“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]
Kitchen Table Activism
Kitchen Table Activism (KTA) is a monthly project of the Rural Organizing Project. Often building on quarterly themes, short actions are described in each KTA. The theory is that basic steps and tasks can lead to powerful collective results as small groups of people gather to complete the same action throughout the state of Oregon. ROP works to keep the basic tasks easily achievable so that groups with other projects or groups with limited immediate energy can still manage to complete the KTA each month.
Over the last few months, rural Oregon and ROP have been on the front lines responding to an assault on rural community infrastructure. In October, 41 rural Oregon communities were told their post offices would be closing as early as January 15 as a cost-saving measure for the Postal Service. In addition, four processing facilities [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]
The Rural Organizing Project has heard the call from human dignity groups and small town occupiers from across the state: you want tools and resources to make the most of this exciting moment! That is why we have developed Resources for Small Town Occupations: tools developed for rural and small town communities to keep the [read more]
Oct 012011
Over the next month there will be some serious consideration on whether or not to bring a marriage equality measure to the ballot in 2012. Is there the voter support to win in 2012? That is why we are bringing you the October Kitchen Table Activism early this month, to invite your human dignity group [read more]