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Public Hearing On West Hayden Island Development

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:05:13 -0700

Start: Jul 29 2010 - 6:00pm

End: Jul 29 2010 - 6:00pm

West Hayden Island: Can we develop industry and
protect habitat next to each other?

West Hayden Island (WHI) has suddenly become the center of
Portland.

This undeveloped portion of the island is owned by the Port of Portland which has been considering developing it for a marine terminal
for a number of years. The same area, however, is a critical wildlife habitat,
vital for the survival of threatened trees, birds and fish. Last year, the
Portland City Council formed a Xommunity Working Group (CWG) and charged it with developing a plan that would meet
both important goals: marine industrial use and habitat
preservation. The CWG was unable to draft a satisfactory plan,
highlighting the difficulty of merging both needs.

The city needs
waterfront industrial land, according to several studies. At the same time, the
habitat on WHI is a fragile and valuable resource the City and
region want to protect. Since the CWG could not find a solution, Mayor Sam Adams
is presenting a resolution to the council that, if passed, will instruct the
Bureau of Planning and Sustainability to come up with an annexation and
development plan by July 2011.

The major features of this plan would be
a single riverfront terminal, situated on approximately 300 acres of land
already in partial industrial use, and the protection and enhancement of around
500 acres of wild habitat.

The Portland City Council will hold a public hearing on the Mayor's
resolution at 6 p.m. this Thursday, July 29 at City Hall, after which
the council is scheduled to vote.

This is your opportunity to
express your view on what the city should do with West Hayden
Island, and your testimony is invited. You may already know what you think is
the right direction for the city to take; if you want to look more closely at
the issues, there are links to the right that can help you make a
decision.

The Mayor’s Resolution
will not be a final decision, but it will set the city’s course for the
future of West Hayden Island. The resolution will require a significant
public participation process, and Thursday evening is the time for that to
start.

Portland’s best decisions are those informed by input
from its citizens. Help the city make the best decision on West Hayden
Island by attending and speaking out this Thursday. Or, if you cannot
attend the meeting, submit your written comments to City Councilor
Amanda Fritz at her website.

Action Alert from Onward Oregon

Free Tickets to see Countdown to Zero film

Tue, 08 Feb 2011 00:21:22 -0800

Start: Jul 30 2010 - 7:00pm

End: Jul 30 2010 - 9:00pm

Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility offers free
tickets to see Countdown to Zero

Reserve your free tickets to see Countdown to Zero, the new film about
modern nuclear threats from the makers of An Inconvenient Truth.

When: Friday, July 30th, 7:00pm
Where: Cinema 21, 616 NW 21st
Avenue, Portland, OR

Film screening followed by discussion with local peace and
anti-nuclear activists about what we can do to demand zero.

Reserve your free tickets now!

As part of our Summer of Anti-Nuclear Activism campaign, Oregon PSR
is offering a limited number of free tickets to the
film opening on a first come, first served basis.

Email the names
in your party and your phone number, or call 503-274-2720 and leave the
names in your party, phone number and email address. Limit 4 tickets per
person.

Countdown to Zero traces the history of the atomic
bomb from its origins to the present state of global affairs: nine
nations possess nuclear weapons capabilities with others racing to join
them, with the world held in a delicate balance that could be shattered
by an act of terrorism, failed diplomacy, or a simple accident. Written
and directed by acclaimed documentarian Lucy Walker (The Devil’s
Playground, Blindsight), the film features an array of
important international statesmen, including Jimmy Carter, Mikhail Gorbachev, Pervez Musharraf and Tony Blair. Countdown to Zero
makes a compelling case for worldwide nuclear disarmament, an issue more
topical than ever.

Beat the Drum to Ban Cluster Bombs!

Tue, 08 Feb 2011 00:28:32 -0800

Start: Aug 1 2010 - 12:00pm

End: Aug 1 2010 - 2:57pm

TRAVIS DRUMS!

12-2 p.m. August
1, 2010

Peace Memorial (East end of the Steel
Bridge, N.E. Interstate and Oregon)

Hello.
I am Lynn Bradach.

My
oldest son, Marine Corporal Travis Bradach-Nall, was killed by the
explosion of
a U.S. cluster bomb, during unexploded munitions clearing operations in
Karbala, Iraq, on July 2, 2003. Since then, I have been working to end
war, clear the refuse of munitions left from war and, most recently, for
adoption of national legislation and the international Convention to
limit and
ultimately ban use of cluster munitions.

I
was a speaker at the November 2008 Geneva meetings on the international
Convention on Cluster Munitions and was in Oslo, Norway in December 2008
for
the signing of the Convention.

Now,
more than ever, I am pushing for U.S. adoption and ratification of the
Convention.

The
Convention comes into effect, for the 106 countries that have signed it
and 37
countries that have ratified it, on Sunday, August 1, 2010. On that
day,
there will be a drum demonstration to bring attention to the coming into
effect
of the Convention, around the World. Details are at: http://www.stopclustermunitions.org/countdown/

I
am seeking drummers of every type and talent to assemble with me at
noon,
Sunday, August 1,
2010 at the Overlook section of the Eastside Portland Esplanade,
just
north of the Morrison Bridge, to drum in observance of the occasion and
to show
support for the Convention.

PLEASE JOIN
ME!!!! For more information, or to confirm, email me at:
lbradach@handicap-international.us

Remember Hiroshima & Nagasaki, Create a Nuclear-Free Future

Fri, 09 Jul 2010 10:57:06 -0700

Start: Aug 6 2010 - 6:00pm

End: Aug 6 2010 - 8:00pm

Please join us for "Remember Hiroshima & Nagasaki, Create a
Nuclear-Free Future", an event commemorating the 65th anniversary of the
atomic bombings of these two Japanese cities. We will have special
guest speakers, music, art, dance, and a chance for you to get involved
in creating a nuclear-free future!

When: Friday, August 6th, 2010, 6:00pm

Where: Japanese American Historical Plaza on
the Portland waterfront (NW Naito Parkway and Couch Street)

Sponsored by Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility, American Friends Service Committee,
Peace and Justice Works, Ecumenical Ministries of Portland, SGI
Buddhists, Multnomah Friends Meeting, Women's International League for
Peace and Freedom, Oregon Hiroshima Club, Japanese American Citizens
League, and others.

Please download the flyer for the event and help us spread the word!

Student Groups Bring Artistic Spin to Boardman Coal Plant Debate

Mon, 09 Aug 2010 14:25:38 -0700

Start: Aug 17 2010 - 12:00pm

End: Aug 17 2010 - 2:00pm

For Immediate
Release: August 10, 2010 Contact: Nick Engelfried,
503-737-7666

Student Groups Bring
Artistic Spin to Boardman Coal Plant Debate

As PGE prepares to release
new plan for coal plant’s fate, college students paint a vision of a coal-free
future

PORTLAND, OR – On Tuesday, August 17, at 12
pm, the Sierra Student Coalition and Cascade Climate Network will hold a
sidewalk rally outside PGE’s Portland offices, to showcase a community painting
designed by art students at Linfield College.
The painting, which will be completed by students and community members
earlier that day, uses art media to depict a vision of Oregon’s future powered
by clean energy and green jobs, not polluting power sources like PGE’s Boardman
Coal Plant. Students will unveil the
completed artwork outside PGE’s offices, and speakers representing the Sierra
Student Coalition and Cascade Climate Network will urge PGE to close the
Boardman Coal Plant by 2015.

This event, timed to coincide roughly with
PGE’s release of a new plan for the Boardman Coal Plant, comes after months of
student engagement in Department of Environmental Quality and Public Utilities
Commission decisions over how long this plant should be allowed to continue
polluting the air. Student groups are
urging PGE to retire the coal plant within five years and replace it with
cleaner sources of energy.

Who: The Sierra Student Coalition and
Cascade Climate Network

What: Students and community members
will unveil a painting depicting Oregon’s coal-free future outside PGE’s
offices

When: Tuesday, August 17, 2010, at
12pm

Where: Outside the World Trade Center,
at SW 1^st Ave and SW Salmon St.

A Sierra Club organizer and two students will appear on a Public Access program Wednesday, evening, August 11, 2010, around 6:00 to discuss the event, the artwork and the need to move quickly towards clean energy, green jobs, and away from polluting power sources such as coal fired power plants.