Welcome to Oregon Action!

Posted on January 5, 2011 by oregonaction

Oregon Action is a broad-based, multi-racial community organization dedicated to economic justice.  We assist people to organize on their own behalf – with a focus on low-income people, people of color and others with limited access to traditional structures of power and policy-making.  Through leadership development and community organizing, we provide the organizational base for participatory democracy, just communities and a fair economy.

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Community Health Care Action-Forum

Posted on January 24, 2012 by rich
Community Health Care Action-Forum
Tuesday,  January 31
6:00  - 8:00 PM
Woolworth Bldg.  33 N. Central Ave   Medford

Oregon Action Health Care Action Forum January 31

What is a Coordinated Care Organization  CCO?  
What is the Health Insurance Exhange?
What does “ Health Systems Transformation” mean for your family
At this forum we will discuss whether our communities are benefiting the new changes in our Health Care System and help answer some questions about the challenges we face during this transition

 

  • Panel discussion/questions about CCO’s with local health care providers
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Rogue Valley Unites to Oppose Citizens United decision

Posted on January 24, 2012 by rich
Citizen unite to oppose Citizens United supreme court decision
Occupy the Courts at Medford Justice Buliding

On January 20 over eighty Rogue Valley residents gathered at Vogel Plaza in Medford to show their united opposition to the Citizens United  Supreme Court’s decision that makes corporate money equivelent to free speech.   They marched through the rain  to the Justice Building  in Medford.   Since that decision huge amounts of corporate money have flowed to ” Super Pacs” that are distorting and destroying our concept of democracy.
Calling for a new constitutional ammendment  speakers asked for a new and bigger coalition to join in the national movement that is needed to insure fair democratic elections free from corporations domination.   The action was jointly sponsored by Occupy Ashland, Occupy Medford and Oregon Action.  

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Oregon Action’s December 3rd  “ Carry It On” Celebration in Talent was a huge success.   Over a hundred plus attended the event at the Talent Community Center to celebrate a year of  Oregon Action organizing successes, look forward to the huge challenges in the coming year and most importantly honor our 2011 Community Organizing Champions.  With the spirited music of David Pinsky and Gary Halliburton’s Rhythm Kings leading our theme  song Carry It On  Oregon Action supporters were joyous and generous.    Oregon Action gave our awards to a quartet of  outstanding  social justice champions:  

State Representative Peter Bucklely 

   

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OA Blog from Take Back the Capitol in DC

Posted on December 6, 2011 by rich

(  This blog is from our OA from southern Oregon member Theo Killian who is with 3000 SEIU and USAction folks in Washington DC for the Dec 5-9 Take Back the Capitol Occupation Event) -

Blog from Theo Killian

Evening Day 4,

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Occupy Medford” Protests Near Banks

Posted on October 18, 2011 by rich

Oregon Action leaders participated with the incredible energy from Occupy Medford on Monday to take the action of We Are 99% of the Occupy movement to the banks front doors.      Chanel 12 news clip http://kdrv.com/page/227904.   RVOA chair Bev DeLeonardis was interviewed for local television news coverage

For 4 hours a diverse group of community members brought the message that Wall Street banks are the reason for our economic catastrophe, and people want the banks to be held to account.

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RVOA Leaders Call for Medford Jobs

Posted on October 13, 2011 by rich
Bev DeLeonardis speaks to Jobs Not Cuts press conference in Medford Oct 11

Bev DeLeonardis speaks to Jobs Not Cuts press conference in Medford Oct 11

We are all concerned about the lack of jobs across the Rogue Valley.  Oregon Action joined  the Jobs Not Cut Press Conference  sponsored by the AFL-CIO on Tuesday, October 11. 

Here is the news story on Channel 12 KDRC.

Bev DeLeonardis spoke to show solidarity with our labor brothers and sisters and talked about to the jobs crisis we have in Medford and our whole country. 

Tom Chamberlain, leader of the Oregon AFL-CIO called for a national jobs bill that can put people back to work now:  on freeway projects, bridge work and support for teachers schools, and small businesses in the Rogue Valley.

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Rogue Valley People’s Economic Summit

Posted on September 19, 2011 by rich

People's Summit was well attended by concerned citizens on jobs agenda.

Representative Jefferson Smith was the keynote speaker to an estimated audience of 125 at the Medford Congregational Church to address a people’s economic agenda.  The keynote address focused on building a practical, sustainable jobs agenda for Oregon and the importance of involved youth.  There were 5 workshops including Green Jobs, State Bank, New Bottom Line Coalition, Health Care For All, and Youth Involvement.  Each interactive workshop created an action plan on how attendees can be involved in moving forward social justice in Southern Oregon.

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Portland People’s Economic Summit

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Ron

The People’s Economic Summit Portland

Friday, August 19 · 10:00am – 11:30am

Planned Parenthood Columbia Willamette

3727 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Portland, Oregon 97212

Goals:

  • Learn new approaches and strategies to achieve economic justice for our community
  • Help plan the future; get inspired
  • Build a powerful movement to defeat corporate attack on middle class
  • Forge a successful coalition of local, statewide and national community groups, faith communities, youth organizations and unions working for economic justice

 

For more information call Steven Gilliam at 971-634-0004 or email steven@oregonaction.org

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Community Clinic Expansion $$ Comes to Oregon

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Ron
Press Release of Senator WydenWyden, Merkley Announce Grants for Community Health Centers in Oregon

Thursday, August 11, 2011

Washington, DC – Continuing efforts to improve health care access for underserved communities, U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) announced today that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded nearly $1 million from the Affordable Care Act to three community health centers in Oregon.

Wyden and Merkley have long advocated for funding of community health centers. These centers deliver quality care and services, driven by the needs of the communities they serve. With the help of these health centers, patients that may not otherwise have access to primary or preventative care have a provider to turn to.

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People’s Economic Summit Medford

Posted on August 8, 2011 by rich

 

A People’s Economic Summit

Create an economic agenda to rebuild the middle class

Saturday, August 20, 2011
1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
 
Congregational United Church of Christ
1801 E. Jackson, Medford OR 97504

To register for the Summit:

Oregon Action Medford Office:

541-772-4029 

Email —Rich Rohde, Organizer:  rich@oregonaction.org

America’s middle class is declining due to job loss, economic recession, mortgage
fraud, and political attacks on workers’ rights.

A People’s Economic Summit is designed to gather community groups, faith
communities, youth organizations, and labor unions to create a powerful coalition
with an agenda to rebuild the middle class.

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