Portland Current
2008 April 29
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MAY DAY AGAINST THE WAR: An Injury to One is and Injury to All!
May 1st is International Workers’ Day, and in recent years a day of action for immigrant rights. May Day in Portland this year is shaping up to be a day of important anti-war actions. These actions put the spotlight on how the Iraq occupation and war hurts workers and immigrants.
ILWU PROTEST AGAINST THE WAR – Flowers in the River
11:00 AM meet at Peace Memorial Park on the corner of NE Interstate and NE Oregon and march to the action
12:00 ILWU Flowers in the River action, on floating dock just north of the Burnside Bridge
The West Coast Longshore Caucus of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) recently voted to hold work stoppages up and down the west coast. In Portland, the Local 8 rank & file will place 800 flowers in the Willamette River, each one representing 5 U.S. soldiers killed in the war. Local 8’s press release notes that "we would like to remember also the Iraqi dead, but flowers to represent them would fill the river.” Iraqi victims will be remembered with words.
This Flowers in the River event will take place on the floating dock just North of the Burnside Bridge. Veterans, antiwar activists and unionists will be gathering at Peace Memorial Park on the corner of NE Interstate and NE Oregon at 11am to march to join the ILWU action, which will take place at 12pm. Supporters unable to march at 11 are welcome to join the action directly at the floating dock. Wear your union colors and anti-war colors, and come support the longshoremen’s demand to End the War, Bring the Troops Home Now!
PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY TEACH-IN: "End the War—It's Up to Us: A Community Information and Strategy Session"
10:00-4:00 Food for Thought Cafe, Smith Student Union Basement, Portland State University (1825 SW Broadway)
PSU professors, students, and staff, are organizing a May Day of alternative anti-war education and strategy discussions on campus. The event will feature key issues about the war in Iraq from PSU professors, students and community activists, performances, and a facilitated discussion about what we can do to end the war. The event is open to the public and will last from 10am-4pm, centered in the Food for Thought Cafe in the Smith Student Center.
PORTLAND IMMIGRANT RIGHTS COALITION RALLY AND MARCH: “Stop the War on Working People at Home and Abroad!”
4:00 PM Rally and 5:00pm March, South Park Blocks (SW Park and Salmon)
Mass rally at 4pm in the South Park Blocks at SW Park and Salmon, followed by a march at 5pm. The event will draw the connections between attacks on immigrant workers’ rights and those of all workers, and how the war in Iraq affects immigrants. The war causes and intensifies jingoistic and xenophobic nationalism, politics and violence based on fear and lies, militarism including militarization of the southern border, and special targeting of immigrant workers for military recruitment with citizenship incentives. Immigrant workers understand this, and oppose the war in higher proportion than the general population.
Socialist Party of Multnomah County meets at Main and South Park Blocks, in front of the Portland Art Museum, 4:30pm.
download pdf flyer - (english)
http://www.pdxpeace.org/files/u2/englMaydayflyer08.pdf (spanish)
http://www.pdxpeace.org/files/u2/Volante_Mayday_Espanol.pdf
MAY DAY AGAINST THE WAR: An Injury to One is and Injury to All!
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Plastics Recycling available at various locations throughout Portland. Round-ups May 3 and May 17th!
http://www.thesocialistparty.org/spo/action/roundupfullsheet.pdf
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Eastside Democratic Club
May 6, 12pm Noon - 2pm
3535 NE 15th Ave. at Fremont (bus lines 8 and 33)
1) Portland City Council candidates: position 1 and 2 (all candidates will be in attendance)
2) Democrats for US Senate: Candy Neville, plus representatives for Jeff Merkley and Steve Novick
More info, contact Sonja Harju 503 287-1576
ABC's of Land Use workshop
Saturday, May 17, 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Historic Kenton Firehouse, 8105 N. Brandon at Schofield
Offices of North Portland Neighborhood Services
Workshop is free and open to the public. Pre-registration is required. Space is limited to 30 people.
Learn about the City of Portland's land use and development review processes. Get hands-on experience with a land use review case study, including review of a development proposal and site plan, identification of relevant issues, and effective ways to respond to the approval criteria.
Presentation Topics:
Overview of the State, Metro, and City land use planning framework
The Planning Bureau’s District Liaison Program
The Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Code
How to access and read Zoning Maps
What is a Land Use Review and how it differs from a building permit
Comparison of the Land Review Processes: Type I, II, IIX, and III
How to read and respond to a Land Use Review Notice
Perspective of an experienced Neighborhood Representative
The Appeal Process
Who should attend:
Anyone interested in City-related land use decision-making processes
Neighborhood and Business Association land use specialists
Anyone getting more active with their association's land use committee
You need to have a PortlandOnline account. If you don't you will be prompted to set up an account. Complete contact information and select this workshop to register. Space is limited to the first 30 people who register.
Or contact via phone or email and we can register you:
Brian Hoop at 503-823-3075 or bhoop@ci.portland.or.us
Jeri Williams at 503-823-5827 or jeri.williams@ci.portland.or.us
Nell Wagenaar, at 503-823-3997 or nwagenaar@ci.portland.or.us
Transportation and Direction:
Busses: #4 - Fessenden or #6 MLK Jr. Blvd.
MAX Yellow Line - Exit at Kenton/N. Denver station, walk south to Schofield or west to Brandon.
Call Tri-Met at 503-238-7433 or visit the Trip Planner on-line at http://www.trimet.org/.
Accessibility: To help ensure equal access to City programs, services and activities, the City of Portland will reasonably modify policies/procedures and provide auxiliary aids/services to persons with disabilities.
Call 503-823-3075, TTY 503-823-6868 with such requests.
Call 7 days advance to request assistance for any accessibility accomodations and/or language interpretation.
Limited number of child care vouchers available.
The site is wheelchair accessible.
Co-Sponsored by: City of Portland, Office of Neighborhood Involvement, North Portland Neighborhood Services, Bureau of Planning, Bureau of Development Services,
http://www.portlandonline.com/oni/?c=29385&a=194649
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Multnomah County Socialist Party
May 18, 1pm-3pm
Belmont Library, 1038 S.E. 39th Avenue
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Vancouver for Peace
Every Thursday, March-November 20. 4:30-5:30 pm. Peace & Justice Vigil.
Meet across from the Vancouver Community Library at 1007 E. Mill Plain Blvd. with signs.
Promoted by Vancouver for Peace and Episcopal Peace Fellowship.
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Economic Stimulus Guide (PDF):
http://www.thesocialistparty.org/spo/action/Economic_Stimulus_Resource_Guide.pdf
PDX Peace Member Newsletter
http://www.pdxpeace.org/node/1450/