Welcome The Real Wealth of Portland works to build Real Wealth by assisting in the transition to a partnering and caring society. We are committed to:
- Changing the Story from a dominator and hierarchical society to one emphasizing partnership and caring.
-Building Resilient Communities.
-Changing how we Measure Wealth.
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Rethinking Psychiatry
Rethinking Psychiatry
Second Annual May Symposium Featuring Jim Gottstein, Esq.
Friday, May 11, 7:00 to 9:00 PM
Saturday, May 12, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
First Unitarian Church of Portland • 1011 SW 12th • Portland, OR
$5 – $20 Donation • No one turned away for lack of funds • No registration necessary
Friday, May 11, 7:00 to 9:00 PM
“Addressing Psychotropic Drugs, Forced Medication, and Children”
Saturday, May 12, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM “Renaming and Reclaiming Our Mental Health Story:Using Our Personal Journeys, Experiences and Legal Rights”
Lunch will be provided by Occupy Portland
For more information contact Marcia Meyers at 503-665-3957or see our website at www.RethinkingPsychiatry.org
Rethinking Psychiatry
Rethinking Psychiatry will be sponsoring a very special event on Tuesday, April 17, and we hope you will join us for one or both of them. We are also asking you to help us let others know about Bob’s visit. Anything you can do to help spread the word to your friends, family and/or membership would be so appreciated!
A Special Evening With Robert Whitaker, Award Winning Author of Anatomy of an Epidemic
Sponsored by Rethinking Psychiatry
April 17 at First Unitarian Church, 1011 SW 12th, Portland
Public Presentation: 7:00 – 9:00 PM
Main Street Sanctuary
“Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going: Commemorating Two Amazingly Successful Years of Anatomy of an Epidemic”
$5 – $20 No one turned away for lack of funds
“A Journey of Inspiration and Transformation” with Robert Whitaker
Join us in celebrating two years of the extraordinary success of Whitaker and his book, Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs and the Amazing Rise of Mental Illness in America, both nationally and internationally, in laying a scientific and inspirational foundation for our transformational mental health movement.
Please visit www.rethinkingpsychiatry.org for more information.
Or call Marcia Meyers 503-665-3957.
Common Security
* What is a Gift Economy and how do we create it?
* What are the root problems in our current economic and money systems?
* What does a money system look like that no longer destroys but instead heals nature, culture, and the human spirit?
Where: First Unitarian Church, Eliot Chapel, SW 12th and Salmon, Portland, OR 97201
When: Wednesday, March 7th, 2012, 7pm
Cost: You decide – sliding scale of $5-20 or any other amount that feels right and fair to you. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
Sacred Economics: Money, Gift, and Society in the Age of Transition
In this talk, Charles Eisenstein will explain how the transition to a healing money system is already underway, borne of the converging crises of our time. This will be a mind-opening glimpse of solutions and new ideas for the future of money and economics — and how we can contribute to it. Please join us for a fascinating exploration of the personal, economic, political, and mythic dimensions of the transition.
Spread the word! http://www.facebook.com/events/239764656103177/
What We've Seen
Bill Moyers and former White House budget director David Stockman on how politics and high finance have turned our economy into a members-only private club. Bill talks with Gretchen Morgenson on how money and political clout enriches big business.
Moyers and Company, January 20, 2012
Community Events
Portland Occupy Health Fair January 28th, 2012 11am until 4pm 4867 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Portland Occupy Health has organized an Occupy Health Fair to empower the community to reclaim their health. This unique event is meant to create dialog between Healthcare Organizations and Communities, provide information on alternatives to the current profit-driven insurance model of care, and educate on broad-spectrum health.
This is a grass roots organization of citizens and professionals
Continue reading Portland Occupy Health Fair – January 28, 2012
What We've Seen
Moyers & Company: On Winner-Take-All Politics
The first episode of “Moyers & Company,” was broadcast originally on Friday, January 13, 2012. Bill Moyers explores how America’s vast inequality didn’t just happen, it’s been politically engineered.
Watch the episode at Common Dreams.
Community Events
Occupy the Courts will be a one day occupation of Federal courthouses across the country, including the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on Friday January 20, 2012.
Move to Amend volunteers across the USA will lead the charge on the judiciary which created — and continues to expand — corporate personhood rights.
More info at Move to Amend Occupy the Courts.
Community Events
Occupy Portland Legislative Action Forum Sunday, January 8, 3:30pm – 5:00pm
Project Grow at 2124 N Williams Ave in Portland, 97227
You’ve heard about Occupy, talked about it, now come help shape it! Connect with Occupy Portland’s current policy initiatives, bring your ideas and help form this year’s agenda. This is an opportunity to learn about Occupy Portland’s policy work, to give your input and join working groups that develop real, actionable solutions.
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Continue reading Occupy Portland Legislative Action Forum Jan. 8 3:30 – 5:00 pm
Oregon Banks Local
Currently, 66% of private deposits in Oregon are held by just five Wall Street banks. If we want to gain control of our economy away from Wall Street we will have to do better than that! As we become less reliant on big banks, our local community banks and credit unions will thrive. Oregon Banks Local is about building a truly local and sustainable economy that keeps our money here in Oregon to rebuild
Continue reading Investing in Oregon, not Wall Street
Oregon Banks Local
The Nation magazine has written a piece on Oregon’s movement to bank locally – including mention of Oregon Banks Local’s efforts to get Oregonians to begin banking with truly local banks and credit unions.
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