Poverty & Hunger
Year 1870: Mothers Day Proclamation
Anna Howe, 04-05-2008 - 17:29
A copy of the Original Mothers Day Proclamation
by Julia Ward Howe -
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MAYDAY! March for Immigrant Rights and Fight Wal*Mart!
S O U T H E R N * O R E G O N * J O B S * W I T H * J U S T I C E, 29-04-2008 - 21:36
Join us on May Day at 4 pm at Alba Park for a march and rally in downtown Medford, Oregon to support our immigrants.
"May 1 march for immigrants rights"
http://www.rogueimc.org/en/2008/04/11838.shtml
And at 7 pm also on May Day! (is this orwellian or what?) we see the Wall*Mart fight come back to the City of Medford from Oregon's LUBA. Join us for a strong delegation that demands a traffic study and whatever it takes to keep this mega anti-worker employer the hell out of Southern Oregon. WALL*MART will NOT gain more roots here! ! ! !
"May Day! May Day! Wal-Mart is back!"
http://www.rogueimc.org/en/2008/04/11876.shtml
Wal-Mart is back! Public hearing this Thursday May 1st at Medford City Council 7 pm
What are you doing on May Day? Think of a way, even if you can't skip out from work to help us do the suggestions above, find your own way to do something positive! May Day! May Day! May Day! is a universal warning. Stand Up and join us now!
In solidarity,
Wes Brain, Chair
Southern Oregon Jobs with Justice
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WA Flood Victims still need your help
Nancy Shuebert, 21-04-2008 - 12:03
There is still much to do. Please help.
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Community Gathering in Memory of Bennett
Vanessa Houk, 14-04-2008 - 09:49
Monday April 14, 2008 in the Gresham Room at the Ashland Library at 12 noon until 3pm, there will be a gathering in memory of Bennett Tanner.
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"In Memoriam: 4,000 US Soldiers Dead in Iraq"
Allen Hallmark report with photos, 05-04-2008 - 20:30
April 5, 2008
Medford, Oregon
Thanks to the 45 to 50 folks who turned out on another gray, rainy, cool day to participate in the "In Memoriam: 4,000 US Soldiers Dead in Iraq" event. While it wasn't a big crowd, it was an enthusiastic one. The mall security made us abandon our plans to have our program before the march in the little parking lot, so we moved out to the sidewalk and it was fine.
CLICK PHOTOS TO MAKE LARGER
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FREE TRADE FORUM in Medford 3-29-08
Oregon Fair Trade Campaign & Southern Oregon Jobs with Justice, 28-03-2008 - 09:06
Don't Miss Event: Southern Oregon Assembly on Free Trade and Job Loss
Join displaced workers from Roseburg, Grants Pass, Medford and elsewhere to discuss the negative impacts that free trade agreements like NAFTA are having on southern Oregon communities -- and what we can do together to finally put an end to destructive trade policies once-and-for-all.
When: Saturday, March 29 2:00 pm
Where: Medford County Library, 205 South Central, Medford
Continue Below for recent "fair trade interviews" on the Brain Labor Report radio show
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URBAN WORK - March, 2008
from Ross Rieder, 18-03-2008 - 09:30
This newswire is "local news" for Southern Oregon members of the Pacific Northwest Labor History Association. PNLHA Director Ross Rieder is a regular on cable TV in our region. The monthly program "Our View" from the Washington Federation of State Employees features a regular "labor history vignette" from Ross Rieder. Our View is shown once or twice a month via OPEU District 4 Productions whose regular programming can be seen Wednesdays at 6pm on cable channel 15 in both Jackson and Josephine counties.
This March 2008 edition of URBAN WORK highlights PNLHA's plans for the 2008 Labour History Conference to be held June 6-8 in Vancouver, British Columbia
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In Memory of Bennett Tanner
Vanessa Houk, 07-03-2008 - 16:34
I struggled with what I wanted to write about what happened to Bennett, partly because there is still a lot that we don't know. Although this piece seems like an ending, I am thinking of it as a springboard for bigger things to come. I'm in the fight for the eco-village and will be doing something for that soon.
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Stop Toxic Imports Rally - Report Back from Medford, Oregon
Organized by SOUTHERN OREGON JOBS WITH JUSTICE, 07-03-2008 - 13:08
INDEPENDENT MEDIA GETS THE "INSIDE" SCOOP - rogueimc.org
Representatives from over a dozen unions and community organizations stood up tall and spoke loud & clear in telling U.S. Senator Gordon Smith from Oregon:
STOP TOXIC IMPORTS NOW!
and
SUPPORT the FOOD AND PRODUCT RESPONSIBILITY ACT (S.2081)
Photos and Video included in this report come from the 2/29/08 Rally in Medford, Oregon with special appreciation for citizen journalists Allen Hallmark (photos) and Steve Ryan (video). Mainstream cameras (local tv channels 5 & 10) never went inside, they missed the inside scoop. See it here:
3 min. U-Tube Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8OcWaPdjiA
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Being It Eco Village
Vegan1forPeace, 05-03-2008 - 17:42
I'm proposing a name for the proposed eco village up at the old quarry site, "Being It Eco Village" in honor of Bennett Tanner. I've also begun trying to picture what the village might look like, with a 24 foot dome as the community center, 10'x10' huts on 12'x12' spaces, and a garden which is drip irrigated by a pond on the site.
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"Test An Optimist In All Kinds Of Weather"
Vegan1forPeace, 02-03-2008 - 14:16
The memorial circle in honor of Bennett Tanner became more of a banana shape precariously perched at the top of a hill, steep on one side, a cliff on the other. The banana kind of hung on a small cross with a star of David drawn onto it, surrounded by a casting of madrone berries to give the marker a glowing aura when viewed from below the hill.
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New Hours at Ashland ACCESS Food Bank
Vanessa Houk, 27-02-2008 - 18:49
The Seventh Day Adventist food bank has new hours of operation.
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Memorial Circle For Homeless Fire Victim
Vegan1forPeace, 27-02-2008 - 12:59
There will be a memorial circle in honor of Bennett Tanner, the assumed person whose body was found burned in his campsite recently, on Saturday, March 1st at 1 pm, at the old gravel quarry up near where Granite Street and Glenview Street meet, the quarry where a legal eco-village for both homeless and overly housed has been proposes.
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Panel On Homelessness In Ashland Consensus?
Vegan1forPeace, 23-02-2008 - 09:09
The League of Women Voters of Ashland's panel discussion on "Homeless in Ashland" seemed to reach a consensus that the current paradigm of how services are provided doesn't have a solution. The leading promises are programs that give the homeless power and responsibility in providing services.
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Burned Body Discovered in Ashland Oregon Park
Vanessa Houk, 17-02-2008 - 17:32
A burned body was discovered in Lithia Park this week. Possessions found near the body suggest it is likely a well known homeless man named Bennett Tanner.
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Looking for Karen L...
Vanessa Houk, 15-02-2008 - 09:07
It's a long shot, but I am trying to find someone who might have some info I am looking for...
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"Homeless in Ashland"
League of Women Voters of Ashland, 06-02-2008 - 11:17
The League of Women Voters of Ashland will host a panel discussion on "Homeless in Ashland." The meeting will take place on Thursday, February 21, 2008, at noon in the Gresham Room at the Ashland Public Library.
This information has been supplied by Judith Benjamin, Co-President, League of Women Voters of Ashland.
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VOTE PSL in 2008: End the Criminal Israeli Bl
votepsl, 31-01-2008 - 08:22
The Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) is fielding a slate of candidates in the 2008 U.S. presidential elections: Gloria La Riva for President and Eugene Puryear for Vice President. The La Riva/Puryear presidential campaign demands an immediate lifting of the Israeli blockade, an end to U.S. aid to Israel and self-determination for the Palestinian people. The candidates joined the emergency protests to "End the Israeli Siege of Gaza" that took place across the country on Jan. 25-26.
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Santa Cruz Media Summit: Live this weekend Jan. 25-27
T R U T H * E M E R G E N C Y, 24-01-2008 - 16:36
Following posted by a Rogue IMC volunteer as a service for independent media here in Southern Oregon...
http://truthemergency.pnn.com/4641-front-page
Update by Peter Phillips and David Kubiak
Many economists now doubt that government measures can prevent a
major recession given the severe slump in the housing market, the
subprime mortgage crisis, growing unemployment, declining consumer
spending, and record high oil prices. Even harder times for working
people are undoubtedly at hand, yet mainstream corporate media
continues to lavish more attention on the Super Bowl and celebrity
misadventures than measures to protect Americans from grave personal
economic harm. We are spun, mislead, propagandized and amused to
death by our media conglomerates and as a result the US has become
the best entertained and least informed society in the world.
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VOTE PSL in 2008: Reparations Now!
votepsl, 24-01-2008 - 13:32
The Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) is fielding a slate of candidates in the 2008 U.S. presidential elections: Gloria La Riva for President and Eugene Puryear for Vice President. La Riva/Puryear demand that the Black community be compensated fully, with interest, for the historical racism and wrongs forced upon them by capitalism.
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Martin Luther King Jr. Health Care Forum
O R E G O N * A C T I O N, 09-01-2008 - 13:20
Oregon Action would like to invite you to attend our Martin Luther King Jr. Health Care Forum scheduled for Saturday January 19 at 1:00 PM at the Medford Library
Building On The Dream: Equality in Health Care
Honoring Dr. King, Jr. with Action
On Saturday, January 19, 2008, Oregon Action will host a celebration saluting Dr. Martin Luther King’s tireless effort to promote equality for and harmony between, all people.
King once said, “Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care, is the most inhumane.” He worked to raise awareness about public health concerns, particularly in the area of issues that disproportionately affect minorities, people of color, and low-income communities.
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