We’re making a bold, visible stand to defend our democracy and push back against the Trump regime's authoritarian and unconstitutional actions. During peak commuting hours, we’ll raise our message boards over I-84 at the Blumenauer Pedestrian and Bike bridge to show that our community is awake, united, and ready to fight for what’s right.

Learn more here.

Join us at Migration Brewing on NE Glisan St in Portland and write VOTE FORWARD letters to help get out the vote in Pennsylvania. We are writing to help retain the current democracy supportive State Supreme Court justices that are running for re-election in the election this November.

With three seats up for grabs, this election will decide the future of key issues like abortion access, election disputes, voting laws and redistricting for Congress and state legislature. 

You can stay and write your letters, or just pick up letters to take home and write. We provide the letters, envelopes, pens and markers. 

On September 1st we will continue the movement we launched together on May 1st, standing in solidarity with all our communities under attack and fighting for real wins for all our people.

Thousands of communities across the country are taking a stand on Labor Day, join us! We will be in the streets, outside the offices of the corporate criminals who are behind the attacks on our freedoms, and at congressional offices. Together we will demand a country that puts workers over billionaires.

OUR DEMANDS TO BUILD THE SOCIETY WE ALL DESERVE:

1. Stop the billionaire takeover corrupting our government.

2. Protect and defend Medicaid, Social Security, and other programs for working people.

3. Fully funded schools, and healthcare and housing for all.

4. Stop the attacks on immigrants, Black, indigenous, trans people, and all our communities.

5. Invest in people not wars.

More information on Mobilize.

We are working people rising up to stop the billionaire takeover–not just through the ballot box or the courts, but through building a bigger and stronger movement. We are growing our movement and fighting for a country that is more fair, just, equitable, and free for all of us—and not just a chosen few.

On September 1st, we will be standing in solidarity with all our communities under attack and fighting for real wins for all our people.

More information on Mobilize.

Join our friends at East Portland Indivisible for Labor Day “Honk and Wave" in solidarity with Workers!  Bring your signs, flags and noise makers!

More information on Mobilize.

We’re making a bold, visible stand to defend our democracy and push back against the Trump regime's authoritarian and unconstitutional actions. During peak commuting hours, we’ll raise our message boards over I-84 at the Blumenauer Pedestrian and Bike bridge to show that our community is awake, united, and ready to fight for what’s right.

Learn more here.

We’re making a bold, visible stand to defend our democracy and push back against the Trump regime's authoritarian and unconstitutional actions. During peak commuting hours, we’ll raise our message boards over I-84 at the Blumenauer Pedestrian and Bike bridge to show that our community is awake, united, and ready to fight for what’s right.

Learn more here.

As you may have heard by now, our absentee Representative Cliff Bentz will be speaking at The Dalles Rotary Club's meeting this Wednesday, August 20, at noon. He will also be taking tour of a watershed project in The Dalles with the mayor. What Mr Bentz will NOT be doing is holding a public town hall to hear from his constituents.

We need everyone who is available to show up and let Cowardly Cliff know we're paying attention by partipating in one of three groups described below. Please know that we have listened to your suggestions and we have spoken to Rotary Club members in considering how to respond to Cliff's effort to sneak into our city, and then get a nice glowing article in the newspaper afterwards about his "recent visit to Wasco County." Let's change the narrative to something like, "On a recent visit to The Dalles, Cliff Bentz was met with frustrated constituents who are upset that he refuses to hold a public town hall to address their concerns." 

Here's how you can help, and please email us to let us know if you can be there and which group you prefer to be a part of. This will help us coordinate the three groups. 

Group 1 - Protesting with signs on the sidewalks in front of Spooky's, Bi-Mart, and west of Hostetler along 6th St. We know there is construction going on in front of Spooky's and we are monitoring the progress and checking with the construction crew on what will be happening Wednesday at noon. Currently, the sidewalks in front of Bi-Mart and to the east are finished and open, so if Bentz comes in from the east, he'll see us there. If he comes in from the West, we'll have people on the sidewalk west of Hostetler along W 6th St. We encourage signs targeting Bentz specifically (Bentz Betrayed Us, Bentz is Hiding from his Constituents, Bentz Chose Billionaires over Constituents, Bentz is Wasting Taxpayer Dollars on Luxury Travel, Hold a Town Hall, etc.), but any of your other protests signs will also do. Meet up on the sidewalk in front of Bi-Mart at 11:30 AM on Wednesday. 

Group 2 - Attend the Rotary meeting and be prepared to make a statement about how Bentz's votes/actions are impacting us. We have been told by Rotary member Dennis Morgan that Rotary meetings are open to the public, but they ask that we not turn this into a raucous town hall. So, we're looking for 6-8 people willing to politley make a pointed statement about how Bentz's actions and inaction are impacting his constituents. Please reply to this email if you'd like to be a part of this group. We'll have a meeting (for those who can maket it) at Debi's house at 3:30 PM on Tuesday August 19 to coordinate topics and help each other draft good statements / questions. Statements are often better than questions as we want him to hear from us, rather than giving him more opportunity to simply spew the Trump Talking Points.  Email debiferrer@gmail.com if you need directions to Debi's house. Please keep in mind that we will be guests of the Rotary Club in the Wednesday meeting, so we are asking that people who plan to attend be prepared to be polite, even if it's hard; listen quietly, even when you know Bentz is lying. Write down what he says and we'll use it later against him. Plan to arrive at Spooky's by 11:30 on Wednesday if you want to order food or a beverage, or by 11:45 if you just plan to attend the meeting. 

Group 3 - Enjoy Lunch at Spooky's with a chance to speak to Bentz briefly on his way in or out of the meeting. We'd really like to have some people inside Spooky's playing the role of ordinary citizen out for lunch, who just happens to recognize their congressman as he comes in and feels compelled to greet him with something like, "Hello Mr Bentz, we didn't know you were going to be in town. We'd sure appreciate if you'd hold a town hall in Wasco County soon as we have many concerns, and you've only held one town hall here in your 4 1/2 years in office."   As mad as you may feel, we ask that folks who choose this option, approach Bentz with politeness, not out of respect for him, but because we don't want to be the ones getting the bad publicity. Don't bring any signs inside Spooky's. We need any reporting that happens to be bad publicity for Bentz!  We can follow up our interactions with a Letter to the Editor about seeing Bentz in The Dalles for a private meeting with a few individuals and the mayor, but with no opportunity for his constituents to ask questions and express their concerns. We don't know if Cliff will come in the front door - he may be ushered in the back door of the meeting room. But if any of you are willing, it would be really nice to have a few "greeters" waiting in the main dining room in case he comes that way.  You should plan to be there by 11:30 to get a table in the front area.  

Again, if you possibly can participate in any of these three ways, please email us at protectoregonsprogress@gmail.com with your name and what group you can participate with, or if you have questions.

Join us at Migration Brewing on NE Glisan St in Portland and write VOTE FORWARD letters to help get out the vote in Pennsylvania. We are writing to help retain the current democracy supportive State Supreme Court justices that are running for re-election in the election this November.

With three seats up for grabs, this election will decide the future of key issues like abortion access, election disputes, voting laws and redistricting for Congress and state legislature. 

You can stay and write your letters, or just pick up letters to take home and write. We provide the letters, envelopes, pens and markers. 

We learned last week that District 2 Representative Cliff Bentz LOVES to travel in style on the taxpayers' dime, just not in his own district to hear from his constituents. The month of August is a congressional recess, a time when Members of Congress are supposed to be in their home districts meeting with their constitents and hosting public events.  But Cliff Bentz has none scheduled on his website and a call to all three of his offices today provided no information about the possibility of any town halls. 

The Oregon Nurses' Association (ONA) invited Rep Bentz to a Town Hall in Madras this Thursday August 14 at 6 PM to discuss Medicaid Cuts and Hospital Closures in rural Oregon, but (unsurprisingly) he has not accepted the invitation. So they've also invited District 5 Representative Janelle Bynum, and she said YES!  The event will be at the Madras Performing Arts Center. This is a really important opportunity to hold Bentz accountable for refusing to face his constituents after voting for these and many other cuts. Rep Bynum is the first of our Democratic Members of Congress to hold a town hall in Bentz's district but we are asking the others to hold them, too.   

If you live anywhere near Madras, even if you don't live in District 2,  please try to attend this event to support Rep Bynum for showing up when Cliff Bentz won't, as well as to learn about how severely the Big Bad Budget Bill is going to impact healthcare in rural Oregon.  And share this information with others. Bentz has betrayed his constituents. Let's all help hold him accountable!

Join volunteers with Indivisible Oregon for a summer picnic! All Indivisible groups are welcome! Let's come together to celebrate the good things - summer in Portland, beautiful weather, and getting together with friends for a picnic. 

We refuse to give the current regime the power to darken our spirits. Instead, we choose to create joy for one another – to reclaim our humanity, to harness its powerful energy, and to renew ourselves for the work ahead. What’s more joyful than food, music and conversation with friends among the glorious Portland trees?

Join us August 9th!

Join us at Migration Brewing on NE Glisan St in Portland to write letters to voters regarding the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Election and protect our progressive majority.

With three seats up for grabs, this election will decide the future of key issues like abortion access, election disputes, voting laws and redistricting for Congress and state legislature. 

We’ll provide letters, envelopes, pens and markers. 

Join us at Migration Brewing on NE Glisan St in Portland to write letters to voters regarding the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Election and protect our progressive majority.

With three seats up for grabs, this election will decide the future of key issues like abortion access, election disputes, voting laws and redistricting for Congress and state legislature. 

We’ll provide letters, envelopes, pens and markers. 

Town Hall with Dr. Maxine Dexter, Representative from Oregon District 3.

Join us at Migration Brewing on NE Glisan St in Portland to write letters to voters regarding the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Election and protect our progressive majority.

With three seats up for grabs, this election will decide the future of key issues like abortion access, election disputes, voting laws and redistricting for Congress and state legislature. 

We’ll provide letters, envelopes, pens and markers.