XRPDX In-Person Full Chapter Meeting
Join us this Tuesday, June 24, 2025 at 6pm for our full chapter meeting at the Braided River space in the Lloyd Center. Come early at 5pm and enjoy pizza and our Intro open house … Read more
Extinction Rebellion
International Mothers Rebellion* Circle
Printable Announcement Flyer On Saturday, May 25th at noon near the Skidmore Fountain at Ankeny and West Burnside in the midst of the Saturday Market, there will be a Mothers* Rebellion gathering of International Solidarity. In many African countries and … Read more
Insure Our Future Action @ Chubb PDX
As part of the Global Week of Action, XRPDX will be participating in the Insure our Future Campaign. Together, we will hold the insurance industry accountable for its role in the climate crisis. What: Action Campaign, … Read more
Global Action to End Fossil Fuels
September 15 & 17 Fridays for the Future is calling for a global climate strike September 15th and a national coalition (including XRUS members) is organizing a massive march in NYC on September 17th to highlight the climate crisis … Read more
Bomb Trains and Butterflies
This isn’t just the work of activists – every member of the community has skills and interests that can advance the effort, if only they choose to share them. Folksinger Joan Baez said that “Action is the antidote to despair,” and that has been true for me.
Spring Rebellion Sample Letter to Editor
[Please adapt and personalize this sample letter to the editor and send it to your local newspaper or neighborhood association newsletter.] The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) said on March 20 we must … Read more
Book Review: Fighting in a World on Fire
Fighting in a World on Fire is an adaptation, for a younger audience, of Andreas Malm’s How to Blow up a Pipeline by Jimmy and Llewyn Whipps. Fighting in a World on Fire is a … Read more
No LUCS for Zenith: Public Testimony to Council
I will get right to the point: the City must rescind the LUCS [Land Use Compatibility Statement] that was erroneously granted to Zenith Energy in October by Commissioner Dan Ryan. We must clean up the mess he made before Zenith makes a dangerous, deadly mess of our Willamette River.
Why I Chose to Intern with XRPDX
When the cold in Wisconsin came, we knew this time seemed different. At nearly minus sixty degrees Fahrenheit, it was far too cold to snow with any consistency. In fact, it was too cold to … Read more
In the Climate Emergency, Speak Up for a Silenced Activist
The struggle for human rights and freedom of expression is inextricable from the global movement for climate justice.