JANUARY 2025 UPDATES & EVENTS

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Hello Everyone,

Welcome to our first newsletter of 2025! This edition is brimming with exciting updates, actions to take, and heartfelt gratitude. Before we dive in, we’d like to share that 350PDX is recruiting new board members. We strongly encourage candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply, as well as individuals with finance experience to help guide our organization’s fiscal health and sustainability. Interested? Please reach out to: Devyn@350pdx.org. More info here.

Team Updates and Upcoming Events

 

 

Development & Community Engagement

Happy New Year to our 350PDX community! After a winter’s rest, we as a staff look back on all we accomplished in 2024 and are so thrilled to dive into our work this upcoming year. And this work would not be possible without you. A heartfelt thanks to all who supported our work by donating to our end-of-year campaign, attending the art sale, and sharing a social media post or a good word with friends and family. Together, our community raised over $90,000 to support our climate justice initiatives in community building, arts, climate policy, forest defense, and fossil fuel resistance. We are deeply grateful for all the abundance in our community that will allow us to thrive in 2025!

Next month, the 350PDX Book Club will gather Wednesday, February 5, to discuss Dr Ayana Elizabeth Johnson’s What if we Get it Right?: Visions of Climate Futures. Learn more and sign up here!

Climate Policy

State Advocacy Team during the Legislative Session

We’re beginning a new, short-term team just for the Oregon legislative session: January to June, 2025. Join us for virtual updates on our state policy priorities each month during the legislative session! REGISTER HERE to receive a Zoom link. Meetings will be from 6:30–8:00pm on the last Wednesday of each month. We will also have opportunities to help track bills, make your voice heard, and meet with legislators virtually or in Portland or Salem. The first meeting will be on January 29.

Join Divest Oregon’s Lobby Day

350PDX is a founding member of Divest Oregon. This year, the coalition is supporting SB 681: the Pause Act, with leadership from Senator Golden and Senator Pham. Do you want to attend an in-person lobby day or a virtual meeting with your legislator in the coming months? Sign up now and you’ll receive information about upcoming events and meetings.

Move Oregon Forward: Transportation Coalition, training 1/30

We’re also part of Move Oregon Forward (MOF), a coalition including environmental justice and climate organizations, active and public transportation advocates, and other groups interested in putting together a safe, efficient, and affordable transportation package that will meet our climate goals.

Check out this Report from the Oregon Legislature’s Joint Committee on Transportation’s Listening Tour which highlights the priorities identified in over 1,000 public comments to legislators during last summer’s “transportation roadshow”. Nearly 75% of the comments highlighted the need for better public transportation, with other comments emphasizing active transportation, no freeway expansions, and the need to maintain the roads we have before building new ones. Prioritizing safety and taking climate action were the top two values discussed in the comments. If you’re interested in learning more about this coalition and advocating about these topics, mark your calendar for a Letter to the Editor Training organized by the MOF coalition on January 30 at 6:00pm. Register here to receive a Zoom link.

Fossil Fuel Resistance

Photo: Dana Schott

New year, no fear! Thank you to all who joined us for the rally on January 2nd at City Hall – we packed City Hall chambers with so many stop Zenith folks in red that they needed to open an overflow room. Now that’s a powerful way to start off the new year!

We are in a very urgent and fast-paced period in the campaign to Stop Zenith. As a quick refresher, this is due to Oregon Department of Environmental Quality’s decision one month ago to issue a $372,600 fine to Zenith Energy for violating the terms of their permit, and requiring Zenith to obtain a new Land Use Compatibility Statement (LUCS) from the City of Portland. Soon after, Zenith submitted a new LUCS application to the City that contains new uses like blending “sustainable aviation fuel” on site. Now the new Mayor and City Council are in a clear position to protect Portland’s residents, our river, and our climate by denying Zenith’s LUCS application – but we have to make sure this happens!

Join us in contacting Mayor Wilson and your 3 City Council members urging them to hold an open public process to evaluate Zenith’s LUCS decision and to deny the LUCS. This messaging guide has all you need to send an email. It’s very crucial that they hear from us right now, so thank you!

Get involved:
Start the year off right by joining the Fossil Fuel Resistance Team and diving deep into this exciting campaign with us! Our next meeting is Tuesday, January 14 at 5:30pm and it’s virtual. (Our meetings take place every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month, and rotate between virtual and in-person at the 350PDX office on Mississippi Ave.) To join this meeting and receive the Zoom link, email Dineen: dineen@350pdx.org.

 

 

Arts Team

Happy New Year to all. The 350PDX Arts Team is looking forward to a creative year of powerful climate messages to bring to the streets. Can you help? If you’re interested in making and/or handling large climate puppets, let us know! If you can make it to our next Artbuild we’d love to have you there: January 12, 1:00-4:00pm at 350PDX (3639 N Mississippi Ave). RSVP to Donna: murph1949@aol.com

Washington County Team

In December, the Washington County Team gathered in-person to share concerns for the future and envision ways to make a difference during the next few years. We’re thrilled to share that our New Year’s Day hike at Chehalem Ridge Nature Park had the best turnout ever! We were especially delighted to have Senator Sollman join us for the walk. Our next online meeting will take place Tuesday, January 14. We’ll share information on Washington County campaigns, as well as climate policy work for the next legislative session. Our general activities include: connecting with the Beaverton and the Tigard Climate Action teams, stewarding our Pollinator Garden at Bagley Park in Hillsboro, and more! We always welcome newcomers to our events and to our monthly online meetings (6:30pm on the second Tuesday of the month). To receive updates from us, please sign up HERE.

 

In love and gratitude,

The 350PDX staff –
Brenna, Cherice, Denise, Dineen, Irene, Jessica, Katie

DECEMBER 2024 UPDATES & EVENTS

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Hi Everyone,

December is here, and we’re excited to bring you all the latest updates and news from 350PDX. There’s so much to share this month, but before we jump in check out our 2024 Highlight Reel & read about all our wins here!

Rage, Rejoice, Resist: A Holiday Fundraiser for 350PDX and Breach Collective: Join us this Saturday at 7:00pm at Worker’s Tap for a fun end-of-the-year celebration with dessert, drinks, karaoke, a raffle with great prizes, and exciting speakers. Have fun while supporting the local climate justice movement! You won’t want to miss this…

Join the 350PDX Board!

Are you passionate about making a difference in our community? 350PDX is recruiting new members to join our board. We strongly encourage candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply, as we strive to reflect the richness and diversity of the communities we serve. We’re also interested in individuals with experience in finance to help guide our organization’s fiscal health and sustainability. Interested? Please reach out to: Devyn@350pdx.org More info here.

Volunteers!

Are you interested in getting involved at 350PDX? Please join us for our December volunteer orientation! The orientation will be led by our Community Engagement Manager, Katie Hutchinson. You’ll get the chance to meet other new volunteers, see our office and workshop space, and explore more how to get involved! Join us, Tuesday, December 17, 6:00-8:00pm, at the 350PDX Office, 3639 N Mississippi Ave. RSVP here. We’ll start with some pizza and wine/beer/soft drinks, and then have an intro training that covers what we’re all about. Please reach out with any accessibility needs, including dietary restrictions. Email katie@350pdx.org with any questions.

Team Updates and Upcoming Events

 

Arts Team

The Arts Team build is Sunday, December 8, 1:00-4:00pm, at the 350PDX workshop, 3639 N Mississippi. We’ll make more brooms for the 350PDX art fundraiser, finish our butterflies, and discuss further work on large-scale climate puppets using strategies we learned at the Donovan Zimmerman/Paperhand Puppet Project workshops. If you weren’t there, check out this video and article from KOIN 6 News! Please reach out to Donna Murphy and let her know if you can join us for the build.

And don’t forget that our Annual Art Sale is on Wednesday 12/18, 6:00-9:00pm, at the 350PDX workshop, and wiill feature gorgeous original work by Carson Ellis, Phoebe Wahl, Barbara Ford, and many more!

We’re still seeking donations of artwork of all kinds! The pieces can be climate-themed or explore any other subject. If interested in donating art, please use this form!

Climate Policy

We’re excited to move into 2025 with two strong opportunities for climate policy advocacy: the new Portland city council and mayor provide an exciting space for collaborative action, and the Oregon legislature will hold its long session with several meaningful opportunities to bring climate justice to the forefront.

Are you interested in meeting with your city council members, the mayor, and your legislators with us? Do you want to learn more about the important issues we’re working on at the state level? Sign up to be part of a group we’ll call on first. Together, our voices can show incredible support for climate justice in Portland and Oregon in the coming year!

 
Cimate Protection Program restored
The Environmental Quality Commission (EQC) of the Department of Environmental Quality reinstated the Climate Protection Program (CPP) in November! This landmark policy will reduce large polluter emissions by 90% by 2050, and 50% by 2035 (learn more). Fossil fuel companies filed a lawsuit to remove this program, but statewide organizing through the Climate and Economic Justice Coalition mobilized a massive outpouring of grassroots support for protecting it. You all spoke up, wrote in, and showed up to make sure the CPP was reinstated—and we won! Take a moment today to send a letter of thanks to the EQC commissioners and Governor Kotek for their part in restoring the CPP.
 
Apply to join the City of Portland’s new Sustainability & Climate Commission (SCC)!
Earlier this year, we advocated for a strong SCC at the City of Portland, and now applications are open to serve on this volunteer commission! The commission will focus on environmental justice and keeping the city accountable to our climate goals. 20 Commission seats are available, including 4 dedicated youth seats (ages 16–24). Application deadline: January 17. More info here. Learn more about the SCC here.
 

Forest Defense Team

Shade Equity Campaign: We’re happy to announce that the City Council voted unanimously to make the Large Tree Amendment permanent!  Several years ago, this amendment changed the Tree Code to add more protection for trees over 20 inches that are at risk of being cut for new development. However, this was not a permanent amendment and had to be renewed every 5 years. It was due to sunset at the end of December and many members of the Forest Defense Team testified about the importance of not only renewing the amendment, but also making it a permanent part of the Tree Code. We’re so glad that the Council heard us and agreed.Community Confluence Conference: 350PDX is co-sponsoring this day-long gathering on Saturday, December 14th hosted by our allies at Bark.  The event will include panels, keynotes, a silent auction and a dance party!  The theme for the conference is “Tools for Change” and focuses on issues that a budding environmental justice advocate should know about engaging with nature and policy alike. 350PDX’s Forest Climate Manager Brenna Bell will be giving a keynote address on the past, present and future of forest defense on the Mt. Hood National Forest. Hope to see you there!Get Involved:  The Forest Defense team meets on the first and third Monday of the month. We’re excited for our fourth annual Forest Defense Team holiday party on Monday December 16th from 6-8 pm at the 350PDX office. This is open to all team members, or folks interested in joining. We’ll have a potluck, white elephant gift exchange, games and plenty of fun! If you want to get connected with the team, please contact team co-leads Felice Kelly (felice.kelly@gmail.com) or Tyler Gilmore (tyler@350pdx.org), or Forest Climate Manager Brenna Bell (brenna@350pdx.org).

 

 

Fossil Fuel Resistance

Historic Pause in DEQ’s Comment Period on Zenith Energy: Last month, Oregon’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) conducted a surprise inspection at Zenith’s McCall dock—the same dock Zenith unlawfully connected to in 2021. During their visit, inspectors discovered Zenith had done “more expansive” construction work than expected. The following day, citing the need for additional information before proceeding with Zenith’s air quality permit application, DEQ announced they are pausing the comment period and canceling the two public hearings. We are awaiting to hear the results of the inspection at Zenith and what comes next. 

This is a very big deal and an encouraging sign that regulators are taking our concerns seriously. DEQ even attributed this pause directly to our engagement in this process: “I really thank the community for their continued engagement and support in this permitting process. You know, it was their questions and comments that led us to further investigate,” said Lisa Ball, air quality manager in DEQ’s Northwest Region. “I just really hope that they can see that the information that they provided to us was helpful and it really led us to take action.” (OPB). This is a major testament to all of our dedication and determination over the years to stop Zenith. To learn more, you can read about this news in The Mercury, OPB, The Oregonian, KOIN 6, and The Portland Tribune. And check out photos from our Zenith Rally here!

Businesses Against Zenith Energy: Are you (or someone you know) affiliated with a local business who would be interested in joining the movement to Stop Zenith? We have an exciting opportunity for local businesses to get involved in this campaign! Businesses can sign this letter to DEQ and the Portland City Council to urge the State and the City to hold Zenith accountable. Feel free to forward and share with businesses you’re connected with, and if you’d like to get involved in helping us outreach to local businesses, join the FFR team!

Get Involved: The FFR team’s last meeting of the year is on Tuesday, December 10 at 5:30 pm at the 350PDX office (3639 N Mississippi Ave). We will have holiday treats and snacks, and will be celebrating our great work in 2024 and brainstorming our goals for 2025. This is a great meeting for new folks to join! Hope to see you there. To get connected with the team, reach out to Dineen: dineen@350pdx.org.

 

Washington County Team

Our team hosts frequent sign waving and film events, tabling for climate justice in the neighborhood, and lots more! We are invested in shaping local and State policy and frequently connect with our elected officials to discuss climate priorities. At our our last online meeting, we supported sharing and emotional processing of federal election results, and celebrated happier election results at the state level. We will meet in person on December 14 in Beaverton. Please join us. For location, please send a note to debbygactivism@gmail.com. Regular second Tuesday online meetings will resume in January. We always welcome newcomers to our monthly 6:30pm second Tuesday (online) meetings and at all our events. If you are in Washington County and would like to receive updates from us, please sign up HERE. You can also like our Facebook page for updates.

SW Neighborhood Team

Happy Holidays! Now is the time to start planning for climate action in 2025. You can begin by joining the 350PDX Southwest Team; especially if you live in neighborhoods on the south and west sides of Portland, from PSU to Hillsdale, Multnomah Village, Bethany, Beaverton and Lake Oswego. We meet monthly on Zoom to plan for in-person actions, presentations, and discussions in our communities. Learn more at 350PDX Southwest Team. Sign up on the 350PDX Volunteer Interest Form and indicate that you are interested in joining the group, or reach out to Pat at patk5@msn.com to learn more. Get involved! (1) Participate in our monthly online planning meetings. Next meeting is Monday, December 9th at 6:30 p.m. (2) Join our weekly street corner demonstrations. (3) Sign up to distribute yard signs promoting Climate Action Now! at community events.

 

Testimony Training 11/11/24: I-5 Bridge Replacement

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The public comment period for the I-5 Bridge Replacement Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) ends on November 18, 2024, and ODOT needs your input! This is a critical moment to address key concerns around transportation, climate, equity, and economic impacts. The project will affect our region for decades, and your comments can shape its future.

Join our virtual training on November 11 to learn why this project matters and how to submit an effective public comment. The Just Crossing Alliance will share some key takeaways regarding this SEIS. We’ll provide everything you need to know about the proposed earthquake-resilient bridge, light rail extension, and tolling plans—and how they impact our communities. You don’t need to be an expert! Whether it’s a personal story or feedback on climate impacts, every comment counts.

💻 Ways to Comment:

  • Online: www.justcrossing.org/ibr-comment
  • Email: DraftSEIS@interstatebridge.org
  • Voicemail: (866) 427-7347 (say “Draft SEIS”)
  • Mail: IBR Program Draft SEIS, 500 Broadway St #200, Vancouver, WA 98660

Your comment doesn’t have to be long! Focus on why you care and what you want to see improved—whether it’s better transit, reduced emissions, or stronger equity measures. Let’s push for a more just and sustainable future.

Make your voice heard: Register for the training today and submit your public comment by November 18. Together, we can demand a more sustainable and just future!

2024 Mayoral Candidate Forum

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It’s not every day that a city gets a mayoral candidate forum that focuses on the climate! But this is no ordinary election year. This is a crucial moment for our city’s future, and we want to ensure that climate justice is at the forefront of the conversation. Here’s a video of the forum, and your chance to get to know the individuals who could lead our city’s response to the climate crisis.

Candidates are: Mingus Mapps, Liv Osthus, Carmen Rubio, and Keith Wilson

Emcee: Katya @bluehorsegrandmother

Event brought to the public by 350PDX, The Melody Center, Sunrise Movement PDX, and Making Earth Cool

 

OCTOBER 2024 UPDATES & EVENTS

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Hi Everyone,

Welcome to our now-monthly 350PDX newsletter, featuring team updates, action opportunities, upcoming events, and more!

As election season heats up, 350PDX is working hard to connect you with city council and mayoral candidates, as well as with critical climate issues in our region. Recent events have included city council candidate forums, a teach-in on false climate solutions, and a unique kayak tour of the Portland Harbor.

This month’s newsletter is bursting with more exciting events, and we look forward to seeing you at one—or all! Join us in making a difference!

Team Updates and Upcoming Events

 

FOREST DEFENSE TEAM

Forests over Profits mobilization

The Forest Defense team helped organize a great False Climate Solutions teach-in on Tuesday, September 24 at the Climate Justice workshop. In collaboration with the Pacific NW Forest Climate Alliance, we hosted Thomas Joseph, Carbon Pricing Educator from the Indigenous Environmental Network, Julia Bernal, Director of the Pueblo Alliance and New Mexico No False Solutions Coalition, and Brenna Bell, 350PDX Forest Climate Manager. Each speaker highlighted a different false climate solution – carbon offsets, “renewable” hydrogen, and industrial biomass energy – and came back to the same theme: capitalism and colonialism are at the root of the climate crisis and the only real climate solutions are ones that move away from these systems. We look forward to more collaboration with Thomas and Julia.

On Wednesday, September 25th about 60 people braved the rain and protested the timberland investment conference, Canopy (formerly “Who Will Own the Forest”), at the World Forestry Center. With songs, chants and speeches, we let them know that just greenwashing the name and rhetoric of the conference does not mask its true intent to transform more land and natural processes into money. A wet and lively time was had by all!

Shade Equity Social

It’s time for our quarterly Shade Equity Social and you’re invited! On Tuesday, October 15th we’ll be hosting an Election Edition of the Social in which we’ll discuss the Shade Equity Platform (and which candidates have signed on), how to talk about this issue – and ranked choice voting – with our friends and neighbors, and plans for continuing to make shade equity an important issue after the election.

The social is from 6:00-8:00pm pm at the Climate Justice Workshop (3639 N. Mississippi); food & drink and childcare will be provided.  Please register here!

International Day of Action to Break Big Biomass

Join folks from around the country on October 21 for the Break Big Biomass: National Call to Action from 5:00-6:30pm. 350PDX has joined organizations from around the country to envision and plan this exciting online event that will feature elected officials, community leaders from the Gulf South to the West Coast, and issue experts who will detail industry impacts and raise the alarm about the biomass industries’ current US expansion plans.

We will also be calling people to action! Each participant will receive an “action packet” designed to get folks involved in the work to fight the expansion of industrial biomass energy facilities, like the Drax export facility proposed for Longview. Register for the day of action webinar today!

Get Connected

The Forest Defense team meets on the first Monday of the month in person and the third Monday online, from 6:00-7:30pm. If you want to get connected with the team, please contact team co-leads Felice Kelly (felice.kelly@gmail.com) or Tyler Gilmore (tyler@350pdx.org), or Forest Climate Manager Brenna Bell (brenna@350pdx.org).

Climate Policy

Climate Justice Voter & Candidate Update

With changes to Portland’s government structure and voting system, 350PDX has been hosting events to educate city council and mayoral candidates on climate issues, organize climate justice voters, and create spaces for voters and candidates to discuss these topics. Recent highlights include:

Climate and Environmental Justice Tours and Info Sessions for Candidates, most recently: a September 21 Portland Harbor Kayak Tour & Info Session. Thanks to Mosquito Fleet, Portland Harbor Community Coalition, Willamette Riverkeeper, and Braided River for joining us on stage and sharing their work!

Climate-focused City Council Candidate Forums with candidates who have met the small donor match threshold:
  • District 4: September 26. Candidates: Sarah Silkie, Eric Zimmerman, Mitch Green, Lisa Freeman, Ben Hufford, Moses Ross, Chris Henry
  • District 2: October 1. Candidates: Marnie Glickman, Sameer Kanal, Debbie Kitchin, Mike Marshall, Chris Olson, Jennifer Park, Tiffani Penson, Laura Streib, Jonathan Tasini, Nat West
  • District 3: October 2. Candidates: Rex Burkholder, Daniel DeMelo, Chris Flanary, Tiffany Koyama Lane, Angelita Morillo, Ahlam Osman

To see video of your district’s forum, check out our blog. To see a comprehensive list of recent and upcoming events, our Climate Justice Platform, and soon-to-released Voter Guide, check out our 2024 climate justice voter page. We will be unveiling our Climate Justice Voter Guide on October 15, right before ballots are mailed out!

Great Support for CPP!

It was inspiring to witness everyone who spoke up and wrote in about restoring the Climate Protection Program! Members of our Climate Justice Policy Team showed up for the virtual hearing on August 21 and the virtual and in-person hearing at the Department of Environmental Quality on September 26. Our team members attended Electrify Portland to help generate written comments. Together with other organizations that make up the Coalition for Climate and Economic Justice, we generated hundreds of written comments to show that Oregonians care about doing our part to protect our region and our planet, reducing emissions from major polluters, and centering environmental justice through the Community Climate Investment portion of the policy. Major polluters—oil and gas companies—put up strong opposition, so every voice speaking up for a healthy and equitable community is crucially important.

I-5 Bridge Replacement public comment period

The long and winding saga of the I-5 Bridge Replacement project continues: a public comment period is open from now until November 18, 2024, with the opportunity to comment on the new Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement. This bridge needs upgrades to make it earthquake safe, but we also want to make sure it minimizes greenhouse gas emissions, does minimal damage to river ecosystems, and does not harm the health and homes of people living near the bridge. Mark your calendar to attend our testimony training with the Just Crossing Alliance on November 11. Click here to learn more, including how to submit your comments!

Save the dates!

Mark your calendars for a mayoral forum on October 20, 6:30-8:30pm featuring several candidates who have met the small donor match threshold. We’ll send out more information soon with a location and other details.

Our October Action Night will be on the 23rd at our 350PDX workshop, 3639 N Mississippi Ave. We’ll have printed copies of our Climate Justice Voter Guide for you to peruse and to take some home to share. We’ll offer training on ranked choice voting, so bring your ballot if you’d like, and we’ll help demystify the new format! Engage with your community to discuss district candidates, environmental justice, and how we can transition our city towards a more sustainable and equitable future for all. RSVP so we know how many people to expect, and sign up if you’d like to help!

Introducing Our New Student Team

We have an excellent group of students joining our staff this school year to help us track bills, coordinate campaigns, and assist with communications! Please join us in welcoming the following students: Sima Fasihi, Max Hanley, Andy Laurila, Emma Niemela, Santiago Nolasco Galicia, Alex Silva, Liz Zlobinsky.

If you would like information about opportunities for students such as internships, practicum, field experience, or work study, please contact Cherice Bock (cherice@350pdx.org).

Arts Team

We have company coming! The Arts Team has an Artbuild coming up, October 13, 1:00-4:00pm, at the 350PDX Workshop (3639 N. Mississippi Ave). That Sunday we’ll be cleaning up the place, pushing our mural along, and preparing materials for our visit from Donovan Zimmerman and Paperhand Puppet Intervention in November! Come to talk, snack, and help us! Please let Donna know if you’ll be there: murph1949@aol.com

Save the date! 350PDX is hosting an evening with Paperhand Puppet Intervention with Donovan Zimmerman, and will include an Artbuild afterwards. November 15th, 7:00pm. Sliding scale admission, $10-15, all proceeds go to 350PDX. Thank you, Donna, Lauren, Dannika, Allison.

Fossil fuel Resistance Team

Our team’s main focus right now is gearing up for the upcoming DEQ Comment Period on Zenith Energy’s Air Quality permit. Soon there will be an info session we can attend to ask questions ahead of the comment period, and in November there will be 2 in-person public hearings where we will be calling on you to join us in submitting testimony and showing up to the rallies right before the hearings. Stay tuned for comment and testimony writing workshops, and more! 

Last Friday, we co-hosted an amazing event featuring TN Rep. Justin Pearson. Thank you to all who attended this hopeful and inspiring evening. You can watch the recording of this here.

Get connected:

The Fossil Fuel Resistance Team’s next meeting is on Tuesday, October 8 at 5:30 pm on ZOOM. Please email dineen@350pdx.org for the link. Our next in-person meeting is on Tuesday, October 29 at the 350PDX office and there will be Halloween treats! New to the team and want to have a new member orientation? Reach out to Dineen at dineen@350pdx.org.

SW Neighborhood Team

The 350PDX Southwest Team includes neighborhoods on the south and west sides of Portland, from PSU to Hillsdale, Multnomah Village, Bethany, Beaverton and Lake Oswego. We meet monthly on Zoom to plan for in-person actions, presentations, and discussions in our communities. Sign up on the 350PDX Volunteer Interest Form and indicate that you are interested in joining the group, or reach out to Pat at patk5@msn.com to learn more.

Here are some ways to get involved:

1. Participate in our monthly online planning meetings. Next meeting is Monday, October 14th at 6:30pm. 2. Sign up to distribute yard signs promoting Climate Action Now! at community events. 3. Join our weekly street corner demonstrations.

Team members will be tabling at the Hillsdale Farmers Market on Sunday, October 13th to distribute signs to residents who support Climate Action Now! Do you have a highly visible location for a yard sign? Interested in scheduling a “How to Save Our Planet” presentation which is available to groups and community organizations? Please contact Pat (see email above).

Washington County Team

The Washington County Team gathered on Saturday, September 7 for our summer community potluck. While enjoying camaraderie, we decided that our primary goal would be to get out the vote for progressive candidates at every level. Our next monthly zoom online meeting will take place on Tuesday, October 8. We’ll share about the recent Legislative Days sessions and efforts on the CPP rulemaking. Our next sign-wave will take place on Saturday, October 19 from 11am-12:00pm. Check our Facebook page for details.

Our general activities include: connecting with the Beaverton Climate Action and the Tigard Climate Action teams; getting out the vote in this very important election year; stewarding our Pollinator Garden at Bagley Park in Hillsboro, and more! We always welcome newcomers to our regular monthly 6:30pm second Tuesday (online) meetings and at all our events. If you are in Washington County and would like to receive updates from us, please sign up HERE. You can also “like” our Facebook page for updates.

In love and gratitude,

The 350PDX staff –
Anissa, Brenna, Cherice, Denise, Dineen, Irene, Katie

Video: 2024 Portland City Council Candidate Climate Justice Forums

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2024 Portland City Council Candidate

Climate Justice Forums

District 2, October 1, 2024

Candidates present (left to right): Marnie Glickman, Sameer Kanal, Debbie Kitchin, Mike Marshall, Chris Olson, Jennifer Park, Tiffani Penson, Laura Streib, Jonathan Tasini, Nat West

Moderator: Jacob Apenes

 

District 3, October 2, 2024

Candidates present (left to right): Tiffany Koyama Lane, Angelita Morillo, Chris Flanary, Ahlam Osman, Rex Burkholder, Daniel DeMelo

Moderator: Denise López

 

District 4, September 26, 2024

For the District 4 forum, the Internet unfortunately went down, so the beginning of the forum was not able to be recorded. We apologize for the inconvenience! We are compiling a document with summaries of candidates’ answers to the first couple questions. Please reach out to Cherice Bock (cherice at 350pdx dot org) if you would like to receive a summary.

Candidates present (left to right): Sarah Silkie, Eric Zimmerman, Mitch Green, Lisa Freeman, Ben Hufford, Moses Ross, Chris Henry

Moderator: Brenna Bell