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Oregon Progressive Party - second Tuesday of every month at 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm, Kafoury & McDougal law offices 320 SW Stark #200 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ February ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ************************************************* Tuesday, Feb 21, 8 PM, on OPB, Channel 10 Oregon Experience - Wayne Morse Wayne Morse served four terms (1945 -1969) in the US Senate. He represented Oregon with brilliance and bravado and followed a vision of “principle above politics.” He could be quick to criticize, and he rankled many opponents. But he wrote and sponsored legislation that was well ahead of its time. Morse also warned of an American war in Viet Nam -- a full decade before an incident in the Gulf of Tonkin formally started it. He was one of just two members of Congress to vote against it. And for the rest of his career, Morse led a national outcry to end the war and bring the troops home.************************************************* Wednesday, Feb. 22, 6 PM - 7:30 PM, AFSCME Building at 6025 E. Burnside St. Trade Justice Roadshow: Corporate Globalization & the Trans-Pacific FTA Learn about what the massive new Trans-Pacific Free Trade Agreement means for your community, and how you can help prevent this “NAFTA of the Pacific.” The Trans-Pacific FTA is being negotiated behind closed doors between a dozen countries throughout the Pacific Rim. Journalists, most Members of Congress and the people most likely to be impacted by these negotiations are barred from reviewing the U.S. proposals, but approximately 600 corporate lobbyists certified as official “citizen advisors” have regular access to both the negotiating documents and the negotiators. Join us as we learn more about this pact; about the impact of past trade deals on our communities; and to send a message to Senator Ron Wyden and other elected officials that we will not accept another business-as-usual trade pact that offshores jobs, reduces the tax base and puts a downward pressure on the wages and benefits of jobs that are left. *************************************************Friday, February 24, 7 PM, First Congregational Church JOBS: Juliet Schor (Part two of the Illahee Lecture series) Juliet Schor is Progessor of Sociology at Boston College. Schor's research over the last ten years has focused on issues pertaining to trends in work and leisure, consumerisn, the relationship between work and family, women's issues, and economic justice. Her latest book, Plentitude: The New Economics of True Wealth, offers a groundbreaing statement about the economics and sociology of ecological decline, suggesting a radical change in how we think about consumer goods, value, and ways to live. ************************************************* Wed. Feb. 29th , 11:30 Rally, 1pm, Waterfront Park @Ankeny Rally/March – Shut Down the Corporations Leap into Action! Reclaim our Future! – national day of actions against the 1%, (Occupy Portland, www.shutdownthecorporations.org) Occupy Portland calls for a national day of non-violent direct action to reclaim our voices and challenge our society’s obsession with profit and greed by shutting down the corporations. We are rejecting a society that does not allow us control of our future. We will reclaim our ability to shape our world in a democratic, cooperative, just and sustainable direction. We call on people to target corporations that are part of the American Legislative Exchange Council which is a prime example of the way corporations buy off legislators and craft legislation that serves the interests of corporations and not people. They used it to create the anti-labor legislation in Wisconsin and the racist bill SB 1070 in Arizona among so many others. They use ALEC to spread these corporate laws around the country. Read the full call to action here. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++March ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Wednesday - Saturday, March 1 - 4, University of Oregon, Eugene OR 30th annual Public Interest Environmental Law Conference More information here. ************************************************* Thursday, March 15, 4 PM, Portland State University, Smith Memorial Student Union, Rm. 298 (1825 SW Broadway) Benjamin Ginsberg Lecture: The Fall of the Faculty Until very recently, American universities were led mainly by their faculties, which viewed intellectual production and pedagogy as the core missions of higher education. Today, as Benjamin Ginsberg warns in his controversial book, The Fall of the Faculty, “deanlets”–administrators and staffers often without serious academic backgrounds or experience–are setting the educational agenda. The Fall of the Faculty examines the fallout of rampant administrative blight that now plagues the nation’s universities. In the past decade, universities have added layers of administrators and staffers to their payrolls every year even while laying off full-time faculty in increasing numbers–ostensibly because of budget cuts. In a further irony, many of the newly minted–and non-academic–administrators are career managers who downplay the importance of teaching and research, as evidenced by their tireless advocacy for a banal “life skills” curriculum. Consequently, students are denied a more enriching educational experience–one defined by intellectual rigor. As troubling as this trend has become, there are ways to reverse it. The Fall of the Faculty outlines how we can revamp the system so that real educators can regain their voice in curriculum policy. Benjamin Ginsberg is the David Bernstein Professor of Political Science, Director of the Center for the Study of American Government, and Chair of the Government Program of Advanced Academic Programs at Johns Hopkins University. Sponsored/ hosted by-Portland Center for Public Humanities @ PSU and co-cponsowerd with C.O.R.E. and PSU-AAUP This event is free and open to the public. More information about all pcph
events:
http://publichumanities.pdx.edu ************************************************* Thursday, March 16th, 6:30
PM, SEIU Union Hall at SE Foster and Holgate
************************************************* Alliance for
Democracy sponsored event.
The Peace and Justice Works Iraq
Affinity Group (IAG) is planning an event on
Tuesday, March 20, the 9th anniversary of
the invasion of Iraq, to educate the public
that despite claims to the contrary, the US
is not fully withdrawn from Iraq. The
visibility action, titled "Casualties of
Iraq 9 Years Later: US Out!", will take
place from 3:30-6:30 PM at SW Yamhill and
Broadway. Even with American troops gone,
16,000 US personnel (including 8000
"contractors") and 700 "military advisors"
are still there. In addition, as the troops
rolled out, US corporations rolled in,
including General Electric and ExxonMobil. April ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Saturday, April 7, 1 - 5 PM, First Unitarian Church, 12th and Main Community Assembly to Create A People's Budget Occupy Portland’s Labor Solidarity Committee invites all people to join us in a Community Assembly to create a people’s budget that works for all of us. Our intention is to launch a campaign and action plan to achieve a city budget and spending proposal that addresses the primary concerns we all share, such as jobs, no cuts to services, housing, transportation, health care, education, etc. We plan to outreach to labor unions, community groups, Occupy, and the broader 99% to join us in a fightback against the planned city cuts to essential services, while putting forth a budget for the 99%. More information: http://www.portlandwiki.org/Peoples%E2%80%99_Assembly_Organizing_Committee ************************************************* Sat. Apr. 14th , 7pm, Melody Ballroom, 615 SE Alder – Inner City Blues Festival – Benefit dance for Health Care for All Oregon ************************************************* Thursday, April 19, 6:30 PM, SEIU Union Hall at SE Foster and Holgate
Saturday, April 21 12th Annual Earth Day Celebration Sponsored by City Repair Project. More information here. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ May ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Thursday, May 17, 6:30 PM, SEIU Union Hall at SE Foster and Holgate
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