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]
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.
Dec 022011
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]
Write Human Dignity Group History! WHAT IS THE ACTIVITY? Our history defines us. It grounds us, keeping us rooted through the present and teaching us lessons for the future. This month’s activity is to add your Human Dignity Group’s story to the collective history of rural Oregon’s grassroots movement for human dignity! WHY THIS ACTIVITY? [read more]
Sign our petition at change.org to send Walden our Notice of Foreclosure during the August Congressional Recess. Click here to link to the petition. WHY THIS ACTIVITY? The stand off around the debt ceiling is one more result of the most reactionary, nationalized and centralized right wing wrecking crew this country has probably ever [read more]