Ronna Loerch

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TENANTS UNION PANEL AT WWU

Several good people came to serve on a panel, discussing the situations of affordable housing, the homeless situation in Bellingham and other topics.  Jennifer from HomesNow video taped this session and put it on YouTube. Following is the entire session. and this is a 45 minutes end of session .  

INTERSECTIONALITY

This is a TED talk by Kimberle Crenshaw.  If you are not clear about what this term means  watch this brilliant talk.  Or if you even do know what it means.   In 18 minutes ! It’s time for a Change    

FAIR TRADE – PEOPLE OVER PROFIT

OCCUPY BELLINGHAM is working the the Washington Fair Trade Coalition to fight for FAIR TRADE over “FREE” TRADE.  Like the TPP fight we won after 3 years of struggle.  Five activists from Whatcom County traveled to Mt. Vernon to meet with Suzan DelBene to speak to her about how “Free” trade, thus NAFTA is not …

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ANNIVERSARY WEEKEND- JANUARY 20-21

It was a good weekend for progressive people and those who want to resist the agenda of the current administration and work toward supporting and helping those most vulnerable and marginalized.  On Saturday we saw the second women’s march, in Bellingham called March On Bellingham.   The attendance rivaled  last year’s numbers only slightly fewer.  The signs …

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WHITE WOMEN IN SOUTH AFRICA

Many lessons we can learn from others.  Many white people in the USA are supporting the  causes of the marginalized,  vulnerable and oppressed.  It is happening everywhere – this is a good example and perhaps a model to follow.  

FAIR TRADE

Three of us from OCCUPY attended a Washington Fair Trade session to help work on a public policy statement.  It was productive and  I am excited to see the final product.  This  article  was sent by email to our web site.  https://dealhack.com/history-fair-trade-buying-selling-product  

FROM THE SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER

A short presentation of changes since 2000 and especially under the #45th President.    

NEIL YOUNG COMES THROUGH AGAIN!

This is so right on!  Good for today!    

TELLING TRUTH TO POWER

There is no better than Chris Hedges  

CELEBRATE OCCUPY

Occupy.com was born on April 1, 2012, with the publication of the Declaration of the Occupation, a document originally written and distributed by the New York City General Assembly at Occupy Wall Street in September 2011. Since the days of the Occupy movement, our media organization has continued to cover national and global issues through the …

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