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.

Thursday, November 2, 2:00pm
City Hall Council Chambers
The City Council hearing on the strategy has been rescheduled/Portland Parks & Recreation has developed a Natural Area Acquisition Strategy to guide completion of a connected system of natural areas in Portland.
For more information contact:
Colleen A. Keyes  ckeyes@ci.portland.or.us
Marketing & Business Development, Portland Parks & Recreation
1120 SW Fifth Ave #1302, Portland, OR 97204
503-823-5457 503-823-6007 (fax)

Thursday, Novemnber 16, 11:00 am
PCC-Sylvania, Student center
PCC's Peak Oil Environmental Justice Task Force, Global Exchange (503) 493-7495
Thursday, Novemnber 16, 6:00pm
PSU, Ballroom Smith Center
Students for Unity (503) 725-8777
Wednesday, November 15, 7:00pm
Lewis and Clark, Templeton Student Center Council Chambers
Sponsors: SEED, Global Exchange (503) 493-7495
"The Niger Delta area is polluted, occupied and heavily militarized. People get killed on behalf of the major oil companies everyday, that cannot be right." - Omoyele Sowore, Niger Delta, Nigeria
Nigerian Omoyele Sowore has spent 15 years promoting human rights and democracy in Nigeria, and stop the militarization and violence that multinational oil companies have brought to his country. His career of resistance began in 1989, when he took part in student demonstrations protesting the conditions of an International Monetary Fund loan of $120 million for a Nigerian oil pipeline (which was also to reduce the number of universities in the country from 28 to just 5). He's been imprisoned eight times and tortured, but he remains committed.
Human rights groups estimate that in the last 10 years military factions acting on behalf of oil companies have killed more than 2,000 people in the Niger Delta. Sowore recently brought his message to Ford Motor Company at their annual shareholders meeting where he told Bill Ford Jr. "Every gas-guzzler Ford builds runs on the blood of Nigerians."
Currently abroad being treated for the effects of torture, Sowore is adamant he'll return to Nigeria. "Change will not come to Nigeria on a platter of gold," he insists. "If you want justice, you have to fight for it."

Monday, November 20, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Laughing Horse Books, 12 NE 10th
Sponsor: War Resisters League, Portland  (503) 238-0605

What is war tax resistance & redirection? What are some of the ways a person can participate if one chooses? An informal workshop, no charge, materials provided.

Monday, November  20, 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?
This month showing Surplus (2003), 54 min., directed by Erik Candini
This is a Swedish documentary of a dying empire that may very well take all life on THIS planet down to hell with it. A community forum will follow the film. A $2-3 donation will be accepted but nobody turned away for lack of funds.

Tuesday, October 17, 5:30pm - 8:00pm
Zaytoons Bar, 2236 NE Alberta, 2236 NE Alberta St.
Phone Contact: (503) 280-6150 x2154
Join us for a fabulous evening of happy hour priced drinks and free hors d'oeuvres at Zaytoon's Bar in the heart of the Alberta Arts District! Enjoy mingling with fun people and the chance to win fabulous gift baskets, all while supporting Planned Parenthood! Tickets: $10 at door -- RSVP to: sexytuesdays@ppcw.org
Sexy Tuesdays is a series of gatherings at cool places for the next generation of Planned Parenthood supporters. For more information about Sexy Tuesdays, including our mission statement, please visit: www.sexytuesdays.org.

Saturday, November 11, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Location  Central Lutheran Church, 1820 NE 21st Ave
Speaker:  Dr. Will Seaman
Phone Contact:  (503) 284-2331
Sponsor  Lutherans for Justice in the Holy Land and cosponsors

Dr. Will Seaman, member of Jewish Voice for Peace, will speak on the role of U.S. foreign policy in creating and sustaining the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Representatives of Americans United for Palestinian Human Rights, Friends of Sabeel - North America, Jews for Global Justice and Women's International League for Peace and Freedom will have information available. Refreshments will be served. The event is free.