Every year the Rural Organizing Project brings together rural and small town leaders, activists, organizers and concerned community members for a day of strategizing. We look back on our last year – what we have accomplished, what has changed in our political climate – and we strategize for the year to come. This year’s Rural [read more]
Economic Justice
Feb 222012
“Strategy is the road resistance walks to freedom.” – David Swanson, How the People Got Their Groove Back: What a Bunch of Farmers Can Teach a Bunch of Occupiers About How to Keep on Going Over the last few months human dignity groups and newly developed Occupations in over 40 Oregon small towns have held [read more]
Jan 092012
“Homelessness is not a side issue unconnected to plutocracy and greed. It’s where we’re all eventually headed — the 99%, or at least the 70% of us, every debt-loaded college grad, out-of-work school teacher, and impoverished senior — unless this revolution succeeds.” -Barbara Ehrenreich The Occupy movement has gained and maintained so much traction because [read more]
Dec 082011
On Monday simultaneous actions occurred in towns where Rep. Walden has offices (Medford, Bend & La Grande), his hometown (Hood River) and Klamath Falls. Hundreds turned out to Occupy Walden! The goal of the action was to expose Walden for his support of Wall Street, not Main Street. The actions highlighted Walden’s lack of representation [read more]
Dec 022011
Occupy Our Post Offices Rural and small town communities are some of the hardest hit by the economic recession. More and more of our Main Street businesses are shutting down. As our economy has declined, we have also lost many of our community gathering places. There are fewer active granges, fewer grocery stores and community centers. Even [read more]