Office Hours at the Bread and Roses Center
Study Groups Events
Come by and check out the bookstore, to talk,
or to volunteer at the following hours:
Monday-Friday 11am-5pm Or call for an appointment!
Unless otherwise noted, all activities are held at the Bread and Roses Center, 819 North Killingsworth, Portland (located a half block west of North Albina, on Tri-Met bus lines #4 and #72).Saturday, August 8, 7pm
Public Forum
No more singing capitalism's blues…
Sisters, it's time to fight!with special guest speaker
Anne Slater, Radical Women firebrand & National Organizer
Slater is on a national speaking tour, mobilizing women and their allies to stand against rightwing racism, layoffs and state budget cuts. She is a member of Queer Ally Coalition, a longtime abortion clinic defender and led a community college unionization drive. She recently helped to launch Seattle’s grassroots group Sisters Organize for Survival.
A Sizzling Barbecue Buffet will be served at 6:00pm (vegeratian option available). Dinner donation is $8 and door donation is $2 (sliding scale and work exchanges available for strikers and low income).
Proceeds will benefit the $45,000 Radical Women Fund Drive.
The event will be held at Bread and Roses Center, 819 N. Killingsworth St (half a block from N. Albina, on bus lines #4 and 72).
For childcare or work exchanges, please call 503-240-4462 three days in advance or email rwpdx@igc.org.
June-August 2009
Contribute to the $45,000 Radical Women Fund Drive
Radical Women is an optimistic, socialist feminist organization that educates and trains women leaders to tackle both survival necessities and the intangibles that make life worth living—bread and roses. Your help is needed to raise funds to make our continued organizing for a better world possible. If you are interested in making a donation, call 503-240-4462 and we’ll pick it up. Or mail to Radical Women, 819 N. Killingsworth St., Portland, OR 97217. Help organize fundraising events, make calls, prepare mailings, cook, or host a house party by calling 503-240-4462 or emailing rwpdx@igc.org.Saturday, June 27, 6:30pm
Special Video Showing for LGBT Month: Outrage ‘69
This engrossing documentary delves into the period when raids and police harassment of gay bars were common. In one such raid in New York City, patrons fought back and protested. This pivotal event, which became known as the Stonewall Riot, sparked an international gay rights movement. The film examines the heady early days of queer liberation and the efforts to build a multi-issue, multi-racial, militant struggle.An appetizing seasonal supper, with vegan option, will be served at 6:30pm for a $5.00–$8.00 donation. The meeting will be held at Bread and roses Center, 819 N. Killingsworth St., Portland. All genders are welcome. Childcare will be available upon request.
For information, rides or childcare, please call in advance (503) 240-4462 or email: rwpdx@igc.org. Everyone is welcome!!
Freedom Socialist Party
Monday, June 1, 6:30pm
FSP branch meeting featuring
Reflections on 40 years since the Stonewall rebellion
Discuss articles from the new issue of the Freedom Socialist newspaper that critique the fight for sexual minority rights. Chime in on how to strengthen the current movement to advance queer equality.The meeting will be held at the Bread and Roses Center, 819 N. Killingsworth St., Portland (1/2 block west of N. Albina; Tri-Met bus lines #72 and #4). A Spring Soup and Salad Buffet will be served at 6pm for an $8.00 donation. Childcare may be arranged in advance for a sliding scale donation.
For more information, please call 503-240-4462 or email fsp@igc.org.
Radical Women
Thursday, May 14th, 6:30pm
Report and Film on the Impact of War on Women
Zahra Alkabi, director and founder of Save Refugees, will present on the impact of the U.S. occupation on Iraqi women and the US female soldiers serving in Iraq. Part of her presentation will feature the film Female Faces of War: Mothers, Sisters, and Soldiers, which illustrates that U.S. women are serving in unprecedented numbers and deal with the violence of sexual assault on top of the horrors of combat. Iraqi women, who are in line of fire with their families, also face the brutality of personal attacks from religious fundamentalists.Following the film, Alkabi will talk about how women are fighting back against the war and occupation and her organization’s Apology and Forgiveness Campaign. Join the discussion!
The meeting is free and childcare will be provided. A light meal, with vegan option, will be available at 6:15pm for a $5-$8 donation. The meeting will be held at the Bread and Roses Center, 819 N. Killingsworth, Portland (on bus lines #4 and #72).
For more information, childcare or a work exchange, please call 503-240-4462 or email rwpdx@igc.org. Everyone is welcome!!
Friday, May 1st, 4pm
Feminist Contingent in the March and Rally for Immigrant and Workers’ Rights
Please join us for a Feminist Contingent opposed to the ICE raids and racist U.S. immigration policies! The fracturing of families by detentions and deportations falls heavily on women and children. As few remaining services for food, housing and healthcare remain, immigrant women are burdened with providing basic necessities for survival.Please call Radical Women at 503-240-4462 or email rwpdx@igc.org if you are interested in marching with a feminist contingent on May Day! Or meet up with us between Smith Memorial Center and Cramer Hall at 4pm.
Freedom Socialist Party
Join a weekly Rebel Reading Circle on
Every Wednesday, beginning June 4, 7:00pm-8:30pm
Learn about the proud, but too often hidden, history of Chicanos in the U.S. Discover a wealth of little-known information about organizing by farmworkers, students and Chicana feminists in the Yakima Valley and in Seattle. Relearn the hard-won lessons of historic labor strikes and boycotts by the United Farm Workers. Discuss the still debated question of Chicano identity.
Held at the Bread and Roses Center, 819 N. Killingsworth St. (1/2 block west of N. Albina). One TriMet bus lines #4 and #72.
Books may be purchased at the reading circles or drop by the FSP Bookstore at the Bread and Roses Center, Monday through Friday, between 11am and 5pm. Or order online at www.RedLetterPress.org.
Reading circles are free. Come to a few or all sessions. Hearty snacks will be provided for donation.
For more information call 503-240-4462 or email fsp@igc.org.
Wednesdays, May 13th & 27th,June 10th & June 24th, 7:00 pm
STUDY CIRCLE ON THE ABC’s OF MARXISM
Discuss a fascinating essay MARXISM IN OUR TIME by Leon Trotsky, a leader of the first socialist revolution ever, which took place in czarist Russia. In this pamphlet, Trotsky explains Karl Marx's basic ideas concerning what's wrong with capitalism and how workers can replace it with a system of economic and social democracy. Discover how these ideas are as relevant today as they were at the time the pamphlet was written in 1939.This bi-weekly study circle will be held in the cafeteria of the Smith Memorial Building, Portland State University, 1825 SW Broadway, Portland (on TriMet lines #1, #12, and #44).
The study group is free and snacks will provided for a modest donation.
For more information call 503-240-4462 or email fsp@igc.org.
