Rural Organizing Project
PO Box 1350,      Scappoose, OR 97056 

(503) 543-8417              Fax: (503) 543-8419

office@rop.org

Recent Projects

Report from the Rural Caucus and Strategy Session 2008

To learn more about the great success in Hood River, CLICK HERE

Co$t of War Town Halls a success!

With over 750 people in attendance and standing-room-only crowds at the Co$t of War Town Halls, the people of Oregon made it clear that the Cost of War is too high.  Testimonials from Iraq veterans, military families in mourning, teachers, nurses, immigrants, youth, County Commissioners, and City Councilors held up the personal experiences and the community impact of lives destroyed by a war that has cost billions while social services and programs go unfunded here at home.  Rural Oregon went on record with their own People’s Resolution that passed at every Town Hall calling for Oregon Members of Congress to cut off funding for the war in Iraq, to prevent the spread of warfare into Iran, and to publicize the cost of war to their constituents, and a pledge by participants to work together across the district. 

To read a summary of each District’s Co$t of War Town Hall and review the resolution CLICK HERE

2007 Legislative Action

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Summary of the 2007 Rural Caucus
& Strategy Session

From every region in Oregon, stretching from the small town community of Irrigon to the east, to the Applegate Valley in the south, to the coastal communities north, central, and south, rural and small town leaders from around the state climbed into their cars in the wee hours of Saturday morning on April 28th to travel to Corvallis. Their destination: ROP’s annual Rural Caucus and Strategy Session. Over 120 folks representing small town human dignity leaders, youth, military families, immigrants, and allies gathered to strategize our next steps in building the movement for justice and democracy in rural Oregon.

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War at Home,
Immigration Backlash:

One face of the war at home is immigration backlash. With recent raids, hate activity, and the debate on comprehensive immigration reform nationally, things are changing each day. To stay connected to the most recent happenings on this issue and for tools to organize locally, click here.

2007 Job Gap in U.S. Rises.....learn more

Elections 2006

It was an historic mid-term election, where we saw power shift by overwhelming public mandate at the ballot box.  To read more , click HERE.

2005 Walk for Truth, Justice, and Community

More than 2,500 people joined us for part of the Walk for Truth, Justice & Community, with a core of 150 marchers present at all times. To read about the Walk, click HERE.

2005 Legislative Action

For information on our recent legislative works, please click HERE.

Intergenerational Dialogues

To learn more about the work of the youth in our communities, click HERE

Reflecting for Change, Framing the Debate

George Lakoff is sharpening our ability to do this values based organizing through his work with that other buzz word of the moment: framing. Lakoff explains what allows our values to get heard by others. ROP offers $6 copies of his easy to read Don’t Think of an Elephant as we encourage activists to fold serious group reflection time into organizing priorities this winter.

Why reflect when there is so much to be done? Because there is so much to be done. We need to build from what we do well. We need to learn what we can do better. And we need to critically assess our status as a progressive movement driven by values at a global and very local level.

To help focus your reflection, share ROP’s “Listening to Voters” summary of 3500 neighbor to neighbor conversations. If you have trouble with .pdf files, it is also available as an Excel spreadsheet.

To order a book or find a book circle in your area contact ROP at office@rop.org.