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= Labor Solidarity March - March Together with Occupy Portland!! =
[[File:OccupyTogether poster15.jpg|right]]
* Date '''Wednesday October 26, 2011'''
* Time '''5:00pm - 8:00pm'''
* Location [[Director Park]], 815 SW Park, between SW Yamhill & Taylor on Park Ave, downtown Portland.
* Invite Page: [http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=249047295143069 LABOR COMMUNITY MARCH - Solidarity with Occupy Portland!]
 
;Flyer: [http://www.oregonafscme.com/docs/OccupyPdx1026%2Epdf Occupy Portland Labor March]
 
=== Directions/Instructions ===
Assemble at Director Park at 5 p.m. and at 6 p.m we will march downtown in a show of solidarity.<br />We will march past the Occupation at [[Chapman Square]] and end at [[Pioneer Courthouse Square]].
 
Organized labor is coming together to support the Occupy Portland movement. [[Oregon AFSCME]] leadership encourages your participation as we partner with the Oregon AFL-CIO, Jobs with Justice and others.
 
Occupy Portland is made up of real Americans pulling together to hold big banks and multinational corporations accountable for the financial crisis we all face.
 
Looking for more background information to better understand the ‘Occupy’ movement?
;Please visit their webpage
[http://occupypdx.org/2011/10/07/day2-occupy-portland/ Occupy Portland in peaceful solidarity with OWS]
 
Remind everyone that the 99% are not just the representatives standing our ground in parks and empty lots across Oregon and the nation. Join the [[Oregon AFL-CIO]], [[AFSCME]], Laborers', and more unions for sure to come. The [[WE ARE OREGON]] drum core will also be there to put a beat to our steps!
 
LABOR won't stand for corporatization of our communities - not on Wall Street and not in the City of Portland! GOOD jobs, NOT CUTS!
 
= International Occupy March  =
* Date '''Saturday, October 29th, 2011'''
 
=== Purpose ===
This is the night before the G20 leaders Summit. This will be one of our regular Saturday marches, but in solidarity with other marches happening that day worldwide.  This is a march against the greed of wall street, and in support of values of the 99%
 
= Zombie March =
* Date '''Monday October 31st, 2011'''
 
=== Purpose ===
The Anti-Coal Zombie March is organized by Rising Tide to highlight the banks that fund coal mining (Bank of America, Wells Fargo...).  This easily meshes with OP intentions.
 
= National Break up with your Bank Day =
* Date '''Saturday November 5th, 2011'''
 
=== Purpose ===
Vote with your dollar.  Get your money out of wall street banks and back into your community by moving your money to a local credit union.  Save money by avoiding the new debit card fees banks are forcing on consumers even though the banks continue to rake in record profits.
 
=  Stop The Tar Sands Pipeline=
* Date '''Sunday, November 6th, 2011
 
The action will replicate DC's "Hands Around The White House". Our local version on Sunday, November 6th, would be "Hands Around The Federal Building" and a march to a nearby theater for a free viewing of the new documentary, Pipe Dreams. This is a film on the Keystone XL by Leslie Iwerks and is short-listed for an Academy Award nomination.
 
=== Purpose ===
The Tar Sands/ Keystone XL pipeline is one of the biggest looming disastesr in North America, but most people have never heard of it. 
Please watch this [http://act.350.org/cms/thanks/november6?akid=1353.158564.RlopVU&rd=1&t=3 90 sec. video] and this
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5QqsLsMroM 4 minute video] by Josh Fox, Academy Award nominated producer of Gasland.
 
 
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