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Statement of Oregon Action on AG-Bank Mortgage Settlement Agreement

The mortgage fraud settlement being announced today is a tiny drop in a big bucket. It does not do justice for the millions of homeowners who lost their homes or hold the banks fully accountable for their crimes. For homeowners who were defrauded and lost their homes, $2,000 is too little, too late. It is a paltry down payment toward full relief for homeowners.

Oregon Action Health Care Action Forum January 31

• Panel discussion/questions about CCO’s with local health care providers

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.

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

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.