Saturday, November 8th, 10 AM, First Unitarian Church, Buchan Reception, SW 12th and Salmon
The Healthcare Movie
This fascinating documentary, narrated by Kiefer Sutherland, tells the real story of how the healthcare system in Canada turned out so different from that in the United States. Cutting through the fear-mongering campaign financed by the US health industry "big business," The Healthcare Movie shines a truthful light on the sustainable system that successfully supports the health, dignity and financial security of all Canadians.
A documentary by Laurie Simons and Terry Sterrenberg. Filmed in part in Portland OR.
Sponsored by Economic Justice Action Group of First Unitarian Church,Alliance for Democracy, Portland and Health Care for ALL Oregon
Admission: $5-20 donation requested; no one turned away for lack of funds.
Doors open at 9:30. Discussion will follow screening.
The Healthcare Movie
This fascinating documentary, narrated by Kiefer Sutherland, tells the real story of how the healthcare system in Canada turned out so different from that in the United States. Cutting through the fear-mongering campaign financed by the US health industry "big business," The Healthcare Movie shines a truthful light on the sustainable system that successfully supports the health, dignity and financial security of all Canadians.
A documentary by Laurie Simons and Terry Sterrenberg. Filmed in part in Portland OR.
Sponsored by Economic Justice Action Group of First Unitarian Church,Alliance for Democracy, Portland and Health Care for ALL Oregon
Admission: $5-20 donation requested; no one turned away for lack of funds.
Doors open at 9:30. Discussion will follow screening.
Tuesday July 15, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m., West Hills UU Fellowship Sanctuary, 8470 SW Oleson Rd
"GO, GRANNY D! - You're never too old to raise a little hell"
Raging Grannies will join actress Barbara Bates Smith and musician Jeff Sebens for this show. The 90-year-old Doris "Granny D" Haddock blazed a 3200-mile trail across America for campaign finance reform and continued her social justice efforts until age 100.
Touting “You’re never too old to raise a little hell,” the 90-year-old Doris “Granny D” Haddock in 2000 blazed a 3200-mile trail across America for campaign finance reform, precipitating the passage of the McCain-Feingold Act. She continued her bipartisan reform efforts in countrywide voter registration drives, issuing her final challenge in 2010 at age 100: “Democracy is a running game. You huddle and you go back in. You keep going.”
This is a fundraiser for Move to Amend, PDX chapter: voluntary donations accepted.
For more information: www.barbarabatessmith.com or www.jeffsebens.com
Printable flyer here.
"GO, GRANNY D! - You're never too old to raise a little hell"
Raging Grannies will join actress Barbara Bates Smith and musician Jeff Sebens for this show. The 90-year-old Doris "Granny D" Haddock blazed a 3200-mile trail across America for campaign finance reform and continued her social justice efforts until age 100.
Touting “You’re never too old to raise a little hell,” the 90-year-old Doris “Granny D” Haddock in 2000 blazed a 3200-mile trail across America for campaign finance reform, precipitating the passage of the McCain-Feingold Act. She continued her bipartisan reform efforts in countrywide voter registration drives, issuing her final challenge in 2010 at age 100: “Democracy is a running game. You huddle and you go back in. You keep going.”
This is a fundraiser for Move to Amend, PDX chapter: voluntary donations accepted.
For more information: www.barbarabatessmith.com or www.jeffsebens.com
Printable flyer here.
Portland Area Broadcast Schedule
The broadcast schedule for viewers in the Portland, Oregon area is as follows:
Portland, OR metropolitan area:
Tuesday/11pm/Channel 11*
Washington County, OR area:
Friday/8pm/Channel 21
Saturday/1am/Channel 21
Saturday/9am/Channel 21
Sunday/3pm/Channel 21
Monday/6am/Channel 21
Monday/1pm/Channel 21
Portland, OR metropolitan area:
Tuesday/11pm/Channel 11*
Washington County, OR area:
Friday/8pm/Channel 21
Saturday/1am/Channel 21
Saturday/9am/Channel 21
Sunday/3pm/Channel 21
Monday/6am/Channel 21
Monday/1pm/Channel 21
Doctor Don Baham - Conversations with Doctor Don
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14-12 Project Censored: Pushing forward real news, not Junk Food News
Project Censored’s faculty adviser, Nolan Higdon, talks about the current condition of corporate news media and the need for alternative news sources. He describes how Projected Censored got started following the Watergate scandal; how they pick stories for their annual report on the 25 most censored news stories and why a non-corporate owned media is important for a fully functioning democracy. The fourth-estate’s function of holding the powerful accountable has been diminished to the point where it no longer functions due in part to the co-ownership of the news media and major multinational corporations. Nolan reviews several examples of the failures of corporate news with a focus on Chelsea (formerly Bradley) Manning.
First broadcast June 1,2014
Project Censored’s faculty adviser, Nolan Higdon, talks about the current condition of corporate news media and the need for alternative news sources. He describes how Projected Censored got started following the Watergate scandal; how they pick stories for their annual report on the 25 most censored news stories and why a non-corporate owned media is important for a fully functioning democracy. The fourth-estate’s function of holding the powerful accountable has been diminished to the point where it no longer functions due in part to the co-ownership of the news media and major multinational corporations. Nolan reviews several examples of the failures of corporate news with a focus on Chelsea (formerly Bradley) Manning.
First broadcast June 1,2014
Thursday, June 19, 7 PM, First Unitarian Church, SW 12th and Salmon
Community Forum on the TPP & GMOs
The TransPacific Partnership (TPP) threatens to pull the rug out from under our efforts tomake informed decisions about the food we feed our families. Oregonians have a right to know what is in the food we eat? Across the state food justice advocates are gathering signatures for a GMO labeling campaign. At the same time, trade negotiators are meeting in secret on a "free" trade agreement that could jeopardize our good work.
Speakers:: Julia DeGraw - Food and Water Watch; Madelyn Elder - Communication Workers of America Local 7901
Join us to learn how you can take action to Stop the TPP and Get GMO labeling in Oregon.
Sponsored by Economic Justice Action Group of 1st Unitarian Church, Oregon Fair Trade Campaign, Food and Water Watch, CWA Local 7901, Alliance for Democracy
Community Forum on the TPP & GMOs
The TransPacific Partnership (TPP) threatens to pull the rug out from under our efforts tomake informed decisions about the food we feed our families. Oregonians have a right to know what is in the food we eat? Across the state food justice advocates are gathering signatures for a GMO labeling campaign. At the same time, trade negotiators are meeting in secret on a "free" trade agreement that could jeopardize our good work.
Speakers:: Julia DeGraw - Food and Water Watch; Madelyn Elder - Communication Workers of America Local 7901
Join us to learn how you can take action to Stop the TPP and Get GMO labeling in Oregon.
Sponsored by Economic Justice Action Group of 1st Unitarian Church, Oregon Fair Trade Campaign, Food and Water Watch, CWA Local 7901, Alliance for Democracy
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14-11 Our last hope, Nature's Trust Law
Guest Mary Wood, Faculty Director of the University of Oregon Environmental & Natural Resources Law Program, speaks with us about the use of nature trust law to bring us back from the fossil fuel induced environmental tipping point. She notes that our elected leaders as well as our regulatory agencies have been captured by the corrupting influence of the fossil fuel industries. Now we use he third branch of government to protect the environment. The judiciary branch has for the past 30+ years been engaged with regulatory decision making; now they must relearn how to use nature trust law. She explains what that law is and how legal suits are now being brought using it and points to the current effort in Portland OR to create via a ballot initiative a People's Water Trust as promising. First broadcast on Sunday, May 18, 2014 |
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14-10 Wolf-PAC for a constitutional amendment - Money is not speech
Colby Clipston, Oregon Director of Wolf-PAC, speaks with host David Delk on the need for a 28th Constitutional Amendment stating that money is not speech. Wolf-Pac works to achieve that goal by pressuring the state legislatures to pass resolutions applying for an Article V constitutional convention to achieve their goal. First broadcast on Sunday, May 4, 2014 |
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WORKERS UNDER ATTACK!
STAND UP! FIGHT BACK! The Economic Benefits of Single Payer/Universal Health Care for Unions, Low Wage Workers and Community Groups Conference features:
Sponsored by Physicians for a National Health Plan, Health Care for All Oregon, Alliance for Democracy |
Date: Saturday, May 17, 2014 Time: 4 - 6 PM Location: AFL-CIO meeting room 3645 SE 32nd Ave. Portland OR |
Project Censored, The Movie: Ending The Reign of Junkfood News |
Project Censored The Movie with Nolan Higdon
Come see Project Censored faculty adviser Nolan Higdon for a Q&A session and a showing of "Project Censored the Movie: Ending The Reign of Junkfood News." The award winning 2013 documentary film takes an in depth look at what is wrong with the news media in the US today and highlights the work of 38 year veteran media democracy organization Project Censored (PC) and their commitment to media literacy education as an antidote to top-down, managed news propaganda and censorship. Project Censored educates students and the public about the crucial role of a free press for democratic self-government. ProjectCensored.org Sponsored by Alliance for Democracy |
Date: Friday, May 9th, 2014
Time: 7 - 9 PM Location: Tabor Space, 5441 SE Belmont Admission: By donation |
Print the flyer/poster here.
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Divided, The Perils of our Growing Inequality
David Cay Johnston Inequality to the Fore...
“How bad is it? According to Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist David Cay Johnston, most Americans, in inflation–adjusted terms, are now back to the average income of 1966. Shockingly, from 2009 to 2011, the top 1 percent got 121 percent of the income gains while the bottom 99 percent saw their income fall. Yet in this most unequal of developed nations, every aspect of inequality remains hotly contested and poorly understood. Sponsored by Alliance for Democracy Co-sponsored by KBOO SEUI Local 503, Oregon Center for Public Public, Economic Justice Action Group of First Unitarian Church |
Date: Thursday, May 8th
Time: 7 - 9 PM Location: First Unitarian Church, SW 12th and Salmon St, Portland OR Admission: $5-20 donation requested; no one turned away for lack of funds |
with the Portland Raging Grannies
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Inequality for All
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Date: Saturday, April 26th Time: 7 PM, doors open at 6:30 PM Location: West Hills Unitarian Universalist Fellowship 8470 SW Oleson Rd. Portland OR Admission: $5 -20 donation requested but no one will be turned away for lack of funds. More info: Jan Weston 503-293-4301 [email protected] |
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The Healthcare Movie
a documentary by Laurie Simons & Terry Sterrenberg
The Healthcare Movie provides the real story of how the health care systems in Canada and the United States evolved to be so completely different, when at one point in history they were essentially the same. Most people under the age of 50 in both countries are not aware of the intensity of the political struggle that led to the universal medical care system in Canada. Nor are they aware of the public relations campaigns, still active today,that have been prevalent in the U.S. since the early 1900's to dissuade the American public from supporting national health care. The Healthcare Movie reveals the personal and emotional impact on Canadians who now have access to universal heath care because of the heroism of people who took a stand nearly 50 years ago. It also reveals the continuing struggle in the United States between the fear of government intervention and the right to quality health care for all people. Every day people are dying or going bankrupt due to the ills of the United States system. Who are we in the face of this human tragedy? |
Date: Wednesday, April 30, 2014 Time: 7 PM, doors open at 6:30 PM Location: First Unitarian Church, SW 12th and Salmon Portland OR Admission: $5 -20 donation requested but no one will be turned away for lack of funds. www.healthcaremovie.net The audience will be joined by the filmmakers, Laurie Simons and Terry Sterrenberg, for a Q&A/discussion following the screening.
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14-4 Portland Harbor Superfund Cleanup Situation Report
Guests Jim Robison and Robin Plance both serve on the Portland Harbor Community Advisory Group, a citizens advocate group, advocating for and advising on the decades long clean up of the Portland Willamette River superfund clean up. They discuss the history of the site, location, effects on fish and human health and more. First broadcast on February 2, 2014 |
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14-3 Olympic Games, Militarization, and Dissent
Guest Jules Boykoff, Political Science and Government professor at Pacific University in Oregon, talks about the militarization of the Olympic games, and the prospect of protests happening during the games at Sochi. Jules sees the Olympics as Celebration Capitalism, a form of public private partnerships in which the benefits move from the public to the private. The grisly underbelly of the games are talked about, especially the militarization and the affect on dissent. First broadcast on January 19, 2014 |
Portland Rally To
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January 2014 marks the twenty-year anniversary of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), a pact that has had devastating consequences for people and the environment in all three countries and beyond. The pending Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has been described as 'NAFTA on steriods' and threatens to:
Rob Sisk - President of SEIU 503, Bonnie McKinlay - 350 pdx, Benjamin Gerritz - Positive Force NW and Justin Katigbak - Portland Committee on Human Rights in the Philippines (PSU student group). What: Rally followed by leafleting and delegation visits to Congressional offices. When: Friday January 31st at 12 noon. Where: PSU Park Blocks, in front of the Smith Center (SW Park Ave & SW Harrison St). Sign up and share on Facebook. Sponsors: Alliance for Democracy, Oregon Fair Trade Campaign, Portland Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines, Portland Jobs with Justice, Positive Force NW. |
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14-2 Community Forum on the Trans Pacific Partnership
Populist Dialogues presents video of the recent "Community Forum on the Trans Pacific Partnership" in Portland OR. Speakers include * David Delk, President of Alliance for Democracy (Portland), speaking on the effects of so-called free trade agreements on democracy as well as how intellectual property rights in the TPP will affect affordable medicines, *Greg Pallesen, Vice President of the Association of Western Pulp and Paper Workers, speaking on the effects of these agreements on labor with the off shoring of manufacturing using as an example how these agreements have caused the closure of Oregon paper mills * Elizabeth Swager, Exec. Director of Oregon Fair Trade Campaign, talks about acting now to oppose the agreement and Fast Track Authority. First broadcast on January 5th, 2014 |
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14-1 Why Not Nuclear? The Case Against Nuclear Power
Guest David Hill is a volunteer working with Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility on their program to stop the use of nuclear power. He delivers a modified version of his power point presentation: “Why Not Nuclear? The Case Against Nuclear Power.” He provides a broad overview of how nuclear works (fission vs fusion), the environmental and health dangers of nuclear energy, discussion of Fukushima and the Columbia Generating Station at Hanford and why it needs to be closed down. First broadcast December 29, 2013 |
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13-52 Friends of Family Farmers
Leah Rodgers, Dep Exec Director of Friends of Family Farmers (FofFF) describes how and why the organization formed in order to be a community voice supporting small socially responsible family farmers in opposition to a corporate farm in Oregon. FofFF is a non-corporate alternative for family farmers to the Farm Bureau, which is entrenched in the status quo of big corporate farming. Discussion covers challenges faced by small family farmers including access to capital. FofFF has promoted Aggie-bonds in Oregon as a way to provide capital and how the Oregon legislature has passed legislation to allow aggie-bonds starting in 2014. Leah also addresses how urban dwellers can support socially responsible family farming. First broadcast on December 22, 2013 |
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13-51 Supreme Court Undermines Democracy
Oregon Common Cause Exec Director Kate Titus joins us to discuss the Supreme Court attack on democracy with the Citizens United decision as well as the upcoming McCutcheon v FEC decision. She states that if McCutcheon strikes down aggregate limits on campaign contributions, it will effectively strike down the individual limits as well. She addresses what citizens can do to fix the special interests in the political system problem including improving disclosure laws, providing public funding of elections and enacting a constitutional amendment to end the doctrine that corporations are people and that money is speech. And ends by raising the alarm about the growing influence of big special interest money in judicial races. First broadcast on December 15, 2013 |
