Tuesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, 5:30pm
north park blocks, just north of burnside
Contact  pdxfnb(a)lists.riseup.net
In Portland, Food Not Bombs means free vegetarian meals four days a week!
We source fresh, mostly organic food, that would otherwise be thrown away and prepare it for the community.
We believe that society and government should value human life over material wealth. Many of the problems in the world stem from this simple crises in values. By giving away free food to people in need in public spaces we directly dramatize the level of hunger in this country and the surplus of food being wasted. We also call attention to the failures of the society to support those within it while funding the forces of war and violence, including the police.
We act...
Because FOOD is a RIGHT not a privilege!
Because there is enough food for everyone to eat!
Because SCARCITY is a LIE!
Because POVERTY is a form of VIOLENCE, unnecessary and unnatural!
Because capitalism makes food a source of profit not a source of nutrition!
Because Food Grows on Trees.
Because we need COMMUNITY not CONTROL!
Because we need HOMES not JAILS!
Because we need FOOD not BOMBS!

Monday, August 21 , 7:00pm - 10:30 -
Red and Black Cafe- 21st and SE Division
We will show a movie (different each month) and hold a community forum on issues relating to the film. How do these issues effect our daily lives and local communities? What can we do to stop imperialism and oppression?

Wednesday, August 16, 6:30pm - 7:45pm
Belmont Library, 1030 SE 39th
Speaker: Heidi Enji Hoogstra
Sponsor: BPF Portland (503) 236-5741
Enji Hoogstra will be available to discuss her recent experience at the BPF member gathering in New York, "Peace in Ourselves, Peace in the World: Wholehearted Practice in Difficult Times". We'll talk about that, and what's next. All are welcome.
http://www.bpf.org/html/whats_now/2006/member_gathering.html

Sunday, August 13, 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Red & Black Cafe
Sponsor: PCASC (503) 319-2549
The Red & Black Café is hosting a musical extravaganza and an educational fundraiser for the Portland Central American Solidarity Committee. Original Nicaraguan paintings in the "primitive" style (most notably seen in the French artist Rousseau's paintings), as well as authentic double sized quality hammocks bought in the local street market in Masaya, Nicaragua, and other various Nicaraguan artisan work will be available through a silent auction that will last until 9pm. There will be beer available with suggested donations. Multiple presentations will be displayed throughout the venue describing current Nicaraguan campaigns, issues, and election updates, as well as ways to get involved.
The event will begin at 7pm, and the innovative Portland based bands performing are (in order) Not Yeti, Red Tractor (with members from the Blue Cranes), as well as other experimental collaborations with friends. Vintage films from Nicaragua will be projected behind the bands as they play, and there will be a speaker giving an informational testimony of their experience in Nicaragua during the Contra conflict.
Donations are requested at the door on a sliding scale fee. No one will be turned away. Food will be on sale from the Red & Black as normal. To get information about the bands and the event, call (503) 319-2549 or email akasalove@hotmail.com. For information about the benefited organization, please go to www.pcasc.net.

Tuesday, August 29, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Hollywood Theater, 4122 NE Sandy Blvd
Speakers from Montana & Colorado
Sponsor: Gifford Pinchot Task Force 503-221-2102 x. 101
The Gifford Pinchot Task Force will be hosting a public forum in Portland on the proposed Mount St. Helens Mine (see below for details). Special guest speakers from Montana and Colorado will address the mine proposal, likely environmental and human health impacts, the devastating impacts of mines elsewhere in the country, and how you can help stop it. Please mark your calendars and spread the word to as many people as possible.
Background: In March of 2005, Idaho General Mines, Inc. of Spokane, WA applied for a lease from the federal government to land just north of Mount St. Helens. The mining company has stated in press reports that they hope to construct a 3,000 acre copper mine at the site. The federal government is expected to release a draft Environmental Assessment in consideration of the lease application in the coming weeks.
Thanks and see you on the 29th!
http://www.gptaskforce.org