| May 21 | Mon |  Rally 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Portland DSA is taking our Tax the Rich campaign to the state Capitol! Governor Kate Brown is calling a special session to cut taxes to businesses. Join us to protest this anti-working-class tax cut on Monday, May 21st. As reported in The Oregonian (http://www.oregonlive.com/ So join us for a rally on the Capitol steps in Salem from noon to 1 p.m. to tell our state officials loud and clear that the days of neo-liberal austerity and welfare for the wealthy are over. We demand they fund and support the working class! It's time to TAX THE RICH!! More details to come!! Also, we will be organizeing carpools and transportation, so please RSVP for that by filling out this form: tinyurl.com/ |
The Oregon Sierra Club Beyond Gas and Oil Team (BG&O) is moving Oregon and the Pacific Northwest in the right direction -— away from dirty fossil fuel extraction, transport, and export. Here is A Summary of Ongoing Work on gas infrastructure and oil trains. Contact Gregory Monahan, BG&O Chair, for more information or to volunteer: gregory.monahan@oregon.sierraclub.org. | |||
The public is invited to this monthly meeting of the Oregon Progressive Party. All are welcome, but only members get to vote on decisions. Conference call info: (712) 775-7031 209-508-222# For this meeting, we have Sherry Healy, running for Clackamas County Elections Officer. also, Ben Lavine, running as Dem against Earl Bluemenauer. | |||
In his new book, They Will Inherit the Earth: Peace and Nonviolence in a Time of Climate Change (Orbis), activist and Nobel Peace Prize nominee John Dear connects the way of active nonviolence with solidarity with Creation, and shows how our global epidemic of violence and war could only lead to catastrophic climate change. He reflects on how Gandhian/Kingian nonviolence will help us deepen our solidarity with the earth and do what we can to resist catastrophic climate change. | |||
| May 22 | Tue | Come to our monthly meeting to find out what's new in the fight against coal.
Contact Laura Stevens for more information: laura.stevens@sierraclub.org 503-238-0442 x305. | |
| May 23 | Wed | For the past 25 years, Michael Pollan, author of five New York Times bestsellers (including The Botany of Desire and The Omnivore’s Dilemma ), has been writing about the places where nature and culture intersect: on our plates, in our farms and gardens, and, now, in the plants and fungi humans use to alter consciousness. Pollan’s unique and elegant blend of science, history, travel writing, and first person reportage has inspired millions of readers to look at familiar experiences in a whole new light while sparking vital national conversations about our relationship to the natural world. How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence (Penguin Press) is Pollan’s brilliant and brave investigation into psychedelic drugs and what they reveal about the human mind, the self, and our connection to the natural world and each other. A deeply personal exploration of human consciousness, Pollan’s “mental travelogue” is not just about psychedelic drugs, but also how, in a world that offers us both struggle and beauty, we can do our best to be fully present and find meaning in our lives.
Please note: Tickets for this event, $38, include admission and a copy of How to Change Your Mind, and are available online at Portland5.com, at the Portland’5 box office, by phone at 800-273-1530, and at all TicketsWest outlets. Books will be distributed at the event. | |
| May 25 | Fri |  Campaign $$$ Reform Meeting 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM | Strategize on next stage of work toward 2019 passage of public funding for some campaigns. |
| May 28 | Mon | Memorial Day | |
| Jun 3 | Sun | An evening with Jeff cohen, Viewing and Discussing his Film: All Governments Lie Jeff Cohen, producer of ALL GOVERNMENTS LIE, is the founder of FAIR, co-founder of RootsAction.org, former CNN, Fox News and MSNBC commentator and author of Cable News Confidential: My Misadventures in Corporate Media. I.F.Stone - He challenged propaganda, wars and racism for decades. A documentary celebrating indy journalists like Amy Goodman and Glenn Greenwald "A damning indictment of mainstream media" ~ Los Angeles Times | |
| Jun 4 | Mon | The Oregon Sierra Club Beyond Gas and Oil Team (BG&O) is moving Oregon and the Pacific Northwest in the right direction -— away from dirty fossil fuel extraction, transport, and export. Here is A Summary of Ongoing Work on gas infrastructure and oil trains. Contact Gregory Monahan, BG&O Chair, for more information or to volunteer: gregory.monahan@oregon.sierraclub.org. | |
| Jun 5 | Tue |  Public Meeting David Delk 503.232.5495 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM | LIKE us on FACEBOOK and then Invite your friends. Click www.facebook.com/events/958379144270088/
Eastside democratic Club is a member organization Annual Membership fee is only $5.00 and can be paid to Steve Elder at the meeting. Public is always welcome at our meetings. |
| Jun 7 | Thu |  Public Meeting 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM | ALL ARE WELCOME AT OUR MEETINGS! Come join us to further the human rights work of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC).
Through a combination of advocacy, education, and partnerships with grassroots organizations, UUSC promotes economic justice, advances environmental justice, defends civil liberties, and preserves the rights of people in times of humanitarian crisis. |
Dafna Tachover is an attorney and founder of We Are the Evidence. In 2009, she developed electromagnetic sensitivity from wireless technology radiation. Since then, she has dedicated herself to exposing the epidemic of sickness caused by this technology; to protecting the rights of the injured; to eradicating the misrepresentation that wireless technology is safe; and to pursuing those who betray the public’s trust. She has also been fighting against the deployment of Wi-Fi in schools. Her work includes public speaking engagements, educating the medical profession, generating media initiatives and interviews, lobbying, consulting and litigation. She is one of the leading global advocates on this topic. | |||
| Jun 9 | Sat | We are laser focused on working for the passage of Carbon Fee and Dividend, the climate change solution economists and climate scientists alike say is the “best first-step” to preventing the worst impacts of a warming world.
We have a solid and growing chapter with 20-30 core members who are committed to our approach. We meet twice a month, on 2nd Saturdays (national conference call) and 4th Wednesdays (Social Action Night). We'd love to meet you. Come join us for a brew or some good solid action that makes a difference. Call Tamara if you need to be let in to the church building: 503 703 7058. | |
| Jun 14 | Thu | The "Great Recession" financial crisis of 2007/8 brought forth the need for Americans to examine the financial institutions which came to negatively impact Americans, increasing the inequities of American society as well as the divide based on race. That examination begun with a critical look at the role of the too-big-to-fail banks and a desire to develop financial institutions which support the needs for local financing of local needs, separated from the profit seeking activities of the too-big-too-fail banks.
Thus a movement to form public banks was reborn. The movement today focuses on the formation of municipal banks. Movement grows coast to coast with active efforts from Seattle, San Francisco, and Santa Fe and going east to Washington DC and Philadelphia. And now the effort starts in Portland. | |
| Jun 17 | Sun | Father's Day | |
| Jun 18 | Mon | The Oregon Sierra Club Beyond Gas and Oil Team (BG&O) is moving Oregon and the Pacific Northwest in the right direction -— away from dirty fossil fuel extraction, transport, and export. Here is A Summary of Ongoing Work on gas infrastructure and oil trains. Contact Gregory Monahan, BG&O Chair, for more information or to volunteer: gregory.monahan@oregon.sierraclub.org. | |
The public is invited to this monthly meeting of the Oregon Progressive Party. All are welcome, but only members get to vote on decisions. Conference call info: (712) 775-7031 209-508-222# For this meeting, we have Sherry Healy, running for Clackamas County Elections Officer. also, Ben Lavine, running as Dem against Earl Bluemenauer. |
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