You will be entertained! You will be connected!
This weekend at the ROP Annual Caucus in Albany your senses will be delighted, your palettes will tingle and your sense of community will grow stronger and richer with each moment. You won’t want to miss it!
Partake in some of this weekend’s treats, read below for the full details:
- Friday Night pre-Caucus BBQ
- Open Space and Tabling at the Caucus
- Merchandise! New ROP Buttons, Classic Shirts and Caucus pie sale
- Post-Caucus fun: Corvallis Second Saturday Concert benefit for ROP
- Post-Caucus fun: MRG foundation Justice Within Reach Party
- Whet your Caucus whistle: ROP featured on the Daily Kos national blog
Print this email and bring it along so you’ll have all the options at your fingertips. Can’t wait to see you!
Friday Night
Pre-caucus BBQ
The Friday night before the Caucus, Linn County friends Al and Barbara DeVita have offered to host a BBQ get together. How lovely! Pre-Caucus BBQ at the DeVita’s, Friday April 9, 7-9pm. 36815 Freeman Rd, Scio, Oregon(approximately 20 minutes from Albany). I’ll be there; I hope you’ll come too. Please let us know if you can make it and bring something to throw on the grill! cara@rop.org
Directions:
From I 5 north or south, take the Albany exit 233 and head east on Hwy 20. Go about 5.5 miles and bear left on Hwy 226. Go another 5.7 miles and turn right on Freeman Rd. Our driveway is .4 miles on the left. Call 503-438-8638 if you get lost.
At the Caucus
Open Space and Tables:
Connect with other like minds, share your projects and learn about their projects! Here are some Open Spaces that are already in the works for you to join, or add your own!
US Social Forum in Detroit & People’s Movement Assembly in Portland: Oregon represent!
Anti-Walmartand anti-corporate organizing in rural Oregon
Marriage Matters: Connect and share strategies with marriage equality organizers from rural Oregon
Merchandise
Bring your materials to put out for others to view.
Buy an ROP button, made by our friend Chelsea Fine in Grants Pass
Take a little ROP for the road – purchase a home made pie or dessert to take home at the end of the day! All proceeds go right back to ROP.
Saturday night: Post-Caucus fun
Second Saturday Benefit Concert for ROP hosted by Alternatives 2 War!
Our friends in Corvallis are hosting a benefit fundraiser for ROP as part of their monthly series “Second Saturdays at the Sunnyside Up Café”. You are encouraged to attend, enjoy music, eat food, drink beers and enjoy your Benton County company! $5 donation welcome.
The event will feature music by local Celtic band Three Fingered Jack.
Saturday, April 10. 6-8pm. Sunnyside Up Café, 116 NW 3rd St, Corvallis, Or.
Directions: Approximately 20 minutes from Albany. On 5th St, turn Left on Lyons St/US 20 W (10m), Left at NW VanBuren, Right on NW 1st, Right on SW Madison, Right on SW 3rd – address 116 NW 3rd
McKenzie River Gathering: Justice within Reach Event
MRG is one of the most supportive and politically motivated foundations in the country. They generously support ROP (and probably many of the other organizations you love). We are proud to be a part of the MRG family and want to invite all ROP members and friends to join the MRG annual Justice within Reach Party in Portland after the Caucus.
Saturday April 10, 7-11pm, p:ear Gallery, 338 NW 6th Ave, Portland, Or
This is a fundraiser for MRG, who in turn supports grassroots organizations – $35 at the door
Get directions here.
Suggested reading
Oregon’s Rural Organizing Project: A Profile in Democratic Local Organizing by Michael Karpman
Check out the latest ROP article, published on the nationally renowned blog Daily Kosand on the author’s site, Democratize the Progressive Movement.
This article touches of some of the themes that we’ll be discussing at the Caucus. It’s a good way to get your mind working on the future and vision for our rural movement!