The Oregon Community Rights Network is hosting this special event:

Wednesday, October 21, 2020

6:30 PM – 8:00 PM PDT

Please RSVP to: contact <at> oregoncommunityrights <dot> org for the Zoom link.

It all starts by choosing to extend a helping hand. In Portland, Oregon and all across the country efforts are underway to meet the needs of people, neighborhoods, and communities outside of government or traditional charity models. Medical assistance, food assistance, home restoration, laundry services, and other mutual aid projects have emerged to fill the voids and gaps of community needs.

This live Zoom event will highlight the on the ground realities of how these mutual aid efforts operate, who they reach, and why they have come to be. Join us to better appreciate what is currently underway and how new mutual aid efforts in other communities could emerge along with gaining a deeper understanding of the systemic changes that are needed.

Please RSVP to: contact@oregoncommunityrights.org for the Zoom link.

Featured Speakers:
Lisa Lake –
Lisa is the director of Advocacy5, a Portland based organization focusing on creating sustainable pathways into permanent housing for our Houseless Community. To date, Advocacy5 has initiated 107 Peer to Peer Loans that have successfully matched community members with houseless and housing insecure individuals – helping them step into housing or maintain their current housing during tough financial times. Lake also works and organizes as a trained medic and crisis worker for Equitable Workers Offering Kommunity Support (EWOKS) at Black Lives Matter protests. https://www.facebook.com/advocacy5/

Randal Wyatt –
Randal is the founder of Taking Ownership PDX, which facilitates grassroots community organizing for self-improvement for Black elders and families in Portland. It launched shortly after Black Lives Matter protests came to Porltand, following the murder of George Floyd, and has since been featured in prominent local media outlets like Portland Monthly, Willamette Week, Portland Mercury, KBOO 90.7, and others. Randal brings a lifetime of organizing to the program, which provides grassroots repair services for Black home and business owners in Portland. Support their current campaign here: https://doterrahealinghands.org/advocate-led-projects/all-ages-music-portland

Again, please RSVP to: contact <at> orcrn <dot> org for the Zoom link.