What you can do
UPDATE: Student walkout planned for May 10 at 11:15 a.m. Get full details on press conference and walkout here.
We'll have some specific action steps you can take soon, such as rallies, walkouts, etc. In the meantime, write a letter about how this affects you, why it is important that the contract gets settled, etc. and send it to your city council, mayor, state legislators, the governor, etc. as well as to the MHCC Board of Education and to Dr. Ski and Dr. Hay. We have to keep up the pressure on the board as well as get elected officials that represent the area to contact the board and encourage them to get this settled as well.
Here is an example of something you could write. We encourage you putting it into your own words, though, so that the letter is personal.
"My name is _______, and I am a registered voter living in _______ . I respectfully, request that you become personally involved in the current labor dispute at Mt. Hood Community College. I believe the Board of Directors are not serving the community nor the faculty in a fair and equitable manner. I believe the current actions of the Board of Directors will have long term negative impact on the citizens of Oregon and the business interests of the community and the local economy."
Use whatever words you are comfortable with, but always be polite and respectful. If you appear too angry or too irrational they will likely disregard your input.
If you write something out ahead of time then you can simply cut and paste thus saving yourself some time. If you choose phone calls, having something written in front of you can get you past any nervousness you might have.
There are 3 main websites to use to contact these people.
Statewide officials: http://www.oregon.gov/menutopic/elected_officials.shtml
Here you will find contact information for Governor John Kitzhaber, the Commissioner of Labor and Industries Brad Avakian, the Superintendent of Public Instruction Susan Castillo.
If you click on Governor John Kitzhaber it takes you to http://governor.oregon.gov/Gov/contact.shtml. From here it takes you to a form in which you can send him a message. He will get it. Remember that elected officials (and their staff) collect lots of statistics. If they detect a large number of people making that extra effort to bring something to their attention it becomes significant to them.
Oregon legislature: The second website is http://www.leg.state.or.us/
When you go there things become very simple. On the right hand border you can select either "Find Your Legislator" which will ask you for your address and then print their contact info or you can select "Write Your Legislator" which will take your message and automatically send it to your Federal and State legislators.
The last website is for your county. Depending on which county you live in, it would be one of the following:
Multnomah County: http://www.co.multnomah.or.us/dbcs/elections/election_information/list_of_mult_metro.shtml
Clackamas County: http://www.clackamas.us/elections/localofficials.jsp
Hood River County: City of Cascade Locks
All the phone numbers and websites are listed there.
And then there's the media. I suggest you go to this website: http://www.620kpoj.com/pages/contact/index.php
Here you will find contact information for Carl Wolfson (who had coverage on his Friday show), Thom Hartmann who is nationally syndicated and has lived in Oregon and Ed Schulz. Ask all of these folks to bring national attention to this issue.
The bottom line here is simple...make a big stink about this and get all your family and friends to do the same. In the end it's all about the number of contacts these people receive.
Contact Information
Oregon statewide
Governor John Kitzhaber
http://governor.oregon.gov/Gov/contact.html (there is a form for message input and you can attach a document)
Governor citizens' Representative Message Line 503-378-4582
Governor Kitzhaber 160 State Capitol 900 Court Street, Salem, Oregon 97301-4047
Commissioner of Labor and Industries Brad Avakian
800 NE Oregon St. #1045, Portland, Oregon 97232
971-673-0761
Superintendent of Public Instruction Susan Castillo
255 Capitol St. NE, Salem Oregon 97310-0203
503-947-5600
Her duties really only cover elementary and secondary schools but she's got to be connected to someone.
Department of Community Colleges and Workforce Development, Commissioner Camille Preus
255 Capitol St. NE PSB 3rd Floor, Salem OR 97310-0001
503-378-8648
Employment Relations Board, Chair, Paul B. Gamson
528 Cottage St. NE, Suite 400, Salem 97301-3807 503-378-3807
U.S. Congress
U.S. Sen. Jeffery A. Merkley (D)
District: 0S2
United States Senate
107 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-3753
Fax: (202) 228-3997
WebSite: http://merkley.senate.gov/
E-Mail: http://merkley.senate.gov/contact/
U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden (D)
District: 0S1
United States Senate
223 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510-0001
Phone: (202) 224-5244
Fax: (202) 228-2717
WebSite: http://wyden.senate.gov/
E-Mail: http://wyden.senate.gov/contact/
U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D)
District: 003
U.S. House of Representatives
1502 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515-0001
Phone: (202) 225-4811
Fax: (202) 225-8941
WebSite: http://blumenauer.house.gov/
E-Mail: https://forms.house.gov/blumenauer/webforms/issue_subscribe.html
State Legislature
Sen. Rod Monroe (D) - also a member of the MHCC Board
District: 024
900 Court St NE
Suite S-409
Salem, OR, 97301
Phone : 503-986-1724
Website: http://www.leg.state.or.us/monroe
Email: sen.rodmonroe@state.or.us
Sen. Laurie Monnes Anderson (D)
District: 025
900 Court Street NE
Suite S-413
Salem, OR 97301
Phone: (503) 986-1725
Fax: (503) 986-1080
WebSite: http://www.leg.state.or.us/monnesanderson/
E-Mail: sen.lauriemonnesanderson@state.or.us
Sen. Chuck Thomsen (R)
District: 026
900 Court St NE
Suite S-316
Salem, OR, 97301
Phone: (503) 986-1726
Website: http://www.leg.state.or.us/thomsen/
Email: sen.chuckthomsen@state.or.us
Representative Jefferson Smith (D)
District: 047
900 Court St NE
Suite H-486
Salem, OR, 97301
Phone: 503-986-1447
Website: http://www.leg.state.or.us/smithj
Email: rep.jeffersonsmith@state.or.us
Representative Mike Schaufler (D)
District: 048
900 Court St NE
Suite H-382
Salem, OR, 97301
Phone: 503-986-1448
Website: http://www.leg.state.or.us/schaufler
Email: rep.mikeschaufler@state.or.us
Representative Matt Wand (R)
District: 049
900 Court St NE
Suite H-378
Salem, OR, 97301
Phone: 503-986-1449
Website: http://www.leg.state.or.us/wand
Email: rep.mattwand@state.or.us
Representative Greg Matthews (D)
District: 050
900 Court St NE
Suite H-379
Salem, OR, 97301
Phone: 503-986-1450
Website: http://www.leg.state.or.us/matthews
Email: rep.gregmatthews@state.or.us
Representative Patrick Sheehan (R)
District: 051
900 Court St NE
Suite H-384
Salem, OR, 97301
Phone: 503-986-1451
Website: http://www.leg.state.or.us/sheehan
Email: rep.patricksheehan@state.or.us
Representative Mark Johnson (R)
District: 052
900 Court St NE
Suite H-489
Salem, OR, 97301
Phone: 503-986-1452
Website: http://www.leg.state.or.us/johnsonm
Email: rep.markjohnson@state.or.us
Local Elected Officials - County, Metro & City
Multnomah County
Jeff Cogen, Chair
Term ends: December 2014
Phone: 503-988-3308
E-mail: mult.chair@multco.us
Web: http://www.multco.us/chair
Deborah Kafoury, District 1
Term ends: December 2012
Phone: 503-988-5220
E-mail: district1@multco.us
Web: http://web.multco.us/ds1
Loretta Smith, District 2
Term ends: December 2014
Phone: 503-988-5219
E-mail: district2@multco.us
Web: http://web.multco.us/ds2
Judy Shiprack, District 3
Term ends: December 2012
Phone: 503-988-5217
E-mail: district3@multco.us
Web: http://web.multco.us/ds3
Diane McKeel, District 4
Term ends: December 2012
Phone: 503-988-5213
E-mail: district4@multco.us
Web: http://web.multco.us/ds4
Clackamas County
Charlotte Lehan, County Commissioner - Chair
Address: 2051 Kaen Rd., 4th Floor, Oregon City OR 97045
Phone: 503.655.8581
Fax: 503.742.5919
E-mail: bcc@co.clackamas.or.us
Web: Commission Chair Charlotte Lehan
Paul Savas, County Commissioner, Position 2
Address: 2051 Kaen Rd., 4th Floor, Oregon City OR 97045
Phone: 503.655.8581
Fax: 503.742.5919
E-mail: bcc@co.clackamas.or.us
Web: Commissioner Paul Savas
Ann Lininger, County Commissioner, Position 3
Address: 2051 Kaen Rd., 4th Floor, Oregon City OR 97045
Phone: 503.655.8581
Fax: 503.742.5919
E-mail: bcc@co.clackamas.or.us
Web: Commissioner Ann Lininger
Jim Bernard, County Commissioner, Position 5
Address: 2051 Kaen Rd., 4th Floor, Oregon City OR 97045
Phone: 503.655.8581
Fax: 503.742.5919
E-mail: bcc@co.clackamas.or.us
Web: Commissioner Jim Bernard
Hood River County
Ron Rivers, Chair
Phone: 541-308-6326
E-mail: Riversrc@gmail.com
Karen Joplin- Commissioner, District #1
Phone: 541-308-5526
E-mail: Karen.joplin@co,hood-river.or.us
Cities
Fairview
Phone: 503-665-7929
Website: www.ci.fairview.or.us
Gresham
Phone: 503-618-2489
Website: http://greshamoregon.gov/
Maywood Park
Phone: 503-255-9085
Portland
Phone: 503-823-4000
Website: www.portlandonline.com
Troutdale
Phone: 503-665-5175
Website: www.ci.troutdale.or.us/
Wood Village
Phone: 503-667-6211
Website: www.ci.wood-village.or.us/
Sandy
Phone: 503-668-5533
Website: http://www.ci.sandy.or.us/
Cascade Locks
Phone: 541-374-8484
Website: http://www.cascade-locks.or.us/
KPOJ Progressive Talk Radio Contacts
Call The Studio:
toll free: 866-452-0620
local: 503-248-0620
AT&T wireless: #620
KPOJ's Main Switchboard - 503-323-6400
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