way that allows our lives to be full of joy instead fear. In the past political philosophers alligned with socialism, communism, or anarchism have talked about creating this sort of society, but for us it transcends all ideological schisms. We simply want sustainable, inclusive, autonomous local communities where we can make decisions together face to face and work side by side to meet our needs.
- THEY SAY JOIN THEM OR DIE, WE SAY JOIN US AND LIVE
- STOP PAYING BACK THE BANKS AND CREDIT CARD COMPANIES ON 12-1-2011 AND JOIN THE DEBT REBELLION
For more information: http://www.debtrebellion.wordpress.com
Social Justice Workshops by Ariel Howland
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- Date: Thursday, December 1, 2011
- Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm
- Location: Reed College - see below
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Purpose
My transphobia/cissexism workshop will be at Reed College in the Feminist Student Union at 7:00pm on Nov 30th.
My sexual assault/consent/supporting survivors workshop will be at Reed College in Vollum Lounge at 7:00pm on Dec 1st.
Here are the workshop descriptions. The workshops are sponsored by the Feminist Student Union and the Queer Alliance
-Ariel
- An Introduction to Transphobia and Cissexism
This workshop will attempt to incorporate basic and intermediate information about transphobia and cissexism as a system of oppression. This workshop will be part presentation and part group discussion. Workshop attendees will be encouraged to ask questions and contribute their knowledge. This workshop is designed for people wishing to be allies but anyone is welcome to attend. This workshop will include a few handouts for workshop attendees. Transgender 101 workshops often prioritize topics and questions like terminology, what is a trans person anyway?, how do hormones and surgery affect trans people physically?, and the difficulty non-trans people have with using the correct pronouns for trans people. Terminology and other basic info will be covered but this workshop will utilize an intersectional analysis of systems of oppression to focus on how gender-variant people are oppressed in America. Some of the topics covered include: common prison/jail/police policy, job, healthcare, and housing discrimination, colonization, poverty, sex work, fetishizing of trans people, bathroom access, immigration, airport harassment, gender identity disorder and coercive therapy, etc. Due to time constraints some of these topics might not get covered. Come with your questions, your input, and your ears. The presenter will try to meet the audience where they are.
- Introduction to Sexual assault, consent, and supporting survivors - a sex-positive approach.
The goal of this workshop is to give workshop attendees a better understanding of sexual violence, practical information about consent and providing emotional support to survivors of sexual violence. This workshop will go over sexual violence myths, common dynamics around sexual violence, problems with the legal system, tips on providing emotional support, self-care and other topics. Note: The consent section will include a little info about negotiating consent in BDSM scenes. (BDSM stands for (bondage, domination, and sado-masochism). This workshop will be part presentation and part discussion including some small group activities. Attendees are encouraged to take care of themselves and are encouraged to opt out of any activity they don’t feel comfortable with. Ariel has been involved in, feminist, sex-positivity, and anti-sexual violence activism as well as survivor support but still has a lot to learn from people who come to this workshop.
Note: I have been told that people will be available to provide emotional support to workshop attendees. I have more experience with providing emotional support to survivors and doing anti-sexual violence activism then most people but I am not an expert or a survivor. The longest training I have completed around this was a 40 hour training from Sexual Assault Support Services in Eugene.
ONE NIGHT STAND
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- Date: Thursday, December 1, 2011
- Time: 7:00pm until 10:00pm
- Location: ADX Portland 417 SE 11th Avenue, Portland, OR 97214
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Purpose
Come to our One Night Stand! (You know you want to)
- What it is
A super cool night dedicated to keeping your holiday shopping local, easy, and really really fun. We’ll have great music, free food and (alcoholic!) drinks and a holiday photo booth with amazingly cheesy props for you to have the ultimate card for a Season’s Greetings. Plus gift-wrapping, cute girls and did we mention EASY SHOPPING?
- Who we are
One Night Stand is sponsored and curated by Student Stylists (founded by Portland Monthly Fashion Editor Eden Dawn and Film/Personal Stylist Kami Gray), because we wanted to throw a party and we like to have fun. Check us out at www.StudentStylists.com
- Vendors
- Haunt (Holly Stalder, Laura Irwin, Rachael Donaldson) - http://www.facebook.com/HauntStudio
- YO Vintage - http://www.shopyovintage.com/
- Grayling - http://www.graylingjewelry.com/
- Betsy & Iya - http://betsyandiya.myshopify.com/
- Ellington Leather - http://www.ellingtonhandbags.com/
- Looptworks - http://www.looptworks.com/
- RillRill - http://www.facebook.com/pages/RillRill/151421751585775
- No Star - http://www.nostarclothing.com/mens.html
- Sock It To Me - http://www.sockittome.com/cart/index.php
- The CDock - http://thecdock.com/
- Ms. Wood - http://mswoodboutique.com/
- Student Stylists - http://studentstylists.com/
We will be offering a ONE NIGHT ONLY four-hour personal shopping package for $89! That’s 25% off our already very low price of $120. Let one of our Student Stylists get you all ready for the holidays by shopping for your spouse, girlfriend, boyfriend, teenager, toddler, or anyone else on your list!
- How much it is
Zip, zero, zilch. Free admission, drinks are on us, snacks are free, no charge for the pictures. Put your money into buying things from rad Portland businesses and just come say hi. Oh and it's all ages so don't use the kiddos as an excuse to stay home.
- See you December 1st! ♥
Friday
Swarm the Banks!
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- Date: Friday 12/02/11
- Time: 2PM
- Location: SW corner of Woodstock City Park
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Purpose
At 1:30PM meet to rally and get current with the latest Bike Swarm happenings, swarm leaves at 2. We’ll then take a quick jaunt around the local megabanks with some nice side-streets in between. Route will be determined on an as needed basis.
All our encouraged to ride. This is an excellent opportunity for everyone to take our message out to the streets and straight to the banks. Flyers will be provided but all are encouraged to bring their own sign, messages, flyers, or stickers! Let Portland know there are alternatives to these giant decaying institutions!
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Holiday Bazaar at Beaverton's Shilo Inn!!
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- Date: Thursday at 3:00pm until Sunday, December 4, 2011 at 2:00pm
- Location: Shiloh Inn 9900 Sw Canyon Rd, Beaverton, OR 97225
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Purpose
Join us for Shilo Inn's first ever Holiday Bazaar.
Dozens of vendors from the metro area will showcase their handmade clothing items, crafts, high end jewelry, Hat makers, photography, and more!
- It's a great way to get a jump start on you Christmas list, while supporting local artisans and local soloprenuers.
Thursday and Friday are our Happy Hour Bazaar. from 3-7pm Come on in, have a cocktail and shop at the same time!!
- Saturday and Sunday are 11am-3pm....Join us for Brunch and peruse the tables for that unique item.
This season more than ever it's important to shop local, and proceeds go to the Beaverton Education Foundation!
Come enjoy the spirit of the season at The SW Shilo Inn first ever Holiday Bazaar!!
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Welcome To My World Artists Reception
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- Date: Friday, December 2, 2011
- Time: 5:00 - 8:00 p.m.
- Location: 23 Sandy Gallery
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Purpose
A stellar list of area artists were invited to consider a similar, unusual, three-dimensional object as canvas—a vintage world globe. This invitational exhibition was conceived and co-curated by new-to-Portland artist, Robert Tomlinson and is co-curated and hosted by 23 Sandy Gallery. The artists were asked to transform, build, infuse, reduce or reinvent the globe using the expressive power of cartography, exploring the form of the globe to create a compelling new work of art.
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Several of the artists focused on global politics and world affairs. Global warming was tackled by Jim Neidhardt with a resin coated glove that seems to be melting. Kerry Davis used his globe, titled Under the Wire,“to represent the damaging grip of the military, industrial and corporate paradigm that has encircled and enclosed our planet and the recognition that we have little time left to challenge and change the plight of our planet Earth.” Allison Bruns painted her globe with infamous dictators to remind us that “nothing causes greater change in the world than the slaughter of a population.”
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Spokes Council
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- Date: Sundays - Tuesdays - Fridays
- Time: 7pm - 10pm
- Location: Director Park, SW Park and Yamhill
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Purpose
Please spread the word through committee/caucus list servs and also ATTEND!
It is especially important to become involved with the the spokes council meetings and other meetings where actions are decided on! This will be a great chance to voice your ideas, to re-group as committees, assess, and plan for moving forward.
DRIVEN DEAD C.C. TOY DRIVE
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- Date: Friday, December 2, 2011
- Time: 8:00pm until 2:30am
- Location: Club 21 2035 NE Glisan St., Portland, OR
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Purpose
Driven Dead C.C. annual toy drive at Club 21 this Friday Dec.2nd
- Johnny Credit & the Cash Machine
- Johnny Payola's Hayride
- The Twangshifters
- Don Quixote & the Windmills
8:00pm free with a toy donation
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Saturday
Bikes For Humanity PDX Volunteer Repair Clinics - Saturdays
- Date: Every Saturday
- Time: 10:00am - 2:00pm
- Location: Community Exchange Bike School, 4038 SE Brooklyn St, Portland
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Purpose
Bikes For Humanity PDX (B4HPDX) is a community service project aimed at providing the public affordable refurbished bikes, repair classes & workshop space.
They have 100+ donated used bikes & need volunteers to catalog, clean and refurbish the bikes for bike adoption events.
Shop space has been donated for volunteer training and bike repair. Weekly volunteer clinics starting on Tuesday & Saturday.
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For full details see http://B4HPDX.org
BIKECRAFT 2011
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- Date: Saturday, December 3, 2011
- Time: 11:00am - 5:00pm
- Location: Sandbox Studio, 420 NE 9th Ave Portland
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Purpose
Put the fun into holiday shopping with hand-made, locally-produced gifts, bicycle accessories, jewelry, art, fashion, paper goods, and more at this year’s BikeCraft event.
This year's event will have:
- FREE ADMISSION!
- Drawings for amazing gifts
- Filmed by Bike lounge
- Food, beer, and spirited entertainment
- Lots of bike and street parking
Dogcupy Portland
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- Date: Saturdays
- Time: 11:00am until 2:00pm
- Location: Bank of America Hawthorne Branch 3757 SE Hawthorne, Portland, OR
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Purpose
MAN'S BEST FRIEND IS NOT THE BIG BANKS!
IF YOU DON'T HAVE A DOG, BORROW A DOG.
We are showing that the Occupation is more than just downtown.
This event is held in solidarity with the Occupy Portland movement.
We will be meeting at the corner of 37th and Hawthorne, and protesting in front of all 3 banks in the immediate area...
Although you are welcome to protest wherever is convenient and oppressive.
PLEASE BRING YOUR DOGS ON A LEASH
This is a creative way to involve all of our friends who still want to participate in the Occupy movement but don't necessarily want to go downtown.
- This is a creative and PEACEFUL protest to draw positive media attention to our cause.
Who could talk shit about a bunch of God's most loyal creatures?
We also hope that this kind of event will inspire creativity within the ranks of the Occupiers.
- So please join us. I'll bring the dog treats and you guys bring the creative dog signs...
Portland March In Solidarity With Defend The Egyptian Revolution
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- Date: Today at 1:00pm until Sunday at 6:00am
- Location: Portland Waterfront at Salmon and Naito Pkwy
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Purpose
Rise up and march in solidarity with Egypt!
- AGENDA
We will gather at the Waterfront on SW Salmon and Naito Parkway at 2:00pm. There may be another march concurrently happening.
- There will be an open forum and announcements.
Please prepare signs.
Please bring a candle and a container to hold the wax (such as a dixie cup) which can also help as a wind blocker. There will be a candlelight vigil for those who have been affected by the violent attacks, directly and indirectly, but most importantly, to pay respect and tribute to the renegade fighters passed who were murdered by the junta military force.
- The candlelight vigil will begin at 7pm at Pioneer Square. Please bring extras to share, if possible.
- BACKGROUND INFORMATION
- Defend the Egyptian Revolution
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Defend-the-Egyptian-Revolution/213838755356454
- Urgent Message from Egypt
- A Letter of Solidarity from Tahrir Square
http://zinelibrary.info/files/tahrir_to_OWS_read.pdf
- International Day of Solidarity
http://en.nomiltrials.com/p/international-day-of-solidarity.html
- Why Occupy in Solidarity
http://en.nomiltrials.com/2011/11/why-occupy-in-solidarity.html
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Foster-Powell/ Mt. Scott-Arleta Neighborhood Assembly
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- Date: Saturday, December 3, 2011
- Time: 3:00pm - 5:00pm
- Location: SEIU Labor Hall, 6401 SE Foster Rd.
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Purpose
- SE Portland Neighborhood Assembly
The Occupy movement has created a moment for energy and activism. This meeting is a way for neighbors in SE Portland to come together to discuss issues in our lives and communities. We will work together as a group to take action on the issues that connect us, local and global. We invite neighborhood association representatives, Occupy activists, and all interested neighbors to join us. At this facilitated meeting, we’ll create proposals and decide on the next steps to draw on the energy of the Occupy movement and move our communities forward.
- We welcome brochures and flyers on a wide range of topics for our information table.
- Contact the Coordinator
Charles Seaton: aleph.charles@gmail.com (503) 467-8327
- Website
- http://www.opgo.org
- Assembly Goals
- Bring together people in SE, and provide a space for people to tell their stories.
- To educate people about the Occupy movement.
- To ask: What can Occupy take on at a local level?
- To hear and make progress on proposals.
- And to connect with people from neighborhood associations
- At the assembly, we will
- Meet with neighbors, Occupy members, and people from your neighborhood associations.
- Tell your story, and listen to other people’s stories.
- Learn about the Occupy movement.
- Discuss what Occupy can do in your neighborhood.
- Listen to and help make plans.
- Assembly Structure
Alternating between small group with large groups, report outs to large groups.
- Agenda
- (Brief) What is Occupy Pdx, Examples, why it is we are here, what we want to accomplish
- Break out groups: hearing our experiences, nhood issues to resolve, identification of topics of action
- Large group: Report Out, Identify Shared Areas of interest for next Steps
- Small Group with new topics identified by earlier Process
- Report out in large Group: Wrap-Up & Next steps
- About the convening group
Occupy Portland Grassroots Organizing is an evolving group of individuals working to help build communication, organizing, and interdependence in our local neighborhoods and in the whole 99%, in order to transform the community's needs, concerns, hopes and resilience into locally-based solutions.
- Our SE organizing subgroup can be reached or joined at
http://tinyurl.com/se-occupypdx
This event particularly invites folks living in the Foster-Powell and Mt Scott-Arleta neighborhoods (50th to 82nd, Powell to Woodstock) to come out and talk about economic and social issues in their neighborhood, and how collective action and the Occupy Portland movement can work to address those issues. Folks from nearby neighborhoods are also welcome.
Holiday Bazaar at Beaverton's Shilo Inn!!
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- Date: Thursday at 3:00pm until Sunday, December 4, 2011 at 2:00pm
- Location: Shiloh Inn 9900 Sw Canyon Rd, Beaverton, OR 97225
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Purpose
Join us for Shilo Inn's first ever Holiday Bazaar.
Dozens of vendors from the metro area will showcase their handmade clothing items, crafts, high end jewelry, Hat makers, photography, and more!
- It's a great way to get a jump start on you Christmas list, while supporting local artisans and local soloprenuers.
Thursday and Friday are our Happy Hour Bazaar. from 3-7pm Come on in, have a cocktail and shop at the same time!!
- Saturday and Sunday are 11am-3pm....Join us for Brunch and peruse the tables for that unique item.
This season more than ever it's important to shop local, and proceeds go to the Beaverton Education Foundation!
Come enjoy the spirit of the season at The SW Shilo Inn first ever Holiday Bazaar!!
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Occupier and Non-Occupier Town Hall
- Date: Saturday, December 3
- Time: 5:30pm - 8:00pm
- Location: First Unitarian Church 1011 Southwest 13th Avenue Portland, OR
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Purpose
Invitation to Occupy Portland Town Hall
- “Is there life after eviction?”
Occupy Portland’s Vision & Strategy Committee invites you and members of your communities to join us for conversation, food, and networking. We want to provide a friendly setting for dialogue, to explore the varied views people have of Occupy Wall Street and Occupy Portland. As more and more camps are being dismantled, many wonder what might be next. We invite campers, supporters, curious bystanders, skeptics—from a wide range of our communities—arts, education, faith, business, services, advocacy groups, labor, government, etc.--to join us to pause and reflect on what we think OWS and OP have accomplished, and where the movement might be headed.
- Our hope is to follow this Town Hall with many more open discussions, to sustain the dialogue that has been started and to help shape of the movement’s future.
5:30 PM to 8:00 PM – Food & Beverages will start the evening
Trudy Cooper, Professional Facilitator specializing in Organizational Development, Mediation, Strategic Planning and Diversity Education will lead the large and small group dialogue and one to one informal conversation.
- RSVP
- Space is limited, please RSVP by Friday, December 2nd, 2011 to Owen Sanders, Ph. #503.459.6391 or email: owensanders@gmail.com
We look forward to this opportunity to continue the conversation with you and others in our community!
Questions may include:
- What has worked?
- What is unique about OWS?
- What is unique about OP?
- How will the current displacement of the camp affect OP?
Those in attendance will be occupiers, supporters, and any other interested or curious people who would like to focus on these questions to continue our work, build on our strengths, and include more people from more of Portland.
Free, with the time divided between:
- facilitated large group discussion
- small group discussions,
- one to one informal conversation with food and drink available, and with
- access to information from various actions and projects now underway.
Sunday
Occu-Mart: Part of Boycott Black Friday
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- Date: Sunday, December 4, 2011
- Time: 12:30pm until 3:30pm
- Location: Walmart 4200 SE 82nd Ave, Portland, Oregon 97266
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Purpose
BUY LOCAL!!
Every year, the day after Thanksgiving turns into one of the biggest shopping holidays of the year.
- With most of that money being spent in big corporate stores with poor benefits and ethics for their employees.
- This year, let's change that.
- Walmart is one of the main contributors in the incredibly negative impact on the American economy and we should all start buying LOCAL!
Every year, the day after Thanksgiving turns into one of the biggest shopping holidays of the year.
- WalMart is one of the worse culprits of poor employee standards and ethics.
Sunday, December 4, 2011 we are going to enter WalMart.
No chants, no signs. Just enter like you are there to shop.
Then at 12:30p, listen up because there will be a mic-check.
We'll do a MIC CHECK (I'll be happy to do it).
If we can have people through out the store so our message is heard it would be more effective.
In solidarity ♥
Ejiria Walker
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Faciltation Workshop to improve group process!
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- Date: Sunday, December 4, 2011
- Time: 2:00pm until 6:00pm
- Location: Laughing Horse Book and Film Collective 12 NE 10th Ave, Portland, OR 97232
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Purpose
- Interested in creating a rockin' group process?
- Need some tools and strategies to make meetings more fulfilling?
Come to the *Facilitation Workshop* by FACILITRON -- part of the Rising Tide monthly workshop series -- Sunday, December 4th, 2-6pm Laughing Horse Books, 12 NE 10th Ave.
- Snacks provided!
This will be a hands-on, participatory workshop on how to facilitate a good group process. There are too many meetings in the world that are draining, unfocused and disempowering. Bad meeting dynamics are not conducive to inspired collective action -- and inspired collective action is what we want! There are lots of things you can do before, during, and after meetings to help your group process run smoothly, be effective, use time well, and build solid relationships.
In this workshop we will discuss the role of the facilitator, talk about what this role is and what it's not, and share some facilitation tools that can help foster effective, efficient and energizing meetings. We'll be putting facilitation strategies into practice, so come ready to participate! All experience levels welcome.
- Invite friends!
FACILITRON is a small group of facilitators participating in a year-long program called Portland Facilitation Lab, an intensive training and practice in group facilitation. Members of FACILITRON are involved in community disaster preparedness, healing arts, media, design, grassroots organizing, direct action and movement-building. Through this training, they hope to share their skills as well as draw from the knowledge of the group
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Holiday Bazaar at Beaverton's Shilo Inn!!
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- Date: Thursday at 3:00pm until Sunday, December 4, 2011 at 2:00pm
- Location: Shiloh Inn 9900 Sw Canyon Rd, Beaverton, OR 97225
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Purpose
Join us for Shilo Inn's first ever Holiday Bazaar.
Dozens of vendors from the metro area will showcase their handmade clothing items, crafts, high end jewelry, Hat makers, photography, and more!
- It's a great way to get a jump start on you Christmas list, while supporting local artisans and local soloprenuers.
Thursday and Friday are our Happy Hour Bazaar. from 3-7pm Come on in, have a cocktail and shop at the same time!!
- Saturday and Sunday are 11am-3pm....Join us for Brunch and peruse the tables for that unique item.
This season more than ever it's important to shop local, and proceeds go to the Beaverton Education Foundation!
Come enjoy the spirit of the season at The SW Shilo Inn first ever Holiday Bazaar!!
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Spokes Council
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- Date: Sundays - Tuesdays - Fridays
- Time: 7pm - 10pm
- Location: Director Park, SW Park and Yamhill
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Purpose
Please spread the word through committee/caucus list servs and also ATTEND!
It is especially important to become involved with the the spokes council meetings and other meetings where actions are decided on! This will be a great chance to voice your ideas, to re-group as committees, assess, and plan for moving forward.
Monday
AC meeting today at 5:30pm PSU Smith Center cafeteria
Neighborhood Assembly Facilitator Training
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- Date: Mon, December 5, 2011
- Time: 9:30am – 11am
- Location: Afscme Building on 60th and E Burnside in the library
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Purpose
In our mission to kick-start some Neighborhood Assemblies so that all our communities can feel better represented in the movement.
Outreach Committee brings to you a Facilitator Training that will be very useful in having well trained participants helping the flow of communication.
All are welcome!
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See Also: Neighborhood Assembly
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PLEASE POST THIS TYPE OF INFO TO THE OCCUPY PORTLAND CALENDAR!!!
Occupy Eugene Community Conversation
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- Date: Monday, December 5, 2011
- Time: 7:00pm until 9:00pm
- Location: Harris Hall 125 East 8th Ave , Eugene, OR
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Purpose
You are warmly invited to an Occupy Eugene community conversation about these questions:
- How can we use Occupy Eugene as a springboard for community solutions?
- What do the Occupiers have to teach us about resilience, survival, and developing supportive relationship networks?
- What is a possible win-win outcome for Occupy Eugene and the city?
- What needs to happen before the Dec. 15 deadline for extending the exception to the camping ordinance?
We want to include a diversity of perspectives on these questions, especially yours. The first facilitated discussion that Occupy Eugene had with the City Manager and Chief of Police brought out 100% agreement on the goal of win-win solutions. Let's build on that. This conversation will be facilitated by Chip Coker of Community Mediation Services.
- If you can't be there in person, it will be streamed live over PeaceDay.tv
We now have a splendid opportunity to bring our citizens' best wisdom forth, and to build a democratic consensus for living together in harmony. Many of us have shared that we hope Eugene will be a role model for our nation. I am very confident that if we do this we will light up the world.
A second community conversation is tentatively scheduled for Monday, December 12, at the same time and place. That conversation may be rescheduled if public comment would be more fruitful at the city council meeting on the same evening. If held, the conversation will focus on the internal strengths and weaknesses of Occupy Eugene, as well as the external opportunities for change and threats to the movement.
OE Community Conversations Committee (soon to be morphed into an existing or new committee) is currently a team of people representing Occupy Eugene, Eugene City of Peace, CALC, Beyond War, WAND, and Eugene-Springfield Solidarity Network/Jobs with Justice.
We meet every Tuesday at 3:30 PM in the dome.
- Contact person
- David Hazen, innercom [at] peak.org, 541-520-6621
Tuesday
Spokes Council
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- Date: Sundays - Tuesdays - Fridays
- Time: 7pm - 10pm
- Location: Director Park, SW Park and Yamhill
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Purpose
Please spread the word through committee/caucus list servs and also ATTEND!
It is especially important to become involved with the the spokes council meetings and other meetings where actions are decided on! This will be a great chance to voice your ideas, to re-group as committees, assess, and plan for moving forward.
Bikes For Humanity Volunteer Repair Clinics - Tuesdays
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- Date: Every Tuesday
- Time: 7:00pm - 10:00pm
- Location: Community Exchange Bike School, 4038 SE Brooklyn St, Portland
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Purpose
Bikes For Humanity PDX(B4HPDX) is a community service project aimed at providing the public affordable refurbished bikes, repair classes & workshop space.
They have 100+ donated used bikes & need volunteers to catalog, clean and refurbish the bikes for bike adoption events.
Shop space has been donated for volunteer training and bike repair. Weekly volunteer clinics starting on Tuesday & Saturday.
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For full details see http://www.b4hpdx.org
Wednesday
Media Response Team Meeting
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- Date: Wednesday, December 7, 2011
- Time: 6:00pm until 9:00pm
- Location: Lucky Lab 915 se Hawthorne Portland
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Purpose
Meet others on the team and discuss potential projects for the group to work on.
If you haven't yet, the chapter on Free Speech in Howard Zinn's Declarations of Independence is a highly recommended read. I'm also trying to create a sort of "directory" of skills and interests so that people with a particular project in mind can find someone in the group who can help them. If we can become resources for each other, we'll be able to get a lot more done.
P.S. if you haven't friended me yet, please do so I can send you invites to the meetings.
http://www.facebook.com/rodenz
Also, please check the docs section of our group FB page.
http://www.facebook.com/groups/mediaresponseteam/
The minutes for the last meeting as well as our first trial project are posted there. If you want to receive minutes and updates from me, please message me your e-mail address and I'll put you on the mailing list.
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Occupy Salem Educational Forum
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- Date: Wednesday, December 7, 2011
- Time: 7pm
- Location: Salem Public Library 585 Liberty St SE Salem, Oregon
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Purpose
Occupy Salem Oregon invites all people who consider themselves to be part of the Occupy movement, and all people who are interested in finding out about the movement, to attend an educational forum about where Occupy is heading next.
- Brief presentations will cover both the national movement and the plans underway here in Salem. Open discussion will follow.
At the end of the meeting, opportunity will be provided to sign up for various Occupy Salem committees to work on different issues.
- The meeting will be held Dec. 7 at 7 p.m. in the Anderson Room of the Salem Public Library.
If you are considering getting involved with Occupy Salem, or are just interested in what’s going on, this is your chance to get a “taste of Occupy.”
- Bring your friends and spread the word.
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Thursday
AC meeting today at 5:30pm PSU Smith Center cafeteria
Next Week and Beyond
These events are more than seven days away, please jump to each event's page for more info.
- Outreach Weekly Organizer Training - Thursdays
- PRAY THE DEVIL BACK TO HELL 12-8-11
- Sisters Of The Road's STREET STORIES Film Festival! 12 10 11
- Occupy Eugene GLOBAL MARCH FOR HUMAN RIGHTS 12 10 11
- Silent Candle Vigil/Protest with OP 12 10 11
- Scrooge of the Year Holiday Party 12 10 11
- Occupy Portland: PCASC presente! House Party 12 10 11
- Occupy Giving! Organizing a Holiday Meal for the Homeless 12 11 11
- West Coast Ports Shutdown 12 12 11
- Launch 99 12 12 11
- Mental Health Advocates Meet! 12 13 11
- PDX Occupy benefit concert 12 17 11
- "How We Won Health Care for All" 12 17 11
- Occupy Santarchy! - 17 December 2011
- Occupy the Iowa Caucus - 27 December 2011
- Occupy the Courts 20 January 2012
- Occupy DC - 30 March 2012
Past Events
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