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As proud sponsors of Eviction Representation for All, the tenant-led campaign to balance the scales of eviction court and to keep tenants housed, this is the moment we’ve been waiting for! The campaign has been cleared for the ballot, and now it’s a sprint… Continue Reading “Help Eviction Representation for All Make it to the Ballot!”
Led by the work of health care advocates and their strong testimony about the painful gaps of a patchwork system, Multnomah County passed a resolution in support of universal, publicly-funded health care! JWJ’s Executive Director, Jill Pham, shared testimony about JWJ’s experience supporting contract… Continue Reading “M4A Advocates Push Multnomah County to Pass Resolution for universal, publicly-funded health care!”
I’m sure you’ve heard by now – on Monday night, the rigged, right wing SCOTUS opinion re: Roe v. Wade leaked– and it’s unconscionable. After 49 years of right wing plotting to control our bodies and strip away fundamental human rights, SCOTUS intends to… Continue Reading “Join JWJ’s Rapid Response for Roe!”
Portland JWJ’s Summer Solidarity Celebration is back! Less than a month away… we hope you will join us in celebrating community-labor solidarity! We’ll have raffle prizes, light hors’ d’oeuvres, a cash bar, and live music! *We do require guests to be fully vaccinated and… Continue Reading “Join JWJ to Celebrate Solidarity!“
International Workers Day, commonly known as May Day, is a day of worker solidarity and protest. May Day is celebrated around the world, with workers taking to the streets with demands and uplifting working-class struggles. JWJ proudly co-sponsors a migrant-centered May Day, led by… Continue Reading “May Day: Migrants & Workers of the World UNITE! 2022 Portland May Day”
Here is a shot of the many participants of JWJ’s Portland Rising’s robust bi-weekly reading group on Ministry for the Future! Kim Stanley Robinson’s novel has served as a platform for organizing strategies and collaboration. To get involved with Portland Rising’s programs – discussions,… Continue Reading “MINISTRY FOR THE FUTURE – A PORTLAND RISING READING GROUP!”