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Stop The Corporations

02/29/2012

Stop The Corporations

In solidarity with Occupy Portland and dozens of other occupations, we will rally with Occupy Medford at Vogel Plaza at 12pm on February 29, and march to an undisclosed protest location. Occupy Portland has called for concerted non-violent direct actions to reclaim our voices and challenge our society’s obsession with profit and greed by shutting down the corporations.  [...]

Location : Vogel Plaza in Medford
March Forth on March 4th

03/04/2012

March Forth on March 4th

This is a peaceable assembly of individuals who believe corporations are not people, and money is not free speech. Currently, corporations are allowed to fund elections and support candidates with unlimited financial contributions. The individual voter’s power has been usurped by institutions which must, by law, pursue profit before considering the negative impacts of their [...]

Location : SOU Student Union
Occupy Earth Day

04/22/2012

Occupy Earth Day

The 99% Caring for the Earth. Cleanup March along Highway 99. March from the Medford Armory or from the Ashland Plaza. Yes, Occupy Medford and Occupy Ashland and a bunch of other organizations, including CPJ, urge you to take a stroll with us on Sunday, April 22 and clean up Highway 99 from Ashland to [...]

Location : Medford Armory & Ashland Plaza

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Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese visit Ashland

Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese visit Ashland

Prominent activists and Occupy DC organizers Dr. Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese visited Ashland on February 15-16, 2012. They spoke to an audience of local Occupy organizers, SOU students, and Ashland community members on the weaknesses of the current U.S. healthcare system versus the merits of a single payer model, as well as of their [...]

Martin Luther King Day, 2012

Martin Luther King Day, 2012

Emery Way and Evan Lasley speak on at the Ashland Plaza, on Martin Luther King Day 2012. Video credit: Multimythic Media. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on google plus Share on Linkedin Share via MySpace share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Tell a friend

Taking the Big Banks to Task

Taking the Big Banks to Task

Taking the Big Banks to Task by Robbie Lindauer 12-2-2011 Why Big Banks? They’ve used this advantage to become primary holders of almost every major publicly traded corporation worldwide and many, many privately held corporations, and they’ve done this at the expense of the American Tax Payer, especially the Middle Class and the Poor. Their symbiotic [...]

Social Security is a Safety Net for the Working Poor but Why Do We Tolerate Poverty?

President of Youth Leadership USA, Tracy Phillips, Phoenix Oregon December 6, 2011 Social Security is a Safety Net for the Working Poor but Why Do We Tolerate Poverty? Brave New Foundation’s Greenwald discovered a disturbing pattern of corporate heads that issue memo’s to their media shills at Fox “News” which dictate talking points, phrases to [...]

Spring Survey

The Strategy Committee recently created a survey to evaluate the experience, involvement, and vision of those who are in contact with Occupy Ashland. You may take the survey here on the website, on the Facebook page, or via the web link sent from occupyashland@gmail.com. Please respond to only one version of the survey. The responses [...]

Spambots, and site updates

Just a quick update from your administrators at OccupyAshland.org: We’ve been struggling with spambots gaining access to our site. I’ve just revamped the registration process, and the spam should now subside. Thanks for your patience! Also, look out for lots of updates coming soon. -Sangye

The Forty-Seventh General Assembly of Occupy Ashland

General Assembly Minutes March 11, 2012 Introductions Open Forum Leaders, Pt II Discussion about burn out, sharing responsibility of work, pacing yourself, picking your battles Treasury Committee Frustration voiced about lack of attendance at meeting Suggested we should have regular people who come to the meeting for continuity Relates to creating a charter, which will [...]

The Forty-Sixth General Assembly of Occupy Ashland

General Assembly Minutes March 4, 2012 Introductions Open Forum Occupy Grants Pass looking for legal counsel Used 501(c)(3) status of Vets for Peace to reserve Anne Basker Auditorium for 1st GA County Commissioners not happy about Occupy using the banner of 501(c)(3); tried to reserve with Unitarian and were denied Looking for free lawyer services [...]

Live stream of March Forth on March 4th

If you can’t be there in person, please tune in to our live video webcast, off-and-on beginning at 4:30 PST. http://qik.com/fb-user-42006631

The Second Spokes Council of Occupy Rogue Valley

Southern Oregon Spokes Council March 2, 2012 Ashland: Raven, David, Fiona, Kai, Sarah Medford: Ben, Mark, Angela, Nick, Detra Open Forum Communication between Rogue Valley occupations Conference calls – Maestro online service Online forum space – Occupy Oregon website Tabling: coordinating materials & educational topics Medford – just started, asking Oregon Action to sponsor if [...]

The Forty-Fifth General Assembly of Occupy Ashland

Occupy Ashland General Assembly  2-26-12     Introductions, Statement of Intent & Facilitation Review Open Forum We have access to a projector for the purpose of displaying written proposals during GA Will need to work out details; requires PC or Mac adaptor Vibe check: everyone in support Reminder that election season is coming up in [...]

New Website

After many hours of working late into the night, we’re thrilled to go live with a completely redesigned website. Linda, Sarah and I have discussed the needs of our website users and visitors at length, and have built this site from the ground up based on those discussions. We hope that this website better serves [...]

Move To Amend Hearing at Ashland City Council (2-21-12)

Video by Joe Villasenor. http://qik.com/video/48300447/untitled

The Forty-Fourth General Assembly of Occupy Ashland

Occupy Ashland Oregon General Assembly 2-19-12 Introductions, Statement of Intent & Facilitation Review Open Forum “The Way of Water” Project Joanna is working on a staged reading of The Way of Water, to benefit Occupy Ashland. Free during the month of April to commemorate 2nd year after the BP oil spill of 2010. The Unitarian [...]

Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese visit Ashland

Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese visit Ashland

Prominent activists and Occupy DC organizers Dr. Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese visited Ashland on February 15-16, 2012. They spoke to an audience of local Occupy organizers, SOU students, and Ashland community members on the weaknesses of the current U.S. healthcare system versus the merits of a single payer model, as well as of their [...]

The Forty-Third General Assembly of Occupy Ashland

Occupy Ashland Oregon General Assembly 1-15-12 Introductions, Statement of Intent & Facilitation Review Open Forum General Assembly feedback forms created by Sophia; draft was passed around to fill out Occupy conference in Portland happening March 15-19; involves long-term strategy planning & fun events; Kristi forming a working group to figure out who wants to go [...]

The Forty-Second General Assembly of Occupy Ashland

Occupy Ashland Oregon General Assembly 2-5-12 Introductions, Statement of Intent & Facilitation Review Open Forum Deb Return o   The present rumor is that Deb is coming home today from Occupy D.C. o   We will be chalking outside her house after General Assembly to welcome her home. Riki Ott o   We’re raising money to cover Riki’s [...]

The First Spokes Council of Occupy Rogue Valley

Occupy Rogue Valley Spokes Council February 3, 2012 Introductions Attendees Ashland: Evan, Emery, Keith, Kristi, Sarah, Will, Kai, Jesse, Andy, Linda Medford: Angela, Ben, Detra, Josh, Ronald Grants Pass: Jerry Idea of Spokes Council is to to provide forum for reporting what each Occupy is working on & to collaborate for joint events; not a [...]