We will cover the authoritarian threat, pillars of support, stories of noncooperation in these times, and how noncooperation has been used to defeat authoritarians and fascists.

Our goals for this meeting are to build a shared understanding about what we’re facing; how we are working to build people power and connect across types of organizations and geographies, and invite action steps.

Hosted by Peace House: Words like authoritarianism, fascism, and autocracy are all being thrown around a lot these days. How does this moment in the U.S. compare to authoritarian take-overs in other places? We’ll share about the current authoritarian threat, then share stories of noncooperation and how nonviolent noncooperation has been used to push back against anti-democratic forces.

Co-led by Meg Wade, Director of Peace House, and Trina Stout, Organizer & Trainer.

Open to all, no registration required. Please consider supporting programming like this with a donation.

If you’re already familiar with the authoritarian playbook, pillars of support, and noncooperation more broadly, and want a deeper dive, see our workshop on Monday, February 16th, where we’ll dig into economic noncooperation campaigns against ICE.

As PCUN (Oregon's Farmworker Union) did in December and January, they are asking people across Oregon to take the day off work, and NOT participate economically. No work. No shopping. No school. The goal: Get ICE Out of our communities by building solidarity amongst allies and immigrant workers.

Hosted by Peace House: Boycotts, strikes, tax resistance — these are just a few of the nonviolent noncooperation tactics movements have used around the world to disrupt authoritarian forces. We’ll break down the mechanics of these tactics and look at how they might be deployed against the violent excesses of ICE in our current moment.

In this workshop we’ll share stories from global movements, review concepts like the pillars of support and basics of campaign strategy, then dig into creative campaign design ourselves to see what actions we might take together here in Oregon.

Workshop space is limited. To try and build a group bringing diverse viewpoints and experience levels, we are asking folks to fill out an application to participate. We’ll begin sending out acceptances on a rolling basis starting February 5th. 

Join the Portland Japanese American Citizens League, the Japanese American Museum of Oregon, and the Portland’5 Centers for the Arts Department of Culture and Community for a special screening of Farewell to Manzanar and panel discussion with Gabrielle Houston Neville, Carole Hayashino, and Frank Abe, moderated by Hanako Wakatsuki-Chong.

The film will be screened at 2:00 PM and 6:30 PM. Get tickets at the link.

We will cover the authoritarian threat, pillars of support, stories of noncooperation in these times, and how noncooperation has been used to defeat authoritarians and fascists.

Our goals for this meeting are to build a shared understanding about what we’re facing; how we are working to build people power and connect across types of organizations and geographies, and invite action steps.

We will cover the authoritarian threat, pillars of support, stories of noncooperation in these times, and how noncooperation has been used to defeat authoritarians and fascists.

Our goals for this meeting are to build a shared understanding about what we’re facing; how we are working to build people power and connect across types of organizations and geographies, and invite action steps.

We will cover the authoritarian threat, pillars of support, stories of noncooperation in these times, and how noncooperation has been used to defeat authoritarians and fascists.

Our goals for this meeting are to build a shared understanding about what we’re facing; how we are working to build people power and connect across types of organizations and geographies, and invite action steps.