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 [...]
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
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 [...]




Posted on 16. Feb, 2012 



