WHY THIS ACTIVITY? When you’re busy paying bills, raising kids, and avoiding wildfires, the last thing you want is to add one more thing to your plate. It could be easy for you, or your neighbor, to miss your chance to cast your vote this November. That’s why across rural Oregon, we are starting conversations […]
Read MoreKitchen Table Activism
KTA: Register Your Group for the Rural Caucus and Strategy Session!
This month’s Kitchen Table Activity is to decide who will represent your group and your community at the Rural Caucus & Strategy Session on the weekend of April 24-26th in Florence! To kick off 2026, each KTA will be paired with monthly virtual office hours with ROP staff, where you can join other human dignity leaders and organizers […]
Read More
KTA: Rejuvenate: Let’s Hold Our People Close
WHAT IS THIS ACTIVITY? This month’s Kitchen Table Activity is to make a plan with your group for how you are taking time to care for one another and for leaders and organizers in your community who need some extra love and support. To keep our movement strong and healthy for the long haul, we […]
Read More
KTA: Oregon is home, not a military target
WHAT IS THIS ACTIVITY? Join thousands of Oregonians from every part of the state who are jumping into action to tell the Trump Administration: NO TROOPS IN OREGON. There are multiple ways to plug in this month, so keep reading! (P.S. We’re also thinking about how to use this federal abuse of power as a way […]
Read MoreKTA: Join us for a Meeting the Moment Conversation with Hardy Merriman
WHY THIS ACTIVITY? Do you feel like there’s so much being thrown at you that it’s the most you can do to respond to whatever feels most urgent in the moment? If so, you’re not alone! In this moment of attacks on basic rights and the foundations of our democracy, it’s all too easy to […]
Read MoreGrowing our Noncooperation Toolkit
WHY THIS ACTIVITY? In the spirit of resisting through Disrupting and Disobeying, rural human dignity leaders across Oregon have been showing up on the streets consistently these last few months. These actions help remind us that we aren’t alone; that our neighbors and millions of others are in this with us. They break through fear and isolation, […]
Read More
KTA: Power Building through Potlucks, Phone Trees, and Mutual Aid
Why this Activity? Rural Oregonians innately understand the necessity of neighbors helping neighbors. The devastating budget bill that just passed the House is a continuation of what we saw from Trump’s first 100 days: systematically slashing funds and eliminating services that our communities rely on to pad the pockets of billionaires. Now is a moment we […]
Read MoreKTA: Elections Don’t Mean Handing Over Our Power
While students are wrapping up the school year, there’s another group in each of our communities that is about to experience their first day and embark on a steep learning curve. The winners of the May special district elections are taking office, some of them for the first time, and they are about to be making […]
Read MoreKTA: In the Time of the Right: Reflections on Liberation – Book Club!
Why this Activity? As we hesitantly check the news and social media each day, we are bombarded with an onslaught of attacks on democracy and human rights. Many of us are grappling with how to talk to our neighbors and have critical conversations about defending our democracy. Book clubs are an opportunity to connect with others […]
Read MoreKTA: 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 […]
Read More