A follow-up to Monday's protest of the danger of Powell Blvd, highlighted most recently by the crash that took off Alistair Corkett's leg. Monday's protest: https://www.facebook.com/events/1057435414283935/ http://bikeportland.org/2015/05/11/protest-se-powell-slows-traffic-draws-big-crowd-143079#comments The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) is the agency almost completely responsible for the conditions on Powell Blvd. and the other Portland state highways (e.g. Barbur Blvd., 82nd Ave.) It has consistently refused to prioritize safety, prioritizing motor vehicle capacity instead. This is why we are organizing a...

Come to Occupy Portland's open mic! We are an all ages, alcohol and drug free event! This happens once a month every third Friday! https://www.facebook.com/pdxvoicesofthepeople This Friday Local Song Writer Benjamin Blake will preform a full set of music!!! Walk in the doors to the Dining Hall 20 ft from the side walk on 11th ave. Get a raffle ticket, sign up to share some music, poetry, or whatever your heart feels called to say...

Join our fun family-friendly flotilla on the water around Shell's GIANT oil rigs. Come together with thousands of others who give a damn, for an adventurous afternoon full of music, art, and entertainment. There will also be tons of fun and colorful flair happening on the beach. Because We LOVE landlubbers! 10AM - Kayak Check-In and registration begins 11-12:30 Launch Boats 1PM - On water procession begins 2PM - On-stage program begins at Jack Block...

Join us for our annual Cascadia Day celebrations! Bring food, bring music! All day barbeque, open mike, live music, sporting events at Prospect Point Picnic Site, Stanley Park, Vancouver BC, Sunday May 17. We have the spot reserved from 9-4pm, with grilling starting at 10, and live music from 12 on! Wanna help coordinate, bring some food for the grill, or play some music? Email our awesome Cascadia coordinator tbillygibbons@yahoo.ca!

Join us to celebrate Cascadia Day at Laurelhurst Park! Bring food, bring acoustic instruments, bring your favorite park sports! We'll spend the afternoon in celebration and collaborate on a group art project. Potluck signup: http://bit.ly/1DuEymM More information at: portlandcascadianow.org/upcoming-events/2015/5/17/portland-cascadia-day-potluck-and-art-party Want to help us make the picnic a success? Email CascadiaAD@gmail.com to get involved.

15 Now PDX and Socialist Alternative Portland are thrilled to be hosting the first Pacific Northwest screening of the award winning film, "The Hand That Feeds," at Portland's historic Clinton Street Theater. Sponsored by KBOO Community Radio. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. $5-10 sliding scale at the door, no one will be turned away on account of money. About the film: "At a popular bakery café, residents of New York’s Upper East Side get bagels...

WHEN: May 18; Meet @ 7 AM WHERE: Duwamish River Fishing Dock (On Harbor Island parallel to Spokane Street) WHAT: A day of mass nonviolent direct action + rally. WHO: You! WHY: To stop Arctic drilling and take a stand against companies like Shell who profit from climate chaos. Meet at the Duwamish Fishing Dock at 7:00 - it's a small boardwalk along Spokane Street on the east side of Harbor Island. We will have...

Gather with fellow Cascadia brothers and sisters on Cascadia Day, May 18th, at the top of Skinners Butte at 1pm, for a picnic! Bring a dish to share!

Come on out and join your fellow bioregional rabble-rousers in celebrating the 35th anniversary of the eruption of Mt. St. Helens! Music by McDougall, The Gold Rust, Second Son, and Dane Breslin. #CascadiaDay #May18 #InBend

On May 25, activists around the world will unite to March Against Monsanto. The march here in Aberdeen is going to focus around the wishkah, heron and chehalis bridges. So far we have about 25 signs ready. we will be having sign making parties as the march gets closer. if you want to help out in any way the organizing group is ( https://www.facebook.com/groups/monsantomarchaberdeen/ ) we need people who want to make signs as well...