At issue: Community engagement
Join Sisters Of The Road and Oregon Action on Jan. 19 for their 30th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. event to honor the work of the Poor People's Campaign.
The MLK Day event will be on the eve of the inauguration of a new president and a fitting time to remember Dr. King's work for economic human rights.
A march from Sisters Of The Road to St. Mary's Academy will be preceded by a program honoring Dr. King and kicking off Sisters' work to bring economic human rights to our community.
This is a special time in our country; by working together we can use this as an opportunity and achieve the goals we all know we need to achieve. Please take the time to join us with your friends and family.
The celebration begins at 2 p.m., Monday, Jan. 19 at Sisters Of The Road (133 NW 6th Ave). There will be some snacks before the march. At 3 p.m. the march will leave from Sisters and head toward St. Mary's Academy (1615 SW 5th Ave). If you don't want to march, feel free to meet at St. Mary's around 3:30 p.m. for the program.
Organize to address the economic crisis
Jobs with Justice and a growing number of other organizations, including Street Roots, invite you to a town hall meeting on the economic crisis.
The meeting will be at 1 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 31, at the First Unitarian Church, 1011 SW 12th Ave.
We have a great opportunity to organize for an economy that provides opportunity for working and poor people, an economy that helps communities thrive and reverses decades of growing inequality, take-backs, union busting, unfair trade agreements, cuts in health care and the oppression of the poor.
In these extraordinary times, it is so important that we be proactive and learn, strategize and organize together!
The event will feature panelists with experience and expertise on the economic collapse and ways to organize for solutions.