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Rural Community Building
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Rural Community Building features Martha Verduzco with Hood River Latino Network in the Columbia River Gorge and Katie Cook with Rural Voices based in Gilliam County. This episode emphasizes a core truth about rural community organizing: breaking isolation by building connections, relationships, and community through organizing is a skill that many of us learn through necessity. If you are interested in connecting with other rural Oregonians who are building community, head to www.rop.org to learn more about Rural Organizing Project (ROP) and how you can get involved.
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In 2016, when the anti-immigrant scapegoating had Columbia River Gorge families feeling scared for their safety, Martha got together with other Latinx community leaders in Hood River County and started the Hood River Latino Network. Since then, they have held annual Hood River Latino Festivals in the park that, in 2019, brought together over 700 people to share music, food, and resources. The incredible organizing referenced in this episode to get ICE out of NORCOR (Northern Oregon Regional Correctional Facility) might leave you wondering if your community profits off of immigrant detention and deportation. Check out this national map of ICE contracts, or contact emma@rop.org to find out more about local government contracts and how your group can get involved in the fight for migrant justice.
When Katie Cook's first child was born, it became clear how vastly different access to child care was for the haves and the have-nots in Gilliam County. Katie got together with a friend to make a plan to do something about it, and together they organized the first public child care option in town, Condon Child Care, which is still going strong almost 20 years later! If you live in Gilliam, Morrow or Wheeler County and would like to connect with others like Katie in your area, check out the Rural Voices Facebook group. Do you want to form a group in your community? Check out our resources for Fostering Strong and Healthy Groups, or email emma@rop.org for support.
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