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PLEASE NOTE: Not all the events listed below originate with Occupy Portland. They 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.

For new events, please read How to create a new Occupy Portland event, or you can send information to: ActionCommitteePDX@googlegroups.com

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Current Events

Armistice Day

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Purpose

COME AND JOIN US!

Where: Pioneer Courthouse Square
When: Friday, November 11, 2011 11:11 AM

On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, it became “All quiet on the western front.” An armistice signed at six o’clock that morning took effect and brought a cease-fire to the “War to end all wars.” Since that fateful hour, most nations, which fought in that conflict, observe Armistice Day. The United States in 1938 made it official with a proclamation that states in part: “…it is fitting that the recurring anniversary of this date should be commemorated with thanksgiving and prayer and exercises designed to perpetuate peace through good will and mutual understanding between nations; and…inviting the people of the United States to observe the day in schools and churches, or other suitable places, with appropriate ceremonies of friendly relations with all other peoples.”

Unfortunately the horrors of World War One were to be outdone by those of World War Two and to honor the sacrifices of the veterans who fought in it, Armistice Day was changed to Veterans Day in 1954. While it is fitting and proper to honor all veterans for their service, it is a shame that the original intent of November eleventh has become lost to the militarization and commercialization of this important date.

Veterans For Peace Chapter 72 will be gathering at the Pioneer Courthouse Square for our seventh annual commemoration of this solemn day. We invite the public to join us “with thanksgiving and prayer and exercises designed to perpetuate peace Through good will and mutual understanding between nations…”.

This event is endorsed by the Occupy Portland GA

Economics of Happiness: A Documentary Film.

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  • Date: November 11th, 2011
  • Time: 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
  • Location: First Unitarian Church - 12th and Main in downtown Portland, Oregon
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Purpose

Sponsored by the Economic Justice Action Group (EJAG) of the First Unitarian Church with Alliance for Democracy and Real Wealth of Portland -

The Economics of Happiness describes a world moving simultaneously in two opposing directions. As governments and big business continue to push for 'growth' in the form if increased global trade, we're seeing an increase in climate chaos, senseless war, fundamentalism, financial volatility, income inequality, and the consolidation of corporate power. At the same time, people around the world are resisting these policies, demanding a re-regulation of both trade and finance. An. far from the old institutions of power, communities are coming together to re-build more human-scale, ecological economies based on a new paradigm - an economics of localization.

Double bill with Happy:The Movie, time permitting.

Donations are suggest, but no one is turned away, we want you to see this film!

The 99% Is Diverse and United March

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  • Date: 11/12/11
  • Time: 12:00PM Rally / 2:00PM March
  • Location: Waterfront park at SW Salmon st and SW Naito Pkwy
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Purpose

This is a march to Make all the minorities groups and cultures together and educate them about the Occupy Portland Movement. We are marching against economic inequality and exploitation of working people especially minorities.

  • NOVEMBER 12 2011
  • OCCUPY PORTLAND
  • PRESENTS THE 99%
  • IS DIVERSE AND UNITED
  • THIS TIME WE WON'T LET THEM DIVIDE US
  • THIS TIME WE WILL BE TOGETHER AND STRONGER THAN EVER
  • EXPECT US

Location: Waterfront park at SW Salmon st and SW Naito Pkwy

Time: We’ll gather at 12:00 pm and we’ll march at 2:00 pm.

Here are some things we are going to be marching for:

  • A better quality of life
  • Health care for all
  • Education reform and make the higher education accessible for all
  • Distribute the world's wealth equally with all
  • Put an end to wars and stop killing innocent people
  • Stop once and for all, the divisions and any discrimination among people. No matter the social class, race, skin color, immigration status, age, sexual orientation, disability we are all human and we have the same rights
  • Protect the environment of our planet in a more strict way because it is the only one we have and is dying.
  • Create jobs in the country and stop sending them to other places
  • To have more benefits in the jobs and with better conditions

For more updates go to occupypdx.org


STRENGTH IN DIVERSITY

POWER IN UNITY We are workers. We are black. We are straight. We are Hispanic. We are men. We are White. We are gay. We are rich. We are women. We are unemployed. We are Middle Eastern. We are poor. We are white. We are students. We are people of faith. We are struggling. We are active. We are Asian. We are atheists.

We are everything in between. We are many.

WE ARE THE 99% and WE ARE UNITED against the greed of Wall Street that has damaged our economy, destroyed our jobs, forced foreclosure on our homes, polluted our environment and corrupted our democracy.

DIVERSITY MARCH in support of education, health care and job opportunities for all in support of justice and financial reform

Meet at Water front park at SW Salmon st and SW Naito Pkwy Gather at 12PM and We March at 2PM November 12, 2011

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Facebook event page

[Occupy PDX more information]

Solidarity with Egypt: Defend the Revolution

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Purpose

A letter from Cairo to the Occupy movements & other solidarity movements.

Call-Out Letter from Cairo[1][2]

After three decades of living under a dictatorship, Egyptians started a revolution demanding bread, freedom and social justice. After a nearly utopian occupation of Tahrir Square lasting eighteen days, we rid ourselves of Mubarak and began the second, harder, task of removing his apparatuses of power. Mubarak is gone, but the military regime lives on. So the revolution continues - building pressure, taking to the streets and claiming the right to control our lives and livelihoods against systems of repression that abused us for years. But now, seemingly so soon after its beginnings, the revolution is under attack. We write this letter to tell you about what we are seeing, how we mean to stand against this crackdown, and to call for your solidarity with us.

  1. ↑ "Originally published at No Military Trials for Civilians."
  2. ↑ The Campaign to End Military Trials of Civilians -- Call-Out for Solidarity with Egypt: Defend the Revolution



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It's safe to say events in Egypt and Tunisia inspired us all in some way. Also, I think everyone in this group and a majority of Americans see no good reason why $1.2 billion of our tax money should go to prop up a repressive military regime in a foreign nation every year. The Egyptians are seeking the ability to have a much greater level of self-representation in government. We fought a revolution for that (and are fighting one now) so let's honor those that are doing the same. It's time to let the 1% in our country know that we're tired of America's colonial-like involvement in the rest of the world's affairs. We have our own problems to deal with, like constantly eroding education and health care systems.

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Occu-Fest

PLEASE COME JOIN OCCUPY PORTLAND FOR AN OCCUPY FESTIVAL!! PORTLAND, ORE.– Occupy Portland is responding to the Mayor’s threat of eviction on Saturday night, November 12 and 13, by throwing a Potluck Dinner: a family-friendly event with music and celebration for the entire city. Affinity groups will lead neighborhoods in marches beginning around 2 PM converging on the Occupation from about 5 PM. At least one group is coming from Seattle. There were announcements of support from local and regional groups. The purpose of the Occupy potluck is to bring a significant mass of people together in solidarity with the nonviolent, humanitarian goals of Occupy.

See schedule of events below

General Assembly calls for action

Energy at the General Assembly on Thursday night was high, and attendance was sharply up. Observers say between 200 and 300 were in attendance. Volunteer facilitator Adriane said the only larger General Assemblies have been in the first week of the Occupation. Many speakers voiced a belief that the movement is growing stronger, that the threatened eviction will bring more energy into the movement, and that a continuing public presence is necessary to provide a place for people to meet and to make visible the systemic problems that corporatism has long kept invisible.

After the emergency GA held in front of City Hall at noon, working groups prepared lists of actions that people can take before and after the eviction date. Most of the ideas put forward include the importance of gathering the largest crowd Occupy Portland has yet seen, united in peace, united in support for the 99% whose interests have not been served by corporatism, by war, and by the concentration of wealth in the hands of the very few.

Action envisioned

We want to encourage and remind all Occupy event attendees that the Occupy movement is a peaceful and nonviolent movement.

Occu-Fest Saturday Schedule Of Events!

Meet at Waterfront park at SW Salmon st and SW Naito Pkwy 
Stop once and for all, the divisions and any discrimination among people.
  • 1:00pm — Nonviolent Civil Disobedience Workshop
Please join us at Terry Schrunk Plaza for this free workshop.
  • 2:00pm — Special training for arrest preparation.
This is being offered by the National Lawyer’s Guild at Terry Schrunk Plaza
  • 3:00pm — Live music in Terry Schrunk Plaza!
Little Sue, Melinda Pitterman, David Rovics, DJs and more!
  • 4:00pm — Feeder marches from neighborhoods start heading towards Pioneer Square.
Rally with your friends and start your own march from your neighborhood. 
If you’re not comfortable getting a permit or don’t feel safe walking in the streets, you can always march by bike (as biking in the road is perfectly legal).
  • 5:00pm — Rally at Pioneer Square.
If you’ve been following the Occupation’s actions, you’ve probably rallied at Pioneer Square. 
We’re expecting thousands to take the square, as usual.

This is a family friendly potluck and we invite you to bring a dish or picnic supplies to share. 
We encourage a diversity of food types (vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free, etc) Please have ingredients available. 
Please, do not bring any alcohol or illegal activities to our family-friendly event in a public park.
  • 8:00pm — FREE David Rovics concert at Terry Schrunk Plaza ~ Click on link details
David is back in town after touring Europe and America and will be playing for Occupy Portland. 
This will be his 19th visit to an Occupy site! 
The concert will feature musicians from across the country in celebration of freedom and community!

Swarm this Saturday Night Nov 12, on foot or on bicycle. 
11pm at Salmon St Fountain (SW Naito and Salmon in waterfrontpark)
We meet to circle and rally around Chapman and Lownsdale Squares.
  • 12:01am — Sit-in, bike-around, and stand up in Chapman and Lownsdale Parks!
We will be demonstrating our right to peaceably assemble. 
If you’re able to make it down for any part of Saturday, please come after midnight. 
It might be a cold and long night, so come rested and well prepared for the elements.
~*Special guest: The Portland Police Bureau*~
~*Featured Guests:other neighboring law enforcement agencies*~

We sincerely hope the city administration realizes that there are ways of dealing with the issues they have at the occupation other than dispersing demonstrators from the parks. By showing your support you will help send a message to the mayor that this movement is important enough that solutions other than eviction are needed.

Preparing for Saturday Night

Before Saturday night, those who have valuables in the Occupied parks are urged to secure them and to move them off-site. Coalitions of local labor groups and some local churches are offering transportation and storage. Friday is a day for clean-up for the potluck. Some voices recommend “leave no trace.”

There were also many ideas concerning actions during and after the planned eviction. Some will sit in wait to be arrested. A Nonviolent Civil Disobedience Workshop will be held at 1 pm at Terry Schrunk Plaza on Saturday. A training for those who are willing to risk being arrested is offered by the National Lawyer’s Guild at 2 PM on Saturday. Others will provide support for those being arrested. Ideas for after the eviction include the following: outreach to unions, homeless organizations and faith organizations, plans to keep the occupation visible, plans for community events occurring on a regular basis, plans to return to the park and clean it, re-seed the grass, care for the trees, and make the two parks that have been so important to us, more beautiful than they were before the Occupation.

To view the open invitation: http://occupyportland.org/2011/11/11/open-invitation-occu-fest/

Occupier and Non-Occupier Town Hall

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Purpose

Occupy Portland cordially invites you to a town hall meeting with a small sampling of Occupy Portland and the wider community. The meeting will be an opportunity for non-Occupiers to voice their concerns and frustration with OP, for Occupiers to listen, and for all of us to work on coming up with sustainable and mutually acceptable solutions to these issues.

We are holding this meeting in order to heal this rift in our community, and to talk about solutions. Everyone who wishes to attend must be prepared to be respectful of those with radically different viewpoints. If you are not capable of this kind of empathy and common respect, please do not come.

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To non-Occupiers and anti-Occupiers
I know many of you have concerns about attending. Your safety and comfort is our highest priority, so to ensure those two things, we’re bringing in a security team, as well as a team of professional facilitators and restorative justice experts to mediate the discussion. Furthermore, I’m doing my best to only invite people who I know personally to be kind, respectful people. If anyone acts out during the town hall and is disrespectful, I will instruct security to remove them, no exceptions and no second chances. I, Owen Sanders, will personally guarantee your physical and emotional safety at this town hall. If you still don’t feel safe or comfortable attending, please email me at owensanders@gmail.com and let me hear your concerns so I can do something to address them.
To Occupiers
This will be a meeting with our toughest critics. It's going to be hard, but it is vital that we reach out to the wider community and try to come to mutually acceptable solutions to the problems they bring up. Disrespect will not be tolerated at this town hall. Period.

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Keep Coal Out of the Northwest! A Teach In/Strategy Session

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  • Date: Sunday, November 13, 2011
  • Time: 2:00pm – 4:00pm
  • Location: Tabor Space, Muir Hall 5441 Southeast Belmont St. Portland, OR 97215
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Purpose

Sponsored by Portland Rising Tide

As the market for coal in the US falls, Big Coal threatens to open the Northwest as a gateway for coal export.

  • The town of Longview, WA, 60 miles north of Portland, is facing a proposal from Millennium Bulk Logistics (a subsidiary of Big Coal giants Ambre Energy and Arch Coal) to become the second largest coal export terminal in the world, exporting up to 80 million tons of coal annually.
  • Boardman, St. Helen’s and Coos Bay, OR as well as Bellingham, WA are all at some stage of talks with Big Coal companies.

Coal is the most carbon intensive fuel on the market and responsible for 80% of global warming emissions in the US.Coal companies have destroyed the American landscape through dangerous mining practices and labor violations.

Each of the open air coal cars on the mile long trains headed to the export terminals would release 500 pounds of coal into the air, land and water during transit. Current export proposals would require up to 50 coal trains each day coming from the Powder River Basin in Wyoming and Montana.

Come enjoy coffee and snacks with Portland Rising Tide as we discuss these and other dirty tricks that Big Coal has in store for us. Share your vision for a coal-free existence and strategize with us on how we can stand up to dirty energy and keep coal out of the Northwest!

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David Rovics

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Purpose

David Rovics is back in town after touring Europe and America and will be playing for Occupy Portland. This will be his 19th visit to an Occupy site!

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From David's Bio:

David Rovics grew up in a family of classical musicians in Wilton, Connecticut, and became a fan of populist regimes early on. By the early 90's he was a full-time busker in the Boston subways and by the mid-90's he was traveling the world as a professional flat-picking rabble-rouser. These days David lives with his family in Portland, Oregon and tours regularly on four continents, playing for audiences large and small at cafes, pubs, universities, churches, union halls and protest rallies. He has shared the stage with a veritable of who's who of the left in two dozen countries, and has had his music featured on Democracy Now!, BBC, Al-Jazeera and other networks. His essays are published regularly on CounterPunch elsewhere, and the 200+ songs he makes available for free on the web have been downloaded more than a million times. Most importantly, he's really good. He will make you laugh, he will make you cry, he will make the revolution irresistible.



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The 99% Teach In

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  • Date: Monday, November 14, 2011
  • Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
  • Location: Portland Building Auditorium 1120 Southwest 5th Avenue Portland, OR
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Purpose

The Dill Pickle Club proudly presents The 99%: A Teach-in on Occupy Portland. The forum will consist of short presentations to objectively bring together various perspectives on the current occupations movement. The event will focus on the economic, political and social factors that have led to the emergence of occupations throughout the country, and more specifically the movement’s impact on a localized level.

Presentations by:

Dr. Randall Bluffstone
(Professor of Economics, Portland State University)

John Coghlan

(Filmmaker, Occupy Portland Video Collective)

Dr. Veronica Dujon

(Professor of Sociology, Portland State University)

Michael Moore

(Organizer, Right2Survive)

Nina Reierson

(Info Booth Volunteer, Occupy Portland)

Denis Theriault

(Journalist, Portland Mercury)

This program was made possible in part by a grant from Oregon Humanities (OH), a statewide nonprofit organization and an independent affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, which funds OH’s grant program. The Dill Pickle Club also wishes to acknowledge a generous donation by Phil Wikelund in making this program possible.

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http://DillPickleClub.org

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Coal Hard Truth Forum

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  • Date: Mon, November 14, 2011
  • Time: 7pm – 9pm
  • Location: HOLLYWOOD THEATER 4122 NE SANDY BLVD, PORTLAND
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Purpose

LEARN HOW PROPOSED DIRTY COAL EXPORTS WILL AFFECT YOUR COMMUNITY, AND HOW YOU CAN HELP PREVENT IT.

Oregon & Washington states are ending our reliance on coal by committing to close our last coal plants. But now Big Coal is threatening to export tens of millions of tons of coal through our states to foreign markets. If they have their way, dirty and dangerous coal would jeopardize our health, safety, and economy in our communities.

Join us to learn more about: • Big Coals’ plans for the Northwest • Health & safety impacts • Economic impacts Free event!

Other details
Contact laura.stevens@sierraclub.org or 503-238-0442 x305.

[RSVP http://action.sierraclub.org/coalhardtruth more information]

Walk of Awareness

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Purpose

On Tuesday, November 15, 2011, faith communities throughout Portland and Multnomah County will observe the second annual “Interfaith Day of Homelessness Awareness.” This year’s Day of Homelessness Awareness will focus on three concrete actions that people of faith can take to help end homelessness: Donate/Volunteer/Advocate. The Day of Homelessness Awareness will include a “Walk of Awareness” on November 15, starting at 7 am at the Downtown Chapel Roman Catholic Parish, and ending at the 13 Salmon Family Day Center at First Unitarian Church. Stops along the way will include the newly-opened Bud Clark Commons. Reflections by spiritual leaders, stories about homelessness and comments by civic leaders on what is being done to address the three “faces” of homelessness—adults, youth, and families--will take place along the walk. Participants will also hear specific calls to action they can take to get more deeply involved in addressing homelessness.

The Day of Homelessness Awareness is jointly organized by Multnomah County and the City of Portland with the New City Initiative at JOIN. Faith partnerships include Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon, Albina Ministerial Alliance, the Oregon Board of Rabbis, and the Muslim Educational Trust. For more information, including a map of the “Walk of Awareness” route, visit the Join PDX website

Move City Money Local!

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Purpose

Take the Bank Transfer Day concept to City Hall! Help convince local leaders to move Portland's money out of the Wall Street banks and bring it home. In the long term a Municipal or State Bank might be the best institution, in the meantime: why not a credit union or local community bank?

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Todd Olson of Oregon Move Our Money will address the City Council with the following demands:

  1. That they immediately move as much of the city's money as possible out of Wells Fargo and Bank of America and into local credit unions and banks who serve the interests of the 99%;
  2. That they direct the city's chief financial officer to publish a summary of the city's current and projected cash deposits, debts, and contracts with all banks and financial institutions as soon as possible;
  3. That they schedule a public hearing as soon as possible to address questions and hear proposals regarding the city's banking relationships and policies.

This will be a fun, positive action, and all the rest of us have to do is show up!

  • 9AM - Meetup at City Hall
  • 9:30AM - City Council Meeting
  • 10-10:30AM - Victory!
  • ACTION: Very Important! Council hearing on police oversight, Wed. 11/16, 2 PM Please plan on attending!

The event will surely attract media attention and put the city council on the spot. Pundits and politicians have been asking for demands from the Occupy movement so let's give them one. ( Note: No signs bigger than an 8.5x11 are likely to be allowed in the chambers. Small signs, Occupy and 99% t-shirts, buttons, etc. are encouraged but not necessary. Just being there is enough! )

Upcoming Events

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Past Events

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see also: PortlandOccupyPastEvents which includes earlier versions of some of these events.

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