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Contact Voz

Our office is at 1131 SE Oak, Portland, OR 97214

Map to our office

(503) 233-6787

Martin Luther King Jr. Worker Center is at 240 NE MLK Jr. Blvd., 97232

Map to Martin Luther King Jr. Worker Center

503-234-2043

Thank You for Celebrating the VOZ 10th Anniversary Dinner With Us

Thank you for celebrating the VOZ 10th Anniversary Dinner with us and for your continued support of the VOZ Workers’ Rights Education Project!

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We filled the room with people who want to ensure our success for the next ten years as well!

Check out this video , made by VOZ volunteer Lindsey Saperstone, that was shown at the event:

VOZ Anniversary – Celebrating 10 Years of Commitment & Struggle

These local businesses and individuals helped make our party a success by donating food, drinks and auction items.

Please support them!

New Seasons

Red & Black Café

Old Wives’ Tale

Pepino’s Mexican Grill

Widmer

The People’s Co-op

Pambiche

Grand Central Bakery

Crema Bakery and Cafe

Baker and Spice

Voodoo Doughnut

Bread and Ink

220 Salon

Miracle Theatre

Portland Center Stage

Naked City Clothing

Ken’s Artisan Bakery

Milagros

Portland Children’s Museum

Oregon Zoo

Delphina’s Bakery Café

Aliviar Coffee House

Bagdad Theater

Cinema 21

Lan Su Chinese Garden

Stella’s

Ankeny Hardware

Pearl’s Ace Hardware

Yoga Shala

Elsa and Sam Dishware

Global Exchange

Gold Door

Sticks & Stones Accessories

Artists’ Repertory Theatre

Mississippi Records

Mirador Community Store

Salsa con Coco

Ryan Crosby - Yoga

Erik Harris

Aeryca

Douglas Yarrow – Photographer

Corinne Wolcott, LIC

And a special thanks to the First Unitarian Church, for housing the event.

May Day March (Marcha del Primero de Mayo)

(In English below)

Marcha del Primero de Mayo en Portland:
¡¡Empleo para todos!!  ¡Los Derechos de los Inmigrantes también son Derechos Humanos!


12:00 del medio día en el South Park Blocks (entre SW Park Avenue y SW Salmon Street en el centro de Portland).

El Primero de Mayo 2006

El Primero de Mayo 2006


¡¡Compañero esta lucha es tu lucha no la dejes para tus hijos!!
¡¡Queremos una Reforma Migratoria justa y Humana!!
¡Migra fuera de las carceles!
¡No más redadas!
¡No más separación de familias!

Viste una playera blanca, trae agua y una bandera de Estados Unidos.  Te invita la Coalición Pro-inmigrante de Portland y la Coalición de Primero de Mayo.

El Día Internacional del Trabajo comenzó en los 1880 en los Estados Unidos con la lucha por una jornada laboral de ocho horas. Hoy conmemoramos la lucha de los trabajadores y los pobres de todo el mundo por la justicia económica. Estamos unidos contra el racismo, la violencia policial, y los ataques a inmigrantes a través de las redadas y detenciones de ICE. Nadie es ilegal. Nuestro objetivo es acabar con la discriminación por orientación sexual e identidad de género. A través de la solidaridad vamos a reformar nuestra inmigración, la justicia penal, y los sistemas económicos para satisfacer las necesidades humanas. Exigimos un aumento al gasto público, no más recortes a la educación, al transporte público, y servicios sociales. Exigimos una vivienda digna accesible, no perdidas hipotecarias y desalojos. Exigimos atención de la salud con un solo pago para todos. Exigimos empleos con salarios justos, trabajos para todos, y la restauración de nuestro derecho de organizar en los lugares de trabajo. Podemos lograr estos objetivos mediante impuestos a los ricos y a las corporaciones en vez de fináncialos. Podemos parar los acuerdos de libre comercio que aquí ha externalizado los empleos y mantenido los bajos salarios, mientras crean fábricas de explotación y la destrucción de los recursos en otra parte. Podemos acabar con las guerras y ocupaciones, así como las catástrofes ambientales que sirven para mantener a las corporaciones más ricas y la gente en la pobreza.

Para más información: 503-233-6787      http://maydaypdx.blogspot.com

Solidaridad por siempre.

¡Sí se puede!

Portland May Day March and Rally:

Jobs for all!
Immigrants’ Rights are Workers’ Rights!

WHEN: Saturday, May 1st, 2010
WHERE: South Park Blocks, Downtown Portland

11am— Gather at SW Park and Salmon
Noon— Rally: Speakers and Entertainment
1pm— March

Join the Portland Immigrant Coalition and the Portland May Day Coalition for this family-friendly event.

International Workers’ Day began in the 1880s in the United States with the fight for an eight-hour work day,  Today we commemorate the struggle of working people and the poor around the world for economic justice.  We stand together against racism, police violence, and attacks on immigrants through ICE raids and detentions.  No one is illegal.  We aim to stop discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.  Through solidarity we will reform our immigration, criminal justice, and economic systems to meet human needs.  We demand an increase in public spending, not more cuts to education, public transportations, and social services.  We demand decent affordable housing, not foreclosures and evictions.  We demand single payer health care for all.  We demand living wage jobs, full employment, and the restoration of our right to organize workplaces.  We can achieve these goals by taking the rich and corporations instead of bailing them out.  We can stop free trade agreements that have outsourced jobs and kept wages low here while creating sweatshops and destroying resources elsewhere.  We can end the wars and occupations as well as environmental catastrophes that serve to keep the corporations rich and the people in poverty.

Solidarity Forever!  ¡Si se puede!

For more information, visit http://maydaypdx.blogspot.com

El Dia de Los Muertos Event

On Monday, November 2, Voz celebrated el Dia de los Muertos at the MLK Worker’s Center.

diaPhoto by Douglas Yarrow

A traditional altar was built and adorned with candles, photos of loved ones, and many other ceremonial objects. Danza Azteca, a group which performs traditional Aztec dance, honored the dead with a dance around the altar. All the materials for the altar were donated, as well as some of the food, which came from Los Gorditos Taqueria. Pan de muerto was also served.

Later in the evening there was dancing outside to live music played by members of Voz. The event was well-attended by members of both Voz and the wider Portland community.

Check out this video to experience the event: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku19FyU_88k

Video created by Arturo Colorado