Hey everyone,
Join us tomorrow, Friday (May 20), for the biggest youth-led Climate Strike in over two years! We’ll call on elected officials at City Hall to sign a climate action pledge and #ConfrontClimateVillains, then march to Revolution Hall for a huge Climate Festival. Want to join a 350PDX group at the strike? We’ll be giving out 350PDX bandanas so you can show you’re part of the crew. Find us at 11am outside City Hall, at the SE corner of SW Madison and SW 4th Ave.
In the fight for climate justice in Oregon, we’re up against some powerful interests. The fossil fuel industry wants to confuse and divide us – as we’ve seen in NW Natural’s misinformation campaign to greenwash “natural” gas. In service of their corporate shareholders, the Portland Business Alliance (PBA) is actively undermining the Portland Clean Energy Fund. Zenith Energy is still exporting oil by rail from their Portland terminal, and the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) continues their climate-disastrous freeway widening projects. NW Natural, PBA, Zenith, and ODOT have become Climate Villains causing deep harm in our communities.
We’re gathering in huge numbers tomorrow to fight these Climate Villains and take our power back. In these moments, we build the power we will need to create the just, resilient world we all deserve.
See more info below on how to join the strike and how to volunteer to help make it a success:
Can you Volunteer at the Climate Strike?
Join the Fossil Fuel Resistance Team at the strike!
Help the team lead a fun action during the march to raise awareness abou the dangers of natural gas and how NW Natural is a climate villain in our community. Reach out to dineen@350pdx.org to learn more!
Canvass the crowd!
May 20 will be the launch of our new Pledge of Action, an effort to get thousands of new people involved in the climate justice movement. We need volunteers who can ask folks to take the pledge. Reach out to chris@350pdx.org to learn more!
Help the Arts Team
We need about 20-30 people for performing, holding giant puppets, and hauling signs etc. to the march and back again. Contact Donna – murph1949@aol.com – if you can help.
Climate Strike Timeline – May 20
Before 11 – Walk out of schools, workplaces, and homes, etc.
At 11 – Meet at City Hall
Present our demands, hold our elected ‘climate champion’ officials accountable
At 12 – Leave City Hall and march
Stop at NW Natural and Portland Business Alliance – Confront Climate Villains!
At 2 – Arrive at Revolution Hall
Join us for a Climate Festival and learn how to become active in the movement!
Festival goes until 8pm
So you can come by after work if you can’t strike!
See the most updated info at the Portland Climate Strike Instagram here.
