As you are likely aware, for the past three years Patriot Prayer and their White Nationalist friends have held rallies in Portland. They come openly carrying weapons. They come after announcing in their social media that they are looking for a fight, they are looking to cause harm, they are looking to put anyone who disagrees with them in our place. They invite and inspire people from around the...
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As the nation reels from three more mass shootings in a week, we in Portland continue to show up for immigrants, workers and those who oppose fascism. This week we invite you to join IMIrJ next week in Hillsboro as we call Oregon to stop ICE arrests in courthouses and to join with workers at several area supermarkets in their quest for pay equity. In a separate email you will find an invitation...
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Though for some vacations are in high gear, hiking is the #1 priority and commuter traffic is just a bad dream, justice work continues on many fronts in Portland and throughout the state. And this week, when Jews began a three week period commemorating and mourning the destruction of our holy temple thousands of years ago, we also remember that sinat chinam or baseless hatred amongst us is the...
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As the summer unfolds we are excited to bring you news of an opportunity to impact and re-imagine how we keep our city safe and welcoming by attending the Care not Cops alternatives to policing training! You are also invited join us to support the workers at the West Linn Post office, rallying to keep the office open! As we continue to oppose the ever more hateful, angry, unsafe and in many ways...
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This week we invite you to join us tomorrow to be part of the nationwide Lights for Liberty demonstrations against the cruelty being inflicted on immigrants and refugees at ICE facilities! And we have a couple of opportunities to continue to lift our moral voice in support of workers’ rights by a signing a petition for local grocery workers demanding pay equity and by taking action in...
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