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HANDS OFF! Mass Mobilization in Portland, Saturday, April 5th, noon to 4
April 5, 2025 @ 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The Open Road invites all our friends to join us for a BIG demonstration in Portland to demand:
HANDS OFF!
Social Security, Our Bodies, Libraries, Immigrants & Refugees,
Free Speech, Medicare, Schools, Clean Air, Greenland, etc.
Saturday, April 5th, from noon to 4 pm
Japanese American Historical Park – Tom McCall Waterfront Park
Here are the general plans:
Open Road friends are meeting at Skidmore Fountain, between 11:30 and 11:45. Please join us!
There will be a kid and teen zone a craft zone as well as tabling from other organizations.
12:00-1:00 speakers with ASL interpreters
There will be upfront seating for those who are elderly or disabled, including spaces for wheelchairs.
1:00-2:00 there are 3 options:
1) Stay and dance to music or do activities at the Japanese American Historical Plaza.
2) Walk a just under 1 mile ADA accessible and flat route down and back.
3) Walk a 2.2 mile walk. Although it is ADA accessible there is elevation gain a slightly steep ramp we walk down and one section of a foot of grating to pass over.
Both routes will be available to view around 11:30.
We will have guides, and de-escalators with each group.
2:00-3:00 more speakers and performances
3:00-4:00 Dance party
Check out other organizations, or do activities like making a quilt square for our quilt.