Dear ROPnet, Our cups are full to the brim with love and admiration for all of the groups and individuals who make up ROP and who made ROP’s 33rd annual Rural Caucus and Strategy Session so incredible. About 150 of you joined us for this year’s caucus on Saturday, April 6th, and since then we’ve been basking in the […]
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KTA: Register to Vote Before the Primaries!
WHY THIS ACTIVITY? We know that this election season, our freedoms are on the line, including the freedom to decide when and how you have children, to live your gender and love whom you want, and to have a safe and affordable place to call home and be able to put healthy food and clean […]
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Support Winchester Dam Removal!
Dear ROPnet, In the years since we first made the Roadmap to a Thriving Rural Oregon together, leaders around the state have continued to demand clean water for all, knowing that healthy people make healthy communities. Today we want to share an update and an opportunity to support the campaign to remove the Winchester Dam by Community Rights […]
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It Takes a Village to Raise a Caucus
Dear ROPnet, This year’s Rural Caucus and Strategy Session is just two weeks away, and registration is already full! Over 130 rural Oregonians have registered for the Caucus, showing just how eager folks are to get in a room with one another and strategize together for the year to come. There’s still much to do to […]
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No walkout?! What happened in Salem this Session?
Dear ROPnet, The 2024 Oregon legislative session wrapped up earlier this month. We’re celebrating some significant victories and also recognizing the bills that didn’t pass that will need to be prioritized next session. The end of a legislative session is a great opportunity to check whether your representatives are actually representing YOU. Did your representative and […]
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Level Up Your Strategic Communications Skills!
Have you noticed that our ROPnets often start with values or a positive vision for our communities? Do you ever scroll past email alerts and mass texts telling you for the 15th time today that the world is falling apart? In just four weeks, the Rural Caucus and Strategy Session is happening in Woodburn (Saturday, […]
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Welcome to the team, Martha!
This year’s Caucus will be on Saturday, April 6th in Woodburn, and it’s going to be one for the books. Make sure to register your group by Friday to help ROP organizers get an accurate head count for chairs, meals, childcare, interpretation and housing. Have questions? Email Sidra at sidra@rop.org. We are so excited to […]
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Support the Columbia Gorge Resolution Center!
As a result of decades of underinvestment from the state and our local governments, Oregon is currently ranked 50th in the country for providing mental and behavioral health services. We know that a reasonable standard of living is a core component of a strong democracy and that housing and mental health resources are vital for […]
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Save Our Post Offices 2024
Dear ROPnet, Post offices are a vital part of vibrant rural communities. Unfortunately, a big change is coming to 180 Oregon rural post offices and the USPS doesn’t plan to tell anyone about it. Like we did a decade ago, rural Oregon can have a big impact on post office policy if we make our […]
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Second Civics Training Makes Waves
Dear ROPnet, Following the lead of Linn-Benton NAACP’s event in 2022, Bandon Inclusivity Group (BIG) hosted Protecting Democracy: A Civics Workshop, on Sunday, January 21. They, like many other groups across the state, have seen an erosion of trust in local government and in democracy itself. So they decided to bring community members together to learn […]
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