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Revision as of 14:59, 23 October 2011
The purpose of this and other Occupy Portland-related work on PortlandWiki is to provide a central organizing space for all relevant information and work related to this gathering that anyone can access and contribute to. Occupy Portland is a "leaderless movement" engaged in direct democracy. We are all involved in working out the details in how this movement is organized.
Occupy Portland is leaderless, but not structureless. The central and primary web site for the movement is OccupyPortland.org. To help organize, please consider OccupyPortland.org as a primary information resource. To ask a basic question or get a quick orientation, please check out the Occupy Portland Facebook page.
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About Occupy Portland
Occupy Portland is Portland's answer to the Occupy Wall Street movement happening in New York City. The demonstration of solidarity with the Wall Street protesters will begin at noon on Thursday, October 6th, 2011 with a march out of SW Waterfront Park. Following the march, a public space in Portland will be "occupied" and used a a central location for meetings, events, and communications. (For logistical reasons, the exact location of the occupation site has not yet been announced.)
From the official website:
"We will gather in solidarity with the ongoing protest in New York City, Occupy Wall Street, and the growing number of cities whose people will no longer sit back watching corporate and special interests run their government. We are citizens of the United States, and this country is ours. We will take it back."
A note about Occupy Portland on PortlandWiki:
- Q: Is the information here on PortlandWiki a redundant replication of data presented on Occupy Portland’s web site, facebook page, twitter feed, etc?
- A: Some of it may be but the point is to ensure that everyone has access to information in many forms. Not everyone uses Facebook or Twitter (or knows how to), or can make sense of the different levels of information on the various Occupy sites. The Occupy Portland work here on the wiki adds value by consolidating, digesting, archiving, expanding and organizing material found on various websites, discussion groups, social media feeds, and so on.
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Note of Concern
from: (Volunteer)
to: occupyportlandcommunications AT googlegroups DOT com
cc: occupyportlandinterviews AT googlegroups DOT com, occupyportlandpr AT googlegroups DOT com
date: Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 5:21 PM
subject: Note passed out to camp today -- October 22, 2011
The following note was passed out and attached to almost all tents at Occupy Portland, today, around 1pm -- October 22, 2011.
This is a revolutionary movement on a national and international scale.
This camp is the second largest occupation in the U.S.
In the beginning others were looking to Portland as Role models for building their own encampments. No longer.
The point of these occupied areas is to give voice to the marginalized, to join together and discuss the changes that we need to see in society, and to demand that those changes occur.
We have the support of the unions and labor movements. We have the support of Social Engineers, Hacker groups, and Direct Action Organizations both nationally and worldwide.
These encampments are to be used as convergence points to discuss the larger political issues and decide our next course of action as a movement.
The teams that have come together to feed us, tend our wounds, assure our safety and give us a true uncompromising voice are completely understaffed, overworked, and undervalued.
What can you do to help?
Do you have first aid experience? Have your ever SERVED food not bombs? Can you hand out literature in the streets to the confused masses who want to support us but don't understand what we're about?
What kind of workshops can you offer to teach others that will support the goals of the movement?
Can you tie knots, hang tarps, pitch tents?
Have you been to a General Assembly meeting? Are you aware that for the past 2 weeks those meetings have been dominated by questions about what to do with a growing population of drunks, drug users, and freeloaders?
Our food supplies are diminishing. Our bathroom facilities are being vandalized and made inoperable.
There are articles in all of the local papers describing us as a camp of alcoholics that can't take care of ourselves. Sam Adams has stated that if we continue to regress he will pull the plug and shut us down.
If this happens then the country will see it's second largest voice silenced, this will be a devastating blow for our movement.
Once upon a time we could say that our movement shut down the western Sea board and the city of Seattle and stopped a pivotal meeting of the World Trade Organization.
What will you be able to claim after wee look back on this time? we smoked bluntz, we drank beer, we ate free food round the clock until there was no more, then we left.
Please volunteer your services with any of the teams, you can recognize them because they are working their asses off. If you can't decide, choose a different one every day.
This movement REALLY needs your help. If you can't help by staying and participating, please help by leaving the rest of us to our work.
(Unsigned)
- Editor's Note
Apart from a couple of minor formatting changes, minor alterations to email addresses -- "(Volunteer)" "AT" "DOT" -- to ward off spam and protect privacy, and the addition of the word "(Unsigned)" at the end of the text, the text shown above is the full, unedited text the editor received via email.
Links to Photos, Videos, Documents, and Other Content
- Articles and Interviews
- Artwork - posters, flyers, etc.
- General Assembly - minutes, highlights, resources, etc.
- Goals and Demands - a working draft of the movement's goals, principles, and demands
- Photos
- Press Releases
- Timeline of Events
- Video
- Solidarity Statements
- Press Stories on Occupy Portland -- mainstream, alternative, independent
- Press stories about other Occupy cities
Help with Logistics and Communications
Communications contacts
- Join the Occupy Portland communication discussion forum
- Sign up for the Occupy Portland Communications email group: occupyportlandcommunications AT googlegroups DOT com.
- Email the Occupy Portland Interview subcommittee: occupyportlandinterviews AT googlegroups DOT com
Wanna help with communications and logistics?
The Occupy Portland encampment is located at the Plaza Blocks Park. The Plaza Blocks are separated by SW Main Street, with Lownsdale Square on the north side and Chapman Square to the south. Both Plaza Blocks are bounded by Third and Fourth Avenues and Salmon and Madison Streets.
URGENT NEEDS
Please Come Pick Up Compost ASAP
Also Need 32 Gallon or Larger Garbage Cans for Sanitation
- Items Wanted Quick List
Full List Here: Occupy Portland - Donations
- On-site WiFi.
- Tables, chairs.
- On-site power. Preferably solar and/or wind.
- Power & Connection Resources Currently On-Site
- One on-site WiFi hotspot.
- Other WiFi open hot spots from nearby restaurants and cafes; out of range of Chapman Square.
- Intermittent WiFi hotspot provided by the court house.
- Power generator available on-site (not solar).
- Recharging station for laptops, mobile phones and other electronic devices on corner of SW Third & Fourth Avenues.
- Check out the pages below for (1) what needs to be done and (2) what you specifically are able to contribute. To link up with others, contact the point people.
- 99% Interviews or Photos - capture local stories on "We are the 99%"
- Anonymous Communication
- Audio Visual - Recording, editing, sharing
- Bicycles - Getting out the word
- Bitcoin - Public education campaign for digital currency
- Blogs - ask local blogs to write a post on Occupy Portland
- Business Solidarity - for lack of a better name
- Communications Equipment - What on-site communications equipment do we need to keep info flowing?
- DONATIONS - we need food, drinks, medical supplies, overnight, sanitation supplies
- Door to Door - distributing flyers, personal invites to get involved
- EMAIL GROUPS - 'point of contacts' for additional info or to get involved
- EVENTS - What's happening?
- Flyers/Fliers - AND POSTERS: making, printing, sharing, distributing
- General Assembly (GA) Facilitation
- Group Text Messaging on cell phones
- IndyMedia
- IRC - Internet Relay Chat
- Legal and Safety - what to do if you are detained or arrested
- Occupy Portland Library News - books, documents, workshops
- Live Streaming
- Note Taking
- Radio - AM, FM and podcast shows
- Reading List
- Mainstream Media - Corporate TV, newspapers, magazines, weekly papers
- Posters and Banners - make them, take them, share them
- PSA (Public Service Announcement) - short, simple messaging for the masses
- Reference info-statistics - Portland and Oregon economy
- School - Teach-ins, learning resources, library, training center, etc.
- Sleeping or camping outside
- Social Media Tutorials - learn about or teach Twitter, Facebook
- Things to Bring
- Software Tutorials - learn about or teach key software programs
- Translation
- TV - Public access, local cable television shows
- Video (YouTube, Vimeo, etc.)
- Wifi Hotspots - build occupation hotspots and wifi hubs
Please help organize, streamline and consolidate this list!
Encampment
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Iraq war veteran explains why he feels peaceful occupation protests are the protest method "for the 21st Century."
Other Groups and Events
Occupy Oregon Statewide Strategy Work Group
Emerging national strategy calls for state Occupation groups nationwide to occupy their capitols to begin dialogues with legislators. Occupation movements from each of the states will be responsible for initiating that process.
FOR has partnered with the Wall Street Occupation since its beginning. In October, 2011 the Oregon chapter of FOR (OFOR) offered free registration to their Annual Retreat to Occupy Oregon participants from Portland, Salem, Eugene, Corvallis, Ashland and all Oregon Occupations to convene a work group to develop a statewide strategy and proposals for their respective Occupation groups.[1] OFOR is also interested in the Occupy consensus-based process.
Right 2 Survive | Right 2 Dream Too (R2D2)
Right 2 Survive has set up a camp advocating for houseless people, Right 2 Dream Too (R2D2) at the corner of NW 4th Avenue and West Burnside Street on the vacant lot next to the Chinatown gate. The site officially opened on Monday, October 10th, 2011 which is National Homeless Day. The organizers are extending an open invitation to the community to come down and celebrate National Homeless Day at their new camp.[2]
Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Together, We are the 99%
- OccupyWallStreet: Learn about the start of the occupy movement
- OccupyTogether: find a list of U.S. and international occupy locations
- Occupy Together Field Manual - General info and resources for the entire Occupy Movement, including...
- Daily Kos: See a map and list of facebook occupy pages
- We are the 99%: read personal posts about the 99% majority who are not represented by the 1%
- US Days of Rage: learn about the 10/6/11 day of action
- The Economic Elite Vs. The People of the United States of America - 99% Movement
- FireDogLake.com
- AmpedStatus - Knowledge Is Power
- Petition the White House to recognize the Occupy Wall Street Protesters
- Occupy and Demand site for taking the temperature of people.
- Hashtag real time updates: #OccupyWallSt
- Unified calendar OccupyCalendar.org
Web hubs
- OccupyTogether Field Guide
- Please help improve the Wikipedia:Occupy Portland article - start by reading the discussion page.
- DailyKos List and map of over 200 locations
- Portland IndyMediaPDX
- B Media Collective
Other Resources
- Occupy protests around the world: full list visualised: The Occupy protests have spread from Wall Street to London to Bogota. See the full list - and help us add more.
- List of "Occupy" protest locations
- Timeline of Occupy Wall Street
- We Are the 99 Percent
- #OrganizingTogether: What are YOU organizing for? Submit Your Story
- The 100th Monkey: A story about social change.
- Other Resources
References
See Also
Make Revolution Not War | Organized Power | Foreclosure | Portland General Strike | Food Not Bombs | City Wiki | Rally For Peace: Time To Break The Spell | Represent The People