The Verdict Is In
We are in a telling moment where the racism and white supremacy so many of our systems are built on and serve are being reflected back to us. With the acquittal of George Zimmerman for the death of...
View ArticleChris Crass Event: Towards Collective Liberation
Hello and much love from Amy Dudley, former staff organizer at ROP! Since my cherished time at ROP, life has been full and chaotic and amazing as only life with 2 little ones, Cora, now 4, and Leo, 2,...
View ArticleWhy Aren’t There More Black People in Oregon?
After months of hard work and planning, six rural communities will host conversation projects on Why Aren’t There More Black People in Oregon?: A Hidden History, presented and facilitated by organizer...
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The War at Home
October 22nd, 2014 The War At Home and Abroad A few weeks ago we sent you a message looking at the war abroad and what is likely to be endless war into the next presidency. You can read that ROPnet...
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Giving thanks for resistance
Over a year ago, I wrote you all to express my grief, dismay, and feeling of paralysis with the news that George Zimmerman was acquitted for Trayvon Martin’s murder. Last night, I watched a livestream...
View ArticleA Story of Peace & Justice in Central Oregon
While reflecting on a recent march through downtown Bend, Rev. Ron Werner, Jr. remarked, “Why would a mostly rural town show up and speak out when it looks nothing like Ferguson, Staten Island, or...
View ArticleThis Win is Ours
November 21st, 2014 Dear ROPnet, The photo to the right was snapped last night at Central Oregon’s Social Justice Center. Over fifty people gathered together at the heart of Central Oregon’s human...
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Wow! Standing room only across the state!
It has been a breathtakingly exciting week at ROP! As I write this, our tour of Why Aren’t There More Black People in Oregon?: A Hidden History has traveled to four of its six stops to standing...
View ArticleWow! Standing room only across the state!
It has been a breathtakingly exciting week at ROP! As I write this, our tour of Why Aren’t There More Black People in Oregon?: A Hidden History has traveled to four of its six stops to standing...
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Turning education into action: tour success & next steps!
Between September 4th and 9th, over 600 small town and rural Oregonians attended Walidah Imarisha’s conversation project tour “Why Aren’t There More Black People in Oregon?: a Hidden History”. Every...
View ArticleOrganizing lessons from Linn County
Today we would like to share with you the incredible story of how Linn County leaders went from hosting an event to helping form a multigenerational and multiracial group who, in the face of hate...
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Racism is NOT welcome in Oregon!
This is an action alert! The Oregon Republican Party and Oregonians for Immigration Reform (a recognized hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center) are hosting Sheriff Joe Arpaio onSaturday, June...
View ArticleHow many more divisions can we bear?
Like you, we are grieving, shocked, and heartbroken by the shooting at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg last week. The senseless killing of students and an instructor on their campus, attending...
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Why Aren’t There More Black People In Oregon?: A Hidden History
Photo credit Pete Shaw It’s time! This week ROP in partnership with Oregon Humanities kicks off our second rural tour of the conversation project “Why Aren’t There More Black People in Oregon?: A...
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The Kind of Oregon We All Deserve
This week, hundreds of rural Oregonians are coming together to discuss history, power and racial justice through the small town tour of “Why Aren’t There More Black People in Oregon?: A Hidden...
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Temperatures are Rising
This is an email alert to our friends and supporters about a new round of violence and intimidation in rural communities in Oregon. Courageous leaders in Douglas and Josephine Counties have been...
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Beyond Burns: Convos in Eastern Oregon
We are on the last leg of our tour, traveling through the high desert and pine forests of Eastern Oregon. We love it out here! On Friday and Saturday we visited Grant and Baker Counties where community...
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Beyond Burns: Tour Reflections
We wrapped up our statewide tour of Beyond Burns: the Growing Patriot Movement last week with two more engaging and energizing stops in Wallowa and Union Counties! As we dug into the research and tools...
View ArticleSolidarity with Standing Rock
Over the last few weeks human dignity group leaders across the state have been exchanging information, holding events, and contacting ROP, looking for ways to stand in solidarity with rural and...
View ArticleRural Oregon stands with Standing Rock – join us!
Rural and urban Oregonians alike are transfixed by what is happening out at Standing Rock. In the midst of an ugly and disempowering presidential election, we are bearing witness to a fight for the...
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