Category Archives: Rogue Valley Oregon Action

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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Posted on January 5, 2012 by rich | Comments Off

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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