Occupy Portland
On Saturday, December 3, 2011 courageous Occupy Portland protesters began setting up a new encampment at Shemanski Fountain, the northern most park in Portland's South Park Blocks.
Shemanski Fountain is located between SW Salmon Street & SW Main Street on SW Park Avenue. Portland's riot cops began chasing occupiers from the plaza promptly at 9:00 p.m.
- Join the OccupyPortlandWiki@googlegroups.com list to link up with others doing Occupy Portland wiki work!
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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?
Between 5000 and 6000 supporters rallied at Occupy Portland's Plaza Blocks encampment late Saturday night, postponing the planned midnight eviction until Sunday morning.
(More and better pics available at Aaron Hockley's website.)
- 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.
- EVENTS - What's happening?
- 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
- 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
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 Arrests | @OccupyArrests | #OccupyArrests
- Casualty count from Occupy War Zones everywhere.
- 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
- DailyKos List and map of over 200 locations
- Portland IndyMediaPDX
- B Media Collective
Other Occupy Wiki
- OccupyTogether: Field Guide
- OccupyWiki or here
- OccupyBoston
- OccupyCleveland
- OccupyGrandRapids
- OccupyQuebec
- OccupyUkiah
- MiiU OWS
Occupy On Wikipedia
- Wikipedia:Category:'Occupy' protests
- Wikipedia:Occupy Portland - Start by reading the discussion page.
- Wikipedia:Occupy Oakland
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
Statement of Purpose
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. To view upcoming events that Occupy Portland and/or other sponsoring organizations that share the same vision as OP, please view the Occupy Portland Events page. To contact an OP events coordinator, please email actioncommitteepdx@googlegroups.com. We love working with like-minded organizations and create a greater presence while trying to make our collective voices heard.
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 or the General Assembly as primary information resources. 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.
Occupy Portland Working Groups
- Occupy Portland Working Groups (List on PortlandWiki.)
- Occupy Portland Working Groups (Forum list at OccupyPortland.org.)
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