“Civil Liberties 10 Years After 9/11 – Can We Be Safe and Free”

at 7:30pm on Tuesday, November 8, 2011. The event is free and will be held at the

Portland Building Auditorium, 1120 SW 5^th Ave in Portland

The forum will discuss the threat to our civil liberties caused by the prior and current administration’s systematic policies of torture and targeted killing, extraordinary rendition and warrantless wiretaps, military commissions and indefinite detention, political surveillance and religious discrimination – policies which have dubious or no value in preserving our safety and national security. Speakers: Steven Wax, Kayse Jama, Steven Goldberg, Brandon Mayfield, David Fidanque. Moderator: Jo Ann Hardesty.

 Contact Mark Kramer for further information.  503.243.2733, mark@kramer-associates.com

It will begin on  Oct. 6th at the Tom McCall Waterfront Park.  For more information, go to occupyportland.org.

To adequately support Occupy Portland, there will be two LO trainings in the next two days: 

Saturday, August 27th at 11am at the Kenton Firehouse, 8105 N. Brandon Street

It will be fun, fanciful and reasonably priced. It’ll be a chance for Guild members, colleagues, allies, friends and family to enjoy one of Portland’s finest culinary traditions, brunch. We’ll celebrate briefly our community’s accomplishments for the year, but mostly we’ll celebrate a leisurely morning with new friends and old.

$25 in advance, $12 for student/low income

$30 at the door, $15 for student/low income

Email kac@lclark.edu to make your reservation!

REPORT BACK FROM TUNISIA
Friday, May 13, 2011
12:00 – 1:15 PM
Multnomah County
Courthouse
1021 SW 4th Ave.,
Room 226
Judge Wyatt’s Courtroom

This event is a brown bag lunch. Please bring your associates and friends.

Steven Goldberg and Tom Nelson were part of a delegation of lawyers and activists from the United States, England and Turkey which visited Tunisia in March at the invitation of the National Bar Association of Tunisia. The cataclysmic political changes which resulted in the fall of the Ben Ali regime in January sparked continued changes and protests throughout North Africa and the Middle East.

· How did such dramatic political change happen so quickly?
· What was the role of lawyers in bringing about this change?
· What are the challenges to the transition to democracy?
· How can U.S. lawyers and judges be part of such international delegations?

Come and find out the answers to these questions!

Monday, May 16th

6:30pm

Tarboush Restaurant, 3257 SE Hawthorne, Portland

Saturday April 16th @ Noon @ Pioneer Courthouse Square

Bring a non-perishable food item to donate to the Oregon Food Bank.

For more information, see JWJ’s website.

Schedule:

10-10:30 am Welcoming

10:30-11:50 am Wisconsin Update and Analysis-

This presentation will be an analysis of the legal backdrop of the popular protest to Governor Walker’s efforts to strip public unions of collective bargaining rights, the peoples’ response, and the historical context. Panelists include Labor Lawyer Cathy Highet.

10:30-11:50 am Career Information for Students

A discussion about career paths and answer questions about life with a law degree. Panelists include Kenneth Kreuscher from the Portland Law Collective, Richie Eppink from Idaho Legal Aid, and Antonio Gonzalez from St. Andrews Legal Clinic and will discuss traditional and non-traditional career paths.

12-12:50 Lunch & Community Building

1-2:20 pm Business meeting & Chapter Check-in

Election of new regional leadership, chapter updates featuring student-lead work, and report back from NEC.

** 2:30-3:50 pm Report Back from Tunisia Human Rights Delegation & Discussion of Libya **

Portland attorney and International Committee member Steven Goldberg will report back from his recent participation with a human rights delegation to Tunisia, and discuss the on going status of international involvement in Libya.

2:30-3:50 pm Police, Monell, and the state of 1983 in the 9th Circuit

CLE credit expected. LA Civil rights layer Carol Sobel will discuss recent updates to 1983 litigation and answer questions about effective litigation for civil rights attorneys.

3:50-4 pm Afternoon Break + snacks

4-5:30 pm Secure Communities

Co-Chair of the Portland Chapter Ashlee Albies, Shizuko Hashamoto from Portland’s Safe Communities Project and Maru Mora Villalpando, volunteer with Pueblo Unido por la Dignidad in Seattle and member of Community to Community in Bellingham, will present and answers questions about the the federal government’s Secure Communities Program and community responses.

4-5:30 pm Ethics of representing activists

CLE credit expected. Carol Sobel and Kenneth Kreuscher will discuss the ethics of representing activists as clients.

6 pm Social

Hosted at The Evergreen Law Group’s office in downtown Olympia, this is a chance to meet, connect, and discuss the day with members of the Northwest National Lawyers Guild in an informal setting.

L o d g i n g Options

Fertile Ground

311 9th Ave SE, Olympia, WA (360) 352-2428

Governor Hotel

621 S Capitol Way, Olympia, WA (360) 352-7700

Phoenix Inn

415 Capitol Way, Olympia 98501 (360) 570-0555

Chez Cascadia

323 Milroy St. NW Olympia, WA 98502 (360) 570-0823

DIRECTIONS

From Seattle: Hop onto I-5 South – 60.8 mi ► Take exit 104 to merge onto US-101 N – 3.6 mi ► Take the exit toward Mud Bay Rd/The Evergreen State College- 0.3 mi ►Keep left at the fork, follow signs for Evergreen State College and merge onto Evergreen Pkwy NW/The Evergreen College Pkwy –1.2 mi ► Turn left at 17th Ave NW -0.4 mi ►Continue onto Brenner Rd NW 0.2 mi ► Turn right at Simmons Rd NW 0.6 mi► Take the 1st right onto Lewis Rd NW►

Destination will be on the right

From Portland: Merge onto I-405 N 1.2 mi ► Keep right at the fork to continue toward I-5 N 0.1 mi ►Keep left at the fork, follow signs for Interstate 5 N/Seattle and merge onto I-5 N Entering Washington 110 mi ► Take exit 104 to merge onto US-101 N toward Aberdeen/Port Angeles 3.4 mi ► Take the exit toward Mud Bay Rd/The Evergreen State College 0.3 mi ► Keep left at the fork, follow signs for Evergreen State College and merge onto Evergreen Pkwy NW/The Evergreen College Pkwy 1.2 mi ► Turn left at 17th Ave NW 0.4 mi ► Continue onto Brenner Rd NW 0.2 mi

Turn right at Simmons Rd NW 0.6 mi ► Take the 1st right onto Lewis Rd NW Destination will be on the right 0.5 mi

From Moscow: W Pullman Rd Entering Washington 1.5 mi ► Continue onto WA-270 W/Pullman Moscow Hwy Continue to follow WA-270 W 7.4 mi ► Turn right at N Grand Ave 417 ft 5. ► Take the 1st left onto NW Davis Way/State Route 270 W (signs for US-195/Colfax/Spokane) Continue to follow NW Davis Way 2.3 mi ► Continue onto US-195 N 13.8 mi ► Slight left at W Walla Walla Hwy 338 ft ► Turn left at WA-26 W/Ward St W 134 mi ► Slight right to merge onto I-90 W toward Seattle 112 mi ►Take exit 25 for WA-18 W toward Auburn/Tacoma 0.3 mi ► Turn left at WA-18 W 27.9 mi ► Take the exit onto I-5 S toward Tacoma/Portland 37.5 mi ► Take exit 104 to merge onto US-101 N 3.6 mi ► Take the exit toward Mud Bay Rd/The Evergreen State College 0.3 mi ► Keep left at the fork, follow signs for Evergreen State College and merge onto Evergreen Pkwy NW/The Evergreen College Pkwy 1.2 mi

Turn left at 17th Ave NW 0.4 mi ► Continue onto Brenner Rd NW 0.2 mi ► Turn right at Simmons Rd NW 0.6 mi

Take the 1st right onto Lewis Rd NW Destination will be on the right 0.5 mi ►

From Boise: Continue onto I-184 W 4.1 mi 4 ► Take exit 0 to merge onto I-84 W toward Ontario Entering Oregon 417 mi ► Take exit 9 on the left for I-205 N/I-205 S toward Seattle/Salem 0.4 mi ► Keep right at the fork and merge onto I-205 N Entering Washington 14.9 mi ► Merge onto I-5 N 96.4 mi► Take exit 104 to merge onto US-101 N toward Aberdeen/Port Angeles 3.4 mi ► Take the exit toward Mud Bay Rd/The Evergreen State College 0.3 mi

Keep left at the fork, follow signs for Evergreen State College and merge onto Evergreen Pkwy NW/The Evergreen College Pkwy 1.2 mi► Turn left at 17th Ave NW 0.4 mi ► Continue onto Brenner Rd NW 0.2 mi ► Turn right at Simmons Rd NW 0.6 mi ► Take the 1st right onto Lewis Rd NW Destination will be on the right 0.5 mi

Please contact ashlee.albies[at]gmail[dot]com or peggylherman[at]yahoo[dot]com with any questions.

Meet Barbara Dudley.

She is the co-chair of the Oregon Working Families Party, and five years ago she (and a bunch of other folks) had an idea…what if we started an independent, grassroots political party focussed on bread and butter economic issues, as well as holding the other parties accountable to the concerns of working people?  Not a bad idea, right?

Five years ago…

Five years ago, for her birthday, Barbara held a kick-off fundraiser for the Working Families Party and the Party was born. In that time we have successfully reformed Oregon’s election system by helping to pass “fusion voting” in the 2009 legislature.  Now, in 2011, the legislature is seriously considering a WFP proposal to create the Oregon State Bank.

And to hear State Treasurer Ted Wheeler tell it in a recent radio inteview, it is thanks to the hard work of the Working Families Party that the Oregon State Bank is now moving forward.

We are turning five.  Join us to celebrate!

Now Barbara is holding another birthday party…for herself, and for the WFP.  You are invited to join us.

We will be fundraising for the Party, of course, but we will also be having a great time.  Barbara has paid a DJ, ordered food, and invited everyone to come.  If you have never met Barbara, don’t worry…this will be your chance.  If you support the Working Families Party and you want to help us set the course for the next five years you are invited to join us:
Can’t come?  Still want to help?

We know that many of you can’t make it  to Portland.  However, the WFP thrives on the grassroots financial support from people like you all over the state, so if you still want to help us out (and send Barbara a little love) there are two way you can make a financial contribution:

1. Sign up to become a monthly sustainer. A small, monthly contribution to the WFP can go a long way, and we won’t waste a penny!  (Don’t forget to mark that you are making a recurring donation.)
2. Click here to sign the “political party check-off” pledge. You can give to the WFP when you are doing your taxes.  The “political party check-off” is easy to do. On your Oregon Income Tax Form (Form 40) just find your way to Line 70, follow the easy instructions, and you’re all set. (FYI, “507″ is the code for the Working Families Party.)  Please take advantage of the moment and direct $3 to your favorite grassroots political party!

Thanks, and hope to see you on the 20th!