As we head into our holidays, here is an inspiring update from rural Oregon! Monday, December 19 was a remarkable day. Over 23 communities across Oregon came together to fight back against Congress’ move to privatize the Postal Service for corporate profit. Monday proved just how much rural Oregon cares about core community infrastructure that [read more]
Stories From The Field
ROP member groups are making great strides toward justice in the far corners of the state. Check back here frequently for their stories, campaigns and successes. If you’re interested in a specific topic, you can also find updates under Issues.
Dec 222011
Posted by Intern on December 22, 2011 Tagged with: Occupy Our Post Offices
Oct 182011
What will it take to rebuild the American Dream for our communities? A standing room only crowd of 150 people. “This is the best forum I have been to” repeated again and again. Real dialogue between community members and 4 of the candidates running for Congress in District 1. Testimony from community members alongside speeches [read more]
Posted by Intern on October 18, 2011
Oct 132011
Our Rural Latino Retreat earlier this year really drove home Oregon’s truth: we’re ready. Ready for a human dignity movement led by people who know all about assaults on dignity daily: immigrants & immigrant families. As part of our support to rural Latino groups, ROP has teamed up with the Civil Liberties Defense Center based [read more]
Posted by Amanda on October 13, 2011
Oct 122011
Read on for Occupy Events Around Rural Oregon! The first of small town (and big city) Oregon’s Occupy events took place last week in Bend, Ashland, Salem, Cottage Grove, Portland, Seaside, Eugene and more. Who is joining in this week? Newport, La Grande, Roseburg, Corvallis, Manzanita, Medford, Port Orford, Klamath Falls, Winston, McMinnville, Astoria, Coos [read more]
Posted by Cara on October 12, 2011
Sep 282011
Our candidate forum Voices of Rural Oregon: A Kitchen Table Conversation is coming up. On Tuesday, Oct. 11th from 6-8pm rural and small town Oregonians will gather in Scappoose for a forum with candidates seeking to replace Congressman Wu in Oregon’s First Congressional District. This will be a different kind of candidate forum. We will [read more]
Posted by Intern on September 28, 2011