Bridging Divides, Defending Dignity How rural Oregonians have moved democracyforward since 1992! Welcome to the Exhibit Host Guide for Bridging Divides, Defending Dignity: How rural Oregonians have moved democracy forward since 1992! We are excited that your community wants to host the traveling exhibit celebrating 30 years of rural organizing with the Rural Organizing Project! […]
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Strategy Sessions
ROP convenes statewide strategy sessions for rural organizers across Oregon and the country to grapple with the multiple overlapping crises that our communities are facing. This page will continue to be updated with registration information for upcoming strategy sessions, recordings of past strategy sessions, and instructions on how to host your own strategy session with […]
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Rural Mutual Aid and Wildfire Response Resources
This list of resources, mutual aid, and wildfire response options was compiled in 2020. Some of the information may be out of date. Send us info at office@rop.org on what you are doing and we can update the list! General Resources ROP hosted a Rural Mutual Aid and Wildfire Response Strategy Session on 9/16/2020. Watch […]
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Sample Letters to the Editor, Occupation in Harney County
This document shares example Letters to the Editor on Armed Occupation in Harney County
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Up in Arms – PDF
Up in Arms: A Guide to Oregon’s Patriot Movement is a groundbreaking report and toolkit designed to support local communities, reporters, public officials, and community activists under siege from or curious about armed militias and other Patriot movement groups. This guide was developed by Rural Organizing Project in partnership with Political Research Associates through extensive research on the right-wing movements and by pooling the local expertise of rural community leaders and scholars. It exposes, explains, and offers alternatives to this movement.
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The Rural Organizing Project condemns the armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge as a publicity stunt by militia groups from outside of Oregon to further their own ideologically-driven agenda. The activities of the occupiers ignore and disrespect the local community’s calls to handle the situation peacefully.
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Organizing to Save Rural Post Offices
Saving post offices and protecting a US Postal Service run by, of and for the people is about our Constitutional rights and, for rural Americans, it is also about having a thriving democracy.
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