Hi All,
If you haven't been invited to join Portland DSA Slack, please let me
know and I'll send you an invite. I think it is now important that we
all are on Slack because we don't want to be left out on general
discussion, events, etc.
In case you are not on Slack, below is a message from Cari Luna. This
means that to facilitate DSA's participation, we should NOT hold our
next work group meeting on Sunday, June 4th, despite the best turnout
so far. Portland DSA's June Chapter Meeting is on Sunday, June 11th.
Any ideas on when we should meet? Leadership is one of the agenda
items, and I will also report on potential connection with NAACP
(National Association for the Advancement of Colored People).
Thanks,
Jep
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"Hi all,Last night we took part in a productive planning meeting for
Sunday’s Portland Stands United Against Hate rally. I encourage all
of you to join us at the rally, and to help spread the word about it.
Safety was a major topic of conversation at the meeting, as you might
expect. Organizers have met with Mayor Wheeler and a representative
of the police department. This rally is permitted. The police will
form a line on the outside of our rally and another line on the
outside of the right-wing extremist rally. So there will be two lines
of police officers and a lane of traffic between the two groups. Our
rally is expressly intended to be non-violent. The intention is to
show Portland’s opposition to racism and bigotry through our
numbers. A big turnout is key.Two other rallies are also being
planned that intend to be more confrontational. There will be an
antifa rally closer to the right-wing rally, as well as another group
who intends to rally in the same space as the right-wing extremists
and hold the plaza to try to keep the far-right out. Portland DSA
will be meeting at the rally to stand together with our banner. Stay
tuned for the location.In the meantime, please help spread the word
about the rally. The far right is trying to stake a claim in
Portland. We want a huge turnout to dwarf theirs."
Here’s the facebook event page:
https://www.facebook.com/events/132908870603607/?acontext=%7B%22ref%22%3A%22106%22%2C%22action_history%22%3A%22null%22%7D
