Our 2025 Meeting the Moment series has concluded. Looking for more opportunities to connect? Join us at the Rural Caucus and Strategy Session on April 26th, or check out our Virtual Gatherings page for more upcoming events later this spring!
ROP is hosting virtual network gatherings in 2025 every other Monday, January through March.
These statewide Zoom gatherings are touchpoints to build shared analysis, strategize together, and train on key issues like community deportation defense, de-escalation, and safety planning to bolster your local human dignity work.
Read more about each session below,
and click here to register
Protect People
Monday, January 13th from 6-7:30 PM PST
Rural Oregon is getting in formation to protect immigrants, the bodily autonomy of trans people and women, and any of our neighbors whose basic rights and freedom come under attack! We are preparing for Trump’s Inauguration and the first 100 days of his presidency, building groups for safety and power, growing our numbers to meet growing authoritarianism, and sharing skills and strategies to meet the moment. Our ability to protect people starts with having a strong and healthy group, so let’s build those skills together.
Organizing Office Hours I
Monday, January 27th from 6-7:30 PM PST
An opportunity to drop in and talk with ROP staff and other organizers around the state to work out particular sticking points in your work. Bring a question or just come connect with other rural organizers! It will be informal and largely unstructured.
Disrupt and Disobey
Monday, February 10th from 6-7:30 PM PST
As Daniel Hunter puts it: “In effective ‘Disrupt and Disobey’ type actions the ultimate goal is paving a path for mass noncooperation: tax resistance, national strikes, work shut-downs and other nonviolent mass disobedience tactics — the most effective strategies to displace authoritarians.” Stay tuned for more details in January!
Organizing Office Hours II
Monday, February 24th from 6-7:30 PM PST
An opportunity to drop in and talk with ROP staff and other organizers around the state to work out particular sticking points in your work. Bring a question or just come connect with other rural organizers! It will be informal and largely unstructured.
Defend Civic Institutions
Monday, March 10th from 6-7:30 PM PST
As Daniel Hunter puts it: “Each bureaucracy will put up its own fight to defend itself…These insiders will need external support. Sometimes it’s just folks showing compassion that some of our best allies will be inside [the government], silently resisting. A culture of celebrating people getting fired for the right reasons would help (then offering them practical help with life’s next steps). Other moments will need open support and public activation.” Stay tuned for more details in 2025!
Organizing Office Hours III
Monday, March 24th from 6-7:30 PM PST
An opportunity to drop in and talk with ROP staff and other organizers around the state to work out particular sticking points in your work. Bring a question or just come connect with other rural organizers! It will be informal and largely unstructured.
April…The Rural Caucus and Strategy Session!
We are very excited that the Rural Caucus and Strategy Session is coming up in April. We will be convening April 25-27 in Baker City! For folks who are new to ROP, we’ve been hosting the Caucus for over 30 years. It’s a chance for small-town and rural organizers, activists, and community leaders from across the state to come together annually to reflect on the last year and to strategize about local and statewide organizing for the year to come. You can register for the Caucus here. Register before March 14 for the Early Bird discount!
We can all be part of building rural power through the first 100 days as we move through these times together.
Do you want one-on-one support for your group’s preparations or to figure out where to plug in? Reach out to your county organizer or email office@rop.org.
