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Breach Collective @breachcollectiv.bsky.social · 13d

🚨 Public comments are OPEN on Portland’s CEI Hub 🚨

This fuel tank farm holds 90% of Oregon’s liquid fuel in an earthquake zone. It's a disaster waiting to happen and we need your voice to help protect our health, safety, and environment.

Take action now 👇 #Portland #ClimateJustice #CEIHub

Demand a Safer Portland! Stop the CEI Hub Time Bomb!

Tell City Hall to Choose Public Health and Safety Over Corporate Profits at the CEI Hub Portland faces a historic choice—one that will determine our city’s safety and environmental legacy for generat...

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Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility @oregonpsr.bsky.social · 6d

Rumble on the River x Public Grids collaboration
Music, ideas, & community power FRIDAY! Hosted by @councilorgreen.bsky.social and @sevier.io & featuring many others fighting for public power & ppl-centered budgets.
📍 1211 SW Main St.
🗓️ Oct. 10 (Friday)
🕡 7pm Event starts
RSVP: Link in bio

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Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility @oregonpsr.bsky.social · 9d

🦸 TONIGHT (6–8pm): Come be a climate hero! Learn what’s in the CEI Hub Policy Project Draft. The city’s 4 “alternatives” come up short. Alternative 4 is the bare minimum and it needs to be much stronger.
💪 Knowledge is power so come power up at Willamette Riverkeeper’s webinar: oregonpsr.org/wrk_cei

CEI Hub Webinar tonight - Knowledge is Power - Come be a hero - Oct 2 Tonight 6pm - 8pm - Willamette Riverkeeper CEI Hub Webinar - oregonpsr.org/wrk_cei

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Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility @oregonpsr.bsky.social · 10d

⚠️Portland’s CEI Hub supplies 90% of Oregon’s liquid fuel and sits on earthquake-vulnerable soil. The City’s Oct 1 (tonight!) info session (5:30–7 PM) discusses alternatives—but only Alt 4 begins to address the risk.

4️⃣ is the floor.

CEI Hub Policy Project Virtual Info Session - Tonight (10/1) 5:30 pm https://tinyurl.com/cei-virtual-info

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Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility @oregonpsr.bsky.social · 13d

CEI Hub Open House 🛑⚠️
🗓️ Mon, Sept 29 | 5:30–7:30 PM
📍 Portland Building, Lizzie K. Weeks Rm 100
Share your voice:
🚫 Alts 1–3 = unsafe expansion
✅ Alt 4 is the floor—the minimum. It must be strengthened with a faster fuel drawdown to truly protect people & the river.

CEI Hub Policy Project Open House - tinyurl.com/OpenHouseCEI - tonight (9/29) 5:30 pm 1120 SW 5th Ave. Rm 100

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Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility @oregonpsr.bsky.social · 15d

On Sept 26, 1983, Stanislav Petrov stopped a false alarm from becoming nuclear war.

We can’t keep rolling the dice on close calls.

Vincent Intondi shows how small, everyday actions can move us toward a nuclear-free world. 👉 tinyurl.com/NuclearNowWhat

42 years ago, Stanislav Petrov's choice saved the world. Your choices every day can help build a nuclear-free future.

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Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility @oregonpsr.bsky.social · 15d

🌍 Today is the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. OPSR is proud to endorse this joint appeal, making an urgent global call to abolish nukes, cut dangerous budgets, and invest in a safer, healthier future for all.
👉 tinyurl.com/NuclearAbolitionDay

Oregon PSR Endorses Nuclear Abolition Day Joint Appeal

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Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility @oregonpsr.bsky.social · 17d

🎉Tonight, Sept 25, 2025 → 25th Rumble on the River!
Music, community, & action on Portland’s CEI Hub.
🎺 5:00 Brass Band
🤝 5:30 Tabling
🗣 6:30 Forum
📍1241 Lloyd Center
#PortlandEvents #ClimateAction

Rumble on the River Community Forum 25 - What can we do about the CEI Hub? 9/25/25 1241 lloyd center

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Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility @oregonpsr.bsky.social · 18d

Join us in welcoming Dr. Vincent Intondi as Oregon PSR’s Executive Director! 🌱 With over 20 years in nuclear abolition & environmental justice, his leadership carries a vital message: “preventing what we cannot cure.” 💚 Learn more: tinyurl.com/OPSRIntondi

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Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility @oregonpsr.bsky.social · 24d

🌱 Building resilience, adapting, & planning = Climate Justice Plan. Sept 18 // Board of County Commissioners.
⌛ Meeting starts 930, briefing @ ~11.
❤️Show up & wear red.
📍501 SE Hawthorne Blvd BR 100 (or watch online - link in bio)
Submit testimony (R1 on Agenda) 👉 tinyurl.com/TestimonyMultCo

Support the Climate Justice Plan - Submit testimony - Show up to support - wear RED - 9.18.25

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Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility @oregonpsr.bsky.social · 26d

On August 6th, Oregon PSR Advisory Board member Chisao Hata performed her original poem “Since Then” at the Hiroshima & Nagasaki memorial. A powerful reminder that art has always been a critical part of our movement for peace. (2/2)

Close your eyes
Turn the page
Let us Imagine into reality.....
Let us sweat and cry a change
Let us hold hands and make it so.

Breathe 3x

Since Then.......

80 years from now

We worked fearlessly together
Our air is clean
Our water pure and free
Our children happy and safe
80 years from now
We will say.....
We climbed together
And built together
Through sweat while
Holding love and each other
80 years from now
Our Native lands renewed
Histories and contributions
Of people of color
Acknowledged and celebrated

80 years from now
Where will you be? Where will we be?
Can we begin now???

Breathe 3x

Hold silence together

Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility @oregonpsr.bsky.social · 26d

On August 6th, Oregon PSR Advisory Board member Chisao Hata performed her original poem “Since Then” at the Hiroshima & Nagasaki memorial. A powerful reminder that art has always been a critical part of our movement for peace. (1/2)

Since Then
Written by Chisao Hata
As performed by Chisao Hata at Never Again: Art Speaks Where Words Fail - Art's Enduring Protest 80 Years Later

Breathe in air
That sustains our lives
Breathe in this day
As we come together
Breathe in humanity
As we remember those who walked with us and those
who came before us.

62 years ago women came together
For the first Portland Hiroshima Day
Together they walked 9 miles
The perimeter of the A-bomb
Walking in sorrow
And in hope
Crying Peace is our shelter

We continue their legacy
We continue today to pray and breathe hope
We Continue today to pray and breathe......action.

Breathe 3x

Since then........
80 years ago
The atomic child was born
War, hate, and racism
Drove the war machine
To kill
To destroy
And we
Forgot the sacredness of life.
Soon
Those who lived through
Pain and loss
Grief and trauma
The memories and stories of survivors
Of WWII
Will no longer be spoken
Living memories will be gone
Only our renditions of history will remain
How will we continue to tell the stories?

Breathe 3x

Since Then........

We have been fighting
To hold on
To be heard
Included
Seen.
Fear and fascism
Violence and vengeance
Rear their heads
And greed reigns
Wars and more wars
Death and more death
Pain and more pain
Today's trauma of
loss and destruction
Create yet another generation of death
And global survivors cradling destruction.
Can we collectively combine
Our strength
Our pain
To shift to push
To collectively scream
our paradigm
AND tip the tipping point
To

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Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility @oregonpsr.bsky.social · 29d

We’re at the Vancouver Peace and Justice Fair today at Esther Short Park!
Stop by to learn about our programs, meet local organizations, and maybe even run into Mayor McEnerny-Ogle. 🌿 A perfect day to connect and build community. The fair is going until 3!

Mayor McEnerny-Ogle stops by the OPSR table

Booth at VPAJ for Latinos Unidos Y Floreciendo

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Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility @oregonpsr.bsky.social · Sep 9

🌱 Free! Healthy homes = healthy communities
✨ TODAY (9/9) • 6 p.m. • Zoom
🗣️ Free bilingual webinar (English & Spanish)
buff.ly/Qri2gga
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🌱 ¡Gratis! Hogares sanos = comunidades fuertes
✨ HOY (9 de septiembre) • 6 p.m. • Zoom
🗣️ Seminario web gratuito y bilingüe (inglés y español)
buff.ly/Qri2gga

Today! Health Benefits of Electrification + Resources to Make Your Home Climate Resilient Webinar 6pm

¡HOY! Beneficios para la Salud de la Electrificación + Recursos para Mantener tu Hogar Resiliente al Clima – Seminario Web 6 p.m.

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Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility @oregonpsr.bsky.social · Sep 4

🌱 Healthy homes = healthy communities!
Join us Sept. 9 at 6 PM (Zoom) for a free bilingual webinar:
✨ Health Benefits of Electrification & Climate-Ready Resources
✅ Register here: buff.ly/1A43YUb

Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility @oregonpsr.bsky.social · Aug 20

The nuclear arms race is back — we can stop it.
Congress has two new resolutions (S. Res. 323 & H. Res. 317) that would push the U.S. to adopt no-first-use, end “hair-trigger” alert, & lead the world toward disarmament.
Merkley and Bonamici are in. Let’s get all of Oregon’s delegation there, too.

Sign the Petition! End the Threat of Nuclear Weapons

Oregon PSR is an organization of health professionals and concerned individuals working collaboratively with community partners to educate and advocate for societal and policy change that protects…

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Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility @oregonpsr.bsky.social · Aug 18

💚 Healthier homes = healthier communities!
Join us Sept. 9 at 6 p.m. PT to learn how electrification protects health + how to access resources to make your home more climate resilient.
Free & open to all!
Link in bio!

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Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility @oregonpsr.bsky.social · Aug 18

💚 Hogares saludables = comunidades saludables
Acompáñanos el 9 de septiembre a las 6 p.m. PT para aprender cómo la electrificación protege tu salud y recursos para hogares resilientes.
¡Gratis y para todos!
Link in bio!

Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility @oregonpsr.bsky.social · Jul 31

Join us on Wednesday, August 6th, for Portland's 2025 Hiroshima and Nagasaki Memorial

Never Again: Art Speaks Where Words Fail — Art’s Enduring Protest 80 Years Later
📅 Wednesday, August 6th, 2025
🕕 6:00 PM
📍 Japanese American Historical Plaza, Portland, OR

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Center for Climate Integrity @climateintegrity.org · Jun 27

Big Oil knew their business would fuel events like the disastrous 2021 Pacific Northwest heat dome — but chose to lie instead of help save lives.

“It’s really sad that they knew, and now we are experiencing those consequences,” said Samantha Hernandez of @oregonpsr.bsky.social.

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Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility @oregonpsr.bsky.social · Jun 24

We’re hiring! Oregon PSR is seeking our next Executive Director to lead bold, values-driven work at the intersection of health, peace, and justice. If this sounds like you, apply now → www.oregonpsr.org/job_opportun...

Job Opportunities

Job opportunities with Oregon PSR.

www.oregonpsr.org

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Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility @oregonpsr.bsky.social · Jun 11

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Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility @oregonpsr.bsky.social · Jun 11

We need your help. Lawmakers are considering adding another $10 million for Oregon’s Resilience Hubs and Networks. This funding could be lifesaving in the face of worsening ice storms, heat waves, wildfires, and wildfire smoke. Will you email lawmakers urging them to fund Community Resilience Hubs?

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Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility @oregonpsr.bsky.social · May 14

OR Lawmakers have made the impacts of the tariffs and funding cuts coming from Washington clear through their budget projection. During this time of uncertainty we must ensure that we build resilient communities that can weather the proverbial and literal storms coming our way.

#orleg #oregon

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Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility @oregonpsr.bsky.social · May 13

Jan Haaken and Patricia Kullberg talk about how the rules and regulations governing industrial emissions of airborne toxics are structured more to facilitate industrial operations than to protect the public health. Listen today!
www.oregonpsr.org/old_mole_var...
@kbooradio.bsky.social

Old Mole Variety Show: Bad Air

Oregon PSR is an organization of health professionals and concerned individuals working collaboratively with community partners to educate and advocate for societal and policy change that protects…

www.oregonpsr.org

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