Portland Metro People's Coalition

Serving the needs of the many instead of the privileged few.

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We the people aim to create a Portland Metropolitan region that serves the needs of the many instead of the privileged few.

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Our Mission

The Portland-Metro People’s Coalition aims to build the collective power of all communities here, particularly those historically denied resources, justice and democratic control over their own lives. We need a government that is transparent, accountable and run by the people to secure economic and social justice and a healthy and environmentally sustainable city, county and metro. To make this vision a reality we intend to engage with the political process from an independent base of power. Our goal is to strengthen popular movements striving for a just, egalitarian and liberatory society for all.

We urge all grassroots groups in our region to join us!

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Case Studies

Jackson

In Jackson, Mississippi, a deindustrialized, majority African-American city, the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement is organizing to build dual power through people’s assemblies and a network of worker cooperatives: Cooperation Jackson. They also critically engage with electoral politics. In 2017, Chokwe Antar Lumumba won the mayor’s seat on the Jackson People’s Platform.

Richmond

In this Bay Area working-class majority-POC town dominated by a Chevron refinery, the Richmond Progressive Alliance ran a slate of candidates that did not accept corporate contributions, organized at the grassroots level and now has a majority on the city council, winning rent control, anti-racial profiling measures, municipal I.D. cards, and the most progressive police […]

Barcelona

In 2014, Barcelona en Comú emerged from grassroots social movements and occupations of public spaces to organize a social movement for radical democracy centered in the city, to win power and govern in more inclusive, participatory, transparent and accountable ways. In 2015, Ada Colau, a housing rights activist, was elected as mayor, along with other […]

People’s Platform

Twenty local organizations and coalitions unanimously ratified the Portland-Metro People’s Bill of Rights and Policy Platform (the “People’s Platform”) at the inaugural Portland-Metro People’s Convention on April 14, 2018.

The Bill of Rights offers a positive vision of a Portland-Metro area that’s a healthy, nurturing and thriving place for everyone and every community who calls it home—not just an enclave of the 1%. It was built in consultation with dozens of organizers in the Portland-Metro area since the 2016 election and is a living document that can be changed over time.

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Events

PMPC – Unite Oregon Candidates Forum

On March 18, 2020, Unite Oregon, Voz Workers Rights Education Project, and the 20 organizations of the PMPC held a multi-issue candidate forum, asking the five candidates for Portland City Council, Position 2, who filed by nominating petition and who unanimously supported the PMPC 20/20 Vision Platform, how they will enact our demands while under […]

Police Violence Against the People of Portland – A Forum

On September 23, 2020, the PMPC co-organized a comprehensive forum, Police Violence Against the People of Portland, featuring those targeted by state violence, medical and legal experts, and on-the-ground observers. Hosted by Portland United Against Hate, Unite Oregon, First Unitarian Portland, and Portland-Metro People’s Coalition and attended by over 500 community members.

Budget Lab

Portland City Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty and Reverend William Barber of the Poor People’s Campaign call budgets moral statements that must reflect the values of the public. Yet, while the Portland metro region is booming with wealth, we are told time and again there is no money to fund community needs. Why is our money […]