Hey, Portland,

This page is a list of problems that COVID-19 is making worse. I know it’s a lot to ask, but get mad, support community over corporations, and take action!

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Stigma

Sources:

• Portland-specific guidance and resources for addressing hatred directed towards AAPI communities https://www.apano.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/PUAH-Resilience-to-Hate-Resource-Guide-3_23_20.docx.pdf
• A comic from a former resident of Wuhan, reintroducing the city https://www.lauragao.com/wuhan 
• A list of resources to address COVID-19-related racism https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-DLnAY5r-f4DRLZgndR_Bu47nqHVtAOKem5QRmbz7bg/edit
• A guide to preventing and addressing social stigma https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/covid19-stigma-guide.pdf

Housing

Sources:

• A petition for a rent and mortgage freeze in Portland https://www.change.org/p/portland-city-hall-portland-area-rent-freeze-now
• Guidance on the Portland rent strike https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQHRAW7wgU6X9OkvMfq5FON6K0xQFulBnRQhsLDu1vqFK39ett1KP8Rr5IA7ZDZ0L9G3EPE76mSEvIt/pub
• How to join the Portland rent strike https://www.facebook.com/notes/olivia-olivia/rent-strike-guide-love-in-the-time-of-corona/2242971556011354/?hc_location=ufi
• A template for reaching oout to neighbors, fellow tenants, and landlords about the rent strike https://docs.google.com/document/u/1/d/e/2PACX-1vS-Su7YJQkKUHrjS5zXGnzz5MJh4jcHJnaNXpwvXC5-hdWgqh176J4uz-Euuk7VyW5Ok2lwR-FIzYBv/pub
• A description of Right2DreamToo’s financial situation https://right2dreamtoo.blogspot.com/2020/03/love-in-time-of-coronavirus.html?m=0&fbclid=IwAR3kRQHdOlcdef1wuFw31kIPpUW2Aopu4UG-MZJPiXyuPSVZjinh4eilxeY
• Guidance on six key actions to protect Portland renters' rights https://medium.com/@ptu/covid-19-state-of-emergency-housing-security-package-portland-tenants-united-f2939daadc7c
• An announcement about the use of government-owned buildings to add capacity to local shelters, bring shelter capacity to just where it was before social distancing measures https://multco.us/novel-coronavirus-covid-19/news/beds-oregon-convention-center-and-charles-jordan-community-center

Workers’ Rights

Sources:

• Portland-area worker actions:
  • Burgerville Workers Union is striking over unsafe and unsanitary working conditions https://www.facebook.com/burgervilleworkersunion/photos/a.945372738922894/2726385297488287/?type=3&theater
  • Cascadia Behavioral Health employees are asking for hazad pay and would appreciate signatures on their petition https://www.coworker.org/petitions/cascadia-behavioral-health-workers-deserve-hazard-pay?bucket&fbclid=IwAR270v5b7cIvSsfceIf5KutkD3vADMtYTQTWAeailu_gUpBb3ubVWeYOHbQ#signature-form
  • Crush Bar Workers’ Collective asked for — and received! — payouts for accrued paid time off (after a sit in and some additional organizing) https://www.facebook.com/108287350677675/photos/a.143701940469549/143700023803074/?type=3&theater
  • Fingerbang employees are asking their employer to pay owed wages https://www.instagram.com/p/B-AROJ0pK6U/?igshid=1520hc7bp95zq
  • Franz Bakery employees are asking for hazard pay, given that their employer cannot provide them with any personal protection equipment and have a petition you can sign https://www.change.org/p/us-bakery-aka-franz-bakery-llc-hazard-pay-for-franz-bakery-employees-during-the-outbreak-of-covid-19
  • Unions (and emergency responderst) are pushing back against gas station owners attempting to layoff gas station attendants and switch to self-service https://www.wweek.com/news/2020/03/22/oregon-gas-station-owners-want-gov-kate-brown-to-ok-self-service-gas-during-covid-19-organized-labor-does-not/
  • Goodwill employees have had concerns dismissed by managers https://www.wweek.com/news/2020/03/22/amid-the-covid-19-pandemic-portlands-goodwill-employees-ask-why-are-we-still-open/?fbclid=IwAR3HJaHm2MGw2ZTbNxeHbYaz8ZS4BaFSCnFh9sEErZBqn7ZjQCAYAgJ4x9A
  • Growing Seeds Workers Union’s letter to Governor Brown asking for a shift to providing childcare for only essential personnel, as well as rent and mortgage forgiveness https://www.facebook.com/GrowingSeedsWorkersUnion/photos/pcb.141691134043368/141691074043374/?type=3&theater&ifg=1
  • Instacart workers are planning a strike https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/4agmvd/instacarts-gig-workers-are-planning-a-massive-nationwide-strike
  • New Seasons employees are asking for hazard pay and would appreciate signatures on their petition https://www.coworker.org/petitions/new-seasons-market-employees-for-covid-19-hazard-pay
  • Voodoo Donuts employees formed a union and are asking for severance and a payout of accrued paid time off for laid off employees https://nwlaborpress.org/2020/03/at-portland-icon-voodoo-doughnuts-workers-announce-theyve-formed-a-union/ 
• An explainer on general strikes https://www.teenvogue.com/story/general-strikes-explained?fbclid=IwAR1M1oQZkNOi8WKJHHjzYG1eeXFTs7_w4mlXD_vioKggfa6DYZABCJuOfxY
• Guidance on how to prepare a strike
• An article describing how COVID-19 could destroy Oregon’s Public Employee Retirement System https://www.wweek.com/news/2020/03/18/guess-what-else-took-a-hit-from-coronavirus-oregons-public-pensions/
• A list of companies who are paying their employees during closures https://twitter.com/PayingPPL/status/1239707524422455296
• An article describing how clerks and warehouse staff are key to COVID-19 response, https://www.motherjones.com/coronavirus-updates/2020/03/minnesota-and-vermont-just-classified-grocery-clerks-as-emergency-workers/
• A petition for safety precautions and other needs from Amazon’s warehouse workers https://medium.com/@amazoniansunitednyc/we-amazon-workers-demand-coronavirus-protections-16f28ad8b15f
• A social media interchange discussing Amazon’s endangerment of employees by risking the spread of COVID-19 https://twitter.com/NYCAmazonians/status/1240515225926930434
• Announcement from Amazon workers who won PTO for all Amazon workers https://medium.com/@dch1united/amazonians-united-wins-pto-for-all-amazon-workers-f17e6ffbb192

Incarceration

Sources:

• Guidance on the five most effective immediate actions to limit the harm COVID-19 can do to people who are incarcerated (none of which have been implemented in Oregon) https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2020/03/06/pandemic/ 
• Resources for decarceration https://thejusticecollaborative.com/covid19/
• An article describing how the American incarceration system fails to limit the spread of disease https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2020/03/health-care-behind-bars-is-already-abysmal-are-prison-officials-prepared-for-the-coronavirus/
• Resources for supporting incarcerated people https://www.beyond-prisons.com/covid19
• An article covering the Oregon Department of Justice’s ongoing ban on all prison visitors (including attorneys and oversight) https://www.wweek.com/news/2020/03/12/oregon-department-of-corrections-bans-all-prison-visitors-including-attorneys-and-parole-officers/
• An article laying out the changes to Oregon prison procedures to prevent the spread of illness (which basically amounted to instructing those in custody to wash their hands — no social distancing or other measures ) https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavirus/2020/03/oregon-prisons-respond-to-coronavirus-inmates-told-to-wash-hands-given-2-free-calls-a-week.html
• A list of the bans on visitors and other changes to the operations of the Federal Bureau of Prisons https://www.bop.gov/resources/news/20200313_covid-19.jsp
• An article covering the state of Oregon’s refusal to release prisoners at high risk of contracting COVID-19 https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavirus/2020/03/coronavirus-in-oregon-so-far-doesnt-mean-early-releases-for-elderly-frail-prisoners.html
• An article covering some of the worst abuses of the prison system during COVID-19, so far, along with steps to reduce harm https://wearyourvoicemag.com/news-politics/prisons-are-always-immoral-pandemic
• A message from the chief physician at Rikers Island https://twitter.com/RossMacDonaldMD/status/1240455796946800641

Immigration

Sources:

• Petition to halt all ICE actions in Oregon https://secure.everyaction.com/917IdVUh2kSbYhGeA5bpcQ2
• List of projects and resources for immigrant justice during COVID-19 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qntCUGNsuQ__zjQidmv6kN4mFEz7M-fEy1L3RxWAh2g/edit#
• A toolkit for supporting local demands for mass release of people in ICE detention https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d5O71qvC3-xkwGO3F61cLytjoVgzBohs18RP2LvV6LM/edit
• Article about ICE arrests during lockdown in California https://www.latimes.com/gallery/with-masks-at-the-ready-ice-agents-make-arrests-on-first-day-of-california-coronavirus-lockdown
• Article about immigration courts continuing hearings https://www.texastribune.org/2020/03/16/amid-coronavirus-justice-department-continues-remain-mexico-hearings/
• Article about immigrants held by ICE going on hunger strike because ICE will not provide them with soap or toilet paper https://www.propublica.org/article/ice-detainee-says-migrants-are-going-on-a-hunger-strike-for-soap
• Article about worsening conditions in ICE detention camps https://www.beyond-prisons.com/covid19

Disability Justice

• Article about triage plans discriminating against people with disabilities https://www.propublica.org/article/people-with-intellectual-disabilities-may-be-denied-lifesaving-care-under-these-plans-as-coronavirus-spreads

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