Dear ROPnet, The 2025 Rural Caucus & Strategy Session is one month away, and we are counting the days until we get to see you all on the weekend of April 26th in Baker City. The early bird registration deadline has been extended to tomorrow, Friday, March 28th, so check out some of what the Caucus […]
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ROP Virtual Gatherings
ROP often convenes statewide virtual gatherings for rural organizers across Oregon and the country to connect and build shared analysis and strategy. This page will continue to be updated with registration information for upcoming virtual gatherings and recaps and recordings of past gatherings. For recordings of past strategy sessions, check out our YouTube here! Upcoming […]
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Meet the 2025 Board Slate
Dear ROPnet, Less than three months into the year and we have already lived through historic federal power grabs and incredible upheaval. We have also seen powerful organizing to resist these injustices. Human Dignity Groups are building community, protecting people, disobeying immoral decrees, and creating a more just world right at home. There’s so much […]
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KTA: Pro-Democracy State Legislators Need Your Support
Government with Backbone: ROP’s 2025 State Legislative Platform WHY THIS ACTIVITY? Oregon, like most states, is facing a severe revenue crisis with the federal government threatening to cut social service funding (about 31% of Oregon’s state budget comes from the federal government). States are suffering from the impact of the administrative coup we find ourselves in that puts […]
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Fighting Authoritarianism Beyond Left vs. Right
Dear ROPnet, The majority of rural Oregonians believe in the equal worth of all communities and the right to safe housing, healthy food, and access to good healthcare and education regardless of who you voted for. Especially in moments of crisis, we see how our communities continue to come together across political lines. Yet rural […]
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KTA: Register Your Group for the Rural Caucus and Strategy Session!
What is the Activity? For over 30 years, rural organizers and community leaders from across the state have come together for the Rural Caucus & Strategy Session to reflect on the last year and plan for the year to come. Join us to share what you and your group have been working on, connect with […]
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Recap and What’s Next: Disrupt and Disobey
Dear ROPnet, February’s Meeting the Moment gathering helped us feel grounded and inspired. Over 60 of you joined us to build our strategy, skills, and analysis to Disrupt and Disobey in the coming months. Read on for a recap of that Zoom call, as well as what to expect from our upcoming Zoom “office hours” on […]
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Recap and What’s Next: Protecting People
Dear ROPnet, We’re feeling empowered and connected after last Monday’s “Meeting the Moment” virtual gathering. Over 70 of you joined us to build our strategy, skills, and analysis to Protect People in the coming months. Read on for a recap of that Zoom call, as well as what to expect from our upcoming Zoom “office hours” […]
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One Step Against Fascism: Organizing to Protect and Defend Our Libraries
Dear ROPnet, You might remember Suzanne Pharr from when she joined one of our recent “Meeting the Moment” virtual gatherings. Suzanne is a long-time organizer and nationally renowned strategic movement thinker from the South who lived in Oregon for several years in the 90s and helped start ROP! Suzanne recently shared this piece with us about one […]
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Lifting Up Rural Voices Across the State
Dear ROPnet, For our democracy to thrive, we need well-informed people who participate in the democratic process. Strong community media is crucial to keeping the people of Oregon informed about what is happening locally, statewide, and nationally. With the closure of countless rural newspapers and radio stations, the consolidation of media groups that out-of-state corporations […]
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