Resilience and solidarity are evident in our communities and we learned how two communities are moving forward at the December 2 COIN meeting. First was the story from The Dalles on how they were thrown into action with sudden ICE activity and then an update from Newport on the latest developments there. The meeting notes with all the links and resources that were shared are here.

COIN Meetings are the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays on Zoom at 7:00 PM. Next meeting is December 16, featuring a legislative session preview and advocacy opportunities.

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The helicopter has returned to Newport but the threat of a detention center continues. This guest column in the Lincoln County Leader by Shar Walbum from Lincoln City provides an important viewpoint on any proposed ICE detention center anywhere. Read "It takes a Village" here.

For a detention center news update read this December 2, 2025 Oregon Capitol Chronicle article:

‘People will boycott’: How a coastal city’s fight against ICE is making waves across Oregon.

Newport City Hall 169 SW Coast Hwy

Saturday, December 13 from 12:00 - 2:00 PM.

"Stand together with us to inform those who are ignorant, encourage those who are uncertain, and support those who are afraid. Let our business neighbors know that, if they decide to serve DHS and ICE, they are not serving us." Register here.

Thursday, December 4, 2025 12:00 PM - Chat with Ezra & Leah

Register here.

For more Indivisible events go here.

Thursday December 4, 4:00- 5:30 PM As a part of the Solidarity in Action series, this session will focus on developing resilience with a toolkit that "offers an embodied, justice-aligned framework for sustaining activism over the long arc of the struggle." Register here.

Join the COIN Climate Energy and Environment team and the CEI Hub Coalition for a statewide informational Zoom event about the potential catastrophe posed by more than 600 fuel and chemical tanks located along the Willamette River in Portland. Read more about the event on this flyer and register for it here.

Sponsored by: Consolidated Oregon Indivisible Network (COIN); 350PDX; Beyond Toxics; CEI Hub Task Force; Columbia Riverkeeper; Community for Earth, First Unitarian Portland; Linnton Neighborhood Association’s Tank the Tanks; League of Women Voters-OR; MCAT; Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility; Risk Bond Coalition; Southern Oregon Climate Action Network; Willamette Riverkeeper.

This special event is brought to you by an Indivisible One Million rising team in Salem. Tickets are available here.

The Portland Immigrants Rights Coalition, (PIRC) provides Migrawatch training sessions twice a month. The next training will be in person on December 13 from 11:00 am - 1:00 PM in SW Portland (location shared after registration). Register here.

The DAY WITHOUT AN IMMIGRANT IS BEING ORGANIZED BY PCUN to stand with Immigrant workers:

"Immigrant workers are the backbone some of Oregon's most important sectors. We came here following the American dream, and to build a better life for our families. 

We work the jobs nobody else will do. Backbreaking. Low paid. Dangerous labor. We helped make this country one of the richest countries in the world. We're not criminals, we're families, workers, PEOPLE! 

We have seen an overwhelming increase in ICE and Border Patrol in our communities, terrorizing our children, destabilizing our local business, harming our community. 

As farmworkers, one of our most powerful messages is that we're the workers that feed America. Without us America doesn't eat. It will be important that we start to own that power, and gain commitments from immigrants and allies alike to deny economic participation. No work. No shopping. No school. Join our cause!"

Dec 18, International Migrants Day

January 19 MLK Day

February 16, 2026

March 16, 2026

April 1st, 2026 

May 1, 2026  International Workers Day

Sign up here to participate in a Day Without an Immigrant

As we work on our own resilience and prepare our own families for the future, we also actively work to build extra capacity to share and even sustain our larger community. Because we care. We keep us safe.

1. Check the COIN We Care webpage of state-wide resources.

2. Dial or click 211.info for help with anything from food to transportation and much, much more!

3. Donate to Seeding Justice's Oregon Worker Relief Fund to help immigrant families impacted by ICE arrests. This fund is recommended by Protect Oregon.

4. Sign up for IMIrJ's Immigrant Accompaniment Program or donate to their Sanctuary Fund.

5. Rural Organizing Project's Strategic Action Plan.

6.  Mapping Community Ecosystems of Collective Care.

7. Tool libraries, mutual aid, and community-led disaster response.

Save the dates - COIN meetings are on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays every month where you can meet Indivisible members from all over the state! We look forward to seeing you!

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