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Organizing Agenda Moving beyond the “Wall Street model of human liberty.” The ever expanding burdens thrown onto the backs of working people are not only unreasonable, oppressive and unfair, these burdens have grown too big for working people to shoulder. In response, Occupy Portland's Labor Outreach Committee has launched a Peoples’ Assembly Organizing Committee tasked with organizing, planning and facilitating the democratic development of a peoples’ budget centered on democratically addressing the primary economic interests of ordinary working people. Upcoming Events Community Assembly to Create a People's Budget Date: Saturday, May 5, 2012 Time: 1:00pm until 6:00pm Location: First Unitarian Church of Portland Oregon - 1211 SW Main Street, Portland, OR 97205 Jump to this event's wiki page, edit it, discuss it or return to the events page. 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 Why do some observers compare the collapse of neoliberal capitalism to the collapse of the Soviet Union? “The collapse of the Soviet system was a pretty extraordinary event, and we are currently experiencing something similar in the developed world, without fully realizing what’s happening.” Contact Us Main Info Page Community Assembly to Create a People’s Budget Group Homepage: http://groups.google.com/group/peoples-assembly Group Email: peoples-assembly@googlegroups.com Facebook Pages RSVP: Community Assembly to Create a People's Budget The Continuations Committee to implement a People's budget Occupy Portland Labor Solidarity Committee Downloadable Flyers Whose Budget? The People's Budget! Jobs! not Layoffs! No cuts to city services! Save Our Community Centers! See Also Peoples’ Assembly Organizing Committee Occupy Portland Labor Outreach Committee more information References Links to Documents A Budget for the Rest of Us Resolution in Support of a Community Assembly to Create a “People’s Budget” (Short version.) Resolution in Support of a Community Assembly to Create a “People’s Budget” (Long version -- draft.) CA Outreach Update - Time Sensitive (Shorter, updated list.) CA outreach lists (Fuller list.) Peoples’ Assembly Organizing Committee - Combined Meeting Notes Proposal Ideas: Community Assembly for a People’s Budget 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 Info Page on PortlandGeneralAssembly.org: Community Assembly to Create a People’s Budget Attend Our Meetups! Join our discussion list -- http://groups.google.com/group/peoples-assembly Please connect with us through our mailing list to receive all time/date/location updates. Next Meetup: To be announced. Past Events / Meetings Community Assembly Organizing Meeting - Saturday February 11 2012 Community Assembly Organizing Meeting - Saturday February 4 2012 A Budget for the Rest of Us Who: Occupy Portland’s Labor Solidarity Committee What: Strategy Session When: Thursday, January 26, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. Where: Oregon Fair Trade Campaign Office Address: 310 SW 4th Ave., Suite 436, Downtown Portland In addition to our group discussion list, a number of our wiki pages use the possessive of peoples, as in indigenous peoples. It's likely, however, that the possessive of people, as in We the People, will appear more often in the discussions we have and in the documents we craft. See Also Occupy Portland Labor Outreach Committee Represent The People Make Revolution Not War Organized Power References Home Labor Solidarity Organizing Committee Organized Power Working People's Campaign Newsroom