If you are new to phone banking, no worries, people will be there to teach you how to make a call. Please bring a laptop or tablet as well as a cell phone
Making these calls is fun and doing it together is a great way to meet like minded people, so please join us! There will be snacks!
Location: SE 65th & Harold (this is a home; email info@berniepdx.us, message us on fb, or text/call 503-567-2504 for address)
Join BerniePDX to textbank members to invite them to our 4th Annual BBQ Potluck! See details for 2 textbanks below.
This is a super easy and laid back way to get involved – we’ll be eating, drinking, talking, and texting =). Please bring a phone and a laptop or tablet if you have one (we’ll have paper lists on hand, too).
Sunday, Aug. 25, 12-2pm WHERE: SE 65th & Harold (this is a home; email info@berniepdx.us, message us on fb, or text/call 503-567-2504 for address)W
* Please note that the Wednesday phonebank has been canceled.
Location: SE 65th & Harold (this is a home; email info@berniepdx.us, message us on fb, or text/call 503-567-2504 for address)
The BBQ on Sept. 14 will help build and strengthen the Bernie community as we prepare to win in 2020! Learn more & sign up to bring something to share: https://www.facebook.com/events/553065088562944/
Come hang out with friends and watch what is sure to be a great debate, as Bernie and Elizabeth Warren share the stage for the first time! And get updates from the local groups about campaign events and how you can get involved, both here in Portland and with the national campaign.
Artist Brian Heath will show you how to create a sign that uniquely shows your support for Bernie Sanders. Brian has been working to put signs all across Oregon, and this time he’s visiting the Portland area.
Bring your foamboard, posterboard, plywood, cardboard – whatever, and we’ll have fun making signs you can be proud to display.
(Sign-making materials will also be available at the event for a donation.)
You’ll find us at the corner of Montgomery and Park St. in the South Park Blocks of the PSU campus.
The BerniePDX shirt with the tree is back! And this time, we’ve updated it with the bird because a Portland rally is where it all started. It’s available in six styles, including a women’s cut, v-neck, tank top, baseball tee, and kids sizes. Click here to grab your BerniePDX 2020 apparel!
In this exciting 2020 race, where we are going to elect Bernie as President, California is extremely important! California has moved up their primary to Super Tuesday. This means we have a shorter period of time to turn undecided voters into Bernie supports in the largest Democratic state in the country. With your help we are going to do it!
DETAILS: If you are new to phone banking, no worries, people will be there to teach you how to make a call. You will need to bring a laptop or tablet as well as a cell phone. Making these calls is fun and doing it together is a great way to meet like minded people, so please join us!
No worries if you can’t get there from work by 5:30, we will be glad to see you when you can get there.
BerniePDX and the Portland Democratic Socialists of America condemn the Oregon Democratic supermajority’s recent vote to cut public employee retirement benefits for tens of thousands of Oregon workers. Such a cowardly capitulation to Oregon’s millionaire class is reprehensible, especially against the backdrop of a booming economy where the wealthy few expand their riches at the expense of the many.
For many Oregonians, a secure retirement is a pipe dream. But for thousands of Oregon’s teachers, public health workers, and other government employees, the Public Employee Retirement System (PERS) offers some hope of dignity in old age.
PERS is deferred compensation, which was negotiated under contract. Oregon’s public workers did their part by providing years of service to Oregonians, often at the expense of lucrative careers in the private sector. It is beyond belief that so many Democrats backed by labor would stab public employees in the back.
Oregonians don’t need Democrats keen to pass special tax breaks for Nike, while raiding public employee retirement. Oregon Democrats should not merely fight tooth and nail to protect the PERS’ promise, but reach beyond—toward a secure and guaranteed retirement for all Oregonians.
We call on Governor Kate Brown to immediately veto this attack on the working class. There are many options to address the purposely-underfunded PERS liability: Increasing the amortization period, ending the runaway management fees siphoned off by Wall Street, and taxing the wealthy.
Lastly, we recognise the leadership of the Portland Association of Teachers, who compiled the helpful graphic below, which shows the Portland-area Democrats who voted to betray public workers. We encourage everyone to contact your representatives and demand accountability.
BerniePDX and Portland DSA will continue to build a movement with our allies fighting for working people. Join us!
Infographic created by Portland Association of Teachers (PAT)
