UPDATES on PDX PCM

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Adriana Voss-Andreae

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Sep 2, 2014, 9:36:59 PM9/2/14
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Hi fellow co-organizers/core volunteers,

Here are a few important updates:

1) Place, time: 
After exploring a myriad of possibilities and many back and forths with multiple parties, including city/police/parks&Rec, we are confirmed for the following:
Gather at 3pm South Waterfront Park (park bowl just south of Hawthorne bridge), march will begin at roughly 3:40pm, march route (still not fully confirmed, but the following had been offered to us by city): travel north along Naito Parkway (blocked off), and then loop around to waterfront foot path back to waterfront park, then rally to follow at around 4:30-5:30pm, fully disperse by 6:30pm, volunteer clean up crew works until dark (roughly 7:30pm). 

I will be trying to connect with city over the next couple of days to confirm this march route. What this means, if confirmed:
- March will be logistically much easier- no traffic to cross 
- We will be centered & looped around one location, rather than two, making it easier for folks to get back to mode of transportation where they began
- The entire event will be shorter in length (and no portion will be in same location for more than 2 hours at a time), so no porta-potties, food, beverage etc will be needed, making logistics a lot simpler (and less expensive).
- No tabling opportunities (park will not allow us to set up prior, or use more than a single vehicle on the site for the type of special permit we're getting)- we will have one table for our media sponsor- KBOO, and possibly a tent without stakes as a press tent, and a platform/table for an interactive mandala during the rally (or gathering before march). Endorsers would, however, be welcome to bring large banners- where we could set aside spaces along the edges- for folks to go and connect with the wonderful important climate/justice work that his happening.
- The march will still be along the water, making for beautiful symbolic visuals of the march
- Madeline Kovaks, our logistics point person, will look into other possible opportunities to gather prior and do artworks etc, but it will not be directly connected to the march or rally.
- we cannot set up anything before 2:30pm and cannot gather the public at the park until 3pm, so because of this limited time, our program of music, speakers, meditation, singing etc. will have to be significantly shorter than we had originally hoped for than if we had an earlier separate starting point. Jana Gallastum and Jayna Gieber are the point persons for program. The hope is to have a few powerful speakers (no longer than 3 min each) interspersed with some music, short meditation, poetry or other powerful forms of expression.

[just a little background on how it came to this decision, if interested: there are no city police available that day to block off traffic for the march due to 3 major events that same morning (except possibly this loop mentioned above); we have to wait until 3pm to gather to make sure Race for the Cure is completely out of waterfront park area (even though they are using different waterfront park area), the Ecotrust site did not turn out to be an option for various reasons; other close-in eastside options across the bridge - including OMSI lot & Opera lot off of SE Water were explored and were unavailable on that date; Shemanski had also been available, but there would be no feasible march option with a large crowd and no waterfront visual (for what it's worth); other city parks available with march options are completely non-visible (e.g. spring water corridor); eastside esplanade to create waterfront loop march was not an option the city/parks&rec/neighborhood associations would allow]

2) Fundraising. We still need to raise a total of just over $2000 for park permit (Sept 10 deadline), and at least $1500 for promotional materials, in addition to further funds for powerful sound system and a few other logistical items. Doug Weir will be our PCM treasurer (he is also finance director of Friendly House) and we will use our 350PDX account (Sandy Polishuk is our 350PDX treasurer and will work with Doug). We just received our 501c3 determination letter yesterday, so can now serve in this capacity. Several organizations have generously stepped up to contribute toward the fund, but we need to do more- if you have a congregation or other potential donation/fund sources, please use our website for online donations (PayPal) and follow instructions written right below yellow donation buttons (on the sidebar) to make sure it's allocated to PCM: http://www.350pdx.org
or if you want to get directly to the donation page: 
BE SURE TO have donors CLICK "ADD SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS..." AND ENTER "PCM" (note- the ability to add special instructions is not on first page).
You can also send checks to our P.O. box (let me know if you prefer this option and I'll give you our address).
[note: we had at some point discussed the possibility of setting up a crowd-funding campaign- but due to very tight time constraints, this turned out not to be a viable option]

3) Outreach. 
a. Flyers & posters. Our communications workgroup will soon have flyers and posters available. If you are not already on the outreach workgroup, and are not with an endorsing organization/group, but are still willing to help with this effort, please contact Adam Brunelle 
brunel...@gmail.com
or Linore Blackstone
who are coordinating our outreach.
b. Social Media.  Everyone should invite all their friends and networks- here is our Facebook event page- we need to start making waves!: https://www.facebook.com/events/490972554373602/

c. Endorsements.  If you are associated with an organization or group that has not yet endorsed the march, here is the online form (deadline Sept 10th)- but the sooner the better!:

d. Press. Our communications workgroup is also in charge of press releases & calendaring. Bobby Hayden of Climate Solutions is the point person for press items. Please coordinate with him on the OR PCM google group. Michelle McGrath of OEC is also coordinating with Bobby on this front. 

4) Volunteer recruitment. more updates to come on this one, but we will need a big push soon for volunteers on event day (and a number of volunteers available to take a 2-3 hour training with the Peace Team sometime prior to the march).

3 weeks to go- thanks so much to all for your help- what an amazing team effort this has been!

Adriana

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Adriana Voss-Andreae, MD PhD
350PDX, Chair
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