The Breach Team · [email protected]

June 10, 2024 at 6:54 PM

Kicking Gas

Kicking Gas Watch the PIELC panel ⚡ Kicking gas + advancing electrificationHello John, Check out the recording of another stellar panel from the Public Interest Environmental Law Conference (PIELC): KICKING GAS: The movement to transition off of methane in the PNW. Breach Co-Founder and…

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  Breach Collective · [email protected]

June 9, 2024 at 3:59 PM

Online comments needed from Portlanders!

Online comments needed from Portlanders! Help us fight the gas industry. Let’s advance climate policy.Dear John, Portland is considering a common-sense policy to track building pollution, and to provide prospective tenants with key information regarding energy use. But the gas industry …

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  Meg Ward · [email protected]

June 6, 2024 at 3:00 PM

We're Hiring!

We're Hiring! Join our worker-led, unionized team! Dear John,Our team is growing! We are excited to announce a new position at Breach: the Oregon Statewide Energy Transition Organizer. As we deepen and expand our work towards a just energy transition, the Statewide Organizer will suppor…

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  Caitlin Howard · [email protected]

May 30, 2024 at 7:44 PM

A once-in-a-generation opportunity.

A once-in-a-generation opportunity. The future of PNW forests is on the line 🌲🌲🌲 Help protect PNW forests.Dear John,Our mature and old-growth forests are some of our best climate solutions, but they are threatened by outdated policies that prioritize profits at the expense of our forest…

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  Danny Noonan · [email protected]

May 16, 2024 at 6:44 PM

WATCH: Green Union Hall's 🍄 Mushroom-Themed Panel

WATCH: Green Union Hall's 🍄 Mushroom-Themed Panel It will blow your mind 🤯 Green Union Hall’s PIELC panelDear John,Breach is proud to be a part of Green Union Hall, a network and education center for unionized and union-curious climate and environmental workers. Back in March, several G…

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  Nick Caleb · [email protected]

April 18, 2024 at 4:14 PM

Green New Deal course starts next week!

Green New Deal course starts next week! Register now to join us. Dear John,Breach’s Spring 2024 Green New Deal for Portland course starts next week on Wednesday, April 24! We will showcase prominent local thinkers and doers who are actively planning and building power toward a just tran…

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  The Breach Team · [email protected]

March 19, 2024 at 7:59 PM

Our new project 👀

Our new project 👀 ICYMI: Organize Your Organization! John,In case you missed it, Breach has launched a new project! Organize Your Organization! is a first-of-its-kind initiative to build worker power in the nonprofit sector. As part of this project, we have co-authored a handbook: Organ…

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  Nick Caleb · [email protected]

March 11, 2024 at 5:59 PM

Window is closing to take action in Multnomah County!

Window is closing to take action in Multnomah County! Help us protect public health and the climate for Oregonians. Commissioners need to hear from you!Hi John,Are you a resident of Multnomah County? Then your voice can make a real difference. Multnomah County has an opportunity to lead…

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  Meg Ward · [email protected]

March 1, 2024 at 5:00 PM

Introducing Organize Your Organization!

Introducing Organize Your Organization! Because if you have a cause, you need a union.✊🏼 John,We are proud to announce the launch of a project that has been a labor of love: Organize Your Organization! is a first-of-its-kind initiative to build worker power in the nonprofit sector, beca…

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  Danny Noonan · [email protected]

February 29, 2024 at 4:50 PM

Warm up those vocal cords 🎤

Warm up those vocal cords 🎤 Join me, KJ Dusty Dan the Singalong Man. Tonight’s the night!Dear friends,The University of Oregon’s Public Interest Environmental Law Conference (PIELC) is a very special time of year for us here at Breach, and for law and policy nerds and environmentalists …

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  The Breach Team · [email protected]

February 27, 2024 at 12:27 AM

Pencil us in for this weekend 📆

Pencil us in for this weekend 📆 See you at PIELC. Party, Panels, Pesky RaccoonsDear John, It’s time to party! We hope to see you at the following festivities beginning this Thursday in Eugene!  Second Annual Breach PIELC PartyKick off the Public Interest Environmental Law Conference (PI…

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  Caitlin Howard · [email protected]

February 15, 2024 at 3:59 PM

Be the first to see what we've been working on 👀

Be the first to see what we've been working on 👀 A very *special* project 🦝 Launch happening at our 2/29 party!Dear John,On February 29 we’re bringing our community together in Eugene to have some much-deserved fun, and we hope you’ll join us. Not only will you have a chance to enjoy so…

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  Breach Collective · [email protected]

February 8, 2024 at 6:00 PM

The PIELC party you won't want to miss!

The PIELC party you won't want to miss! 🎤 Join us February 29 It's time to party!John,It’s that time of year again! On February 29, kick off the Public Interest Environmental Law Conference (PIELC) with Breach and co at the best party all weekend! Join us at Wildcraft Cider Works for a …

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  Danny Noonan · [email protected]

February 1, 2024 at 6:59 PM

Join us for a free workshop!

Join us for a free workshop! Learn the basics of union-organizing. Green Union Hall’s first event of 2024.Dear John,Green Union Hall is a hub of solidarity and support for organizing efforts in the nonprofit sector, and Breach Collective is a proud member! We are excited to invite you t…

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  Nick Caleb · [email protected]

January 23, 2024 at 8:33 PM

Announcing Spring 2024 Course!

Announcing Spring 2024 Course! We want your input as we work out details. Bringing you another GND courseDear John,We are excited to announce that we will be offering a Green New Deal for Portland course this spring – likely starting in April or May. We will showcase top local thinkers …

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  Breach Collective · [email protected]

January 3, 2024 at 8:00 PM

You're the best 🤩

You're the best 🤩 Thank you for supporting our work. We did it! Our entire team wants to thank our generous community for making our end of the year fundraising campaign a huge success. You helped us exceed our $5,000 goal!As we enter into this New Year, we are grateful to have your con…

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  Danny Noonan · [email protected]

December 31, 2023 at 7:09 PM

Close out 2023 with a donation to Breach.

Close out 2023 with a donation to Breach. Last opportunity to give this year. Help us support grassroots campaigns.Dear John, Today is your last chance to make a tax deductible contribution in 2023 to support our work fighting for climate and worker justice! We hope you are feeling cozy…

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  Meg Ward · [email protected]

December 26, 2023 at 10:08 PM

It was a big year for labor ❤️‍🔥

It was a big year for labor ❤️‍🔥 Will you help make 2024 even bigger? Support us in building labor powerJohn, This year could signal the start of a sea change for the labor movement. Our team believes that building power in the labor movement is essential to driving equitable solutions …

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  Nick Caleb · [email protected]

December 19, 2023 at 6:26 PM

We are $1,538 away.

We are $1,538 away. Donate today to help us reach our goal! Can you make a contribution?Dear John, Just two weeks ago we announced our campaign to raise $5,000 before we ring in 2024 and we are $1,538 away from reaching out goal. DONATE We know that no one person, group, or movement c…

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  Josie Moberg · [email protected]

December 12, 2023 at 6:01 PM

Support our work with youth.

Support our work with youth. And some exciting Zenith news! Help us raise $5,000Dear John, Young people have the most at stake in the fight for climate justice, as they have more of their futures to lose to the impacts of climate chaos. We’re trying to raise $5,000 by the end of the yea…

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  Caitlin Howard · [email protected]

December 6, 2023 at 7:30 PM

Can you help us raise $5,000?

Can you help us raise $5,000? Make a tax deductible donation to Breach today. We need your support.Dear John, We are in the last stretches of 2023 and launching a campaign to raise $5,000 before the new year. Will you close out your year by helping us reach this goal?DONATE As we concl…

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  Breach Collective · [email protected]

December 4, 2023 at 2:51 AM

Give Books, Support Breach📚✨

Give Books, Support Breach📚✨ Plus, some of our staff share their favorite reads of the year Give books, support Breach. If you’re anything like our team, you appreciate the company of a good book. You might also enjoy the careful work of finding the perfect titles for your friends and f…

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  The Breach Team · [email protected]

November 15, 2023 at 6:50 PM

Tell Governor Kotek to #StopZenithOil.

Tell Governor Kotek to #StopZenithOil. And watch our short film on the Zenith scandal. View this email in your browserThe time is now to #StopZenithOil.John,We’re putting the pressure on our leaders to #StopZenithOil. Organizations from across the state, including labor unions, neighbor…

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  Breach · [email protected]

November 3, 2023 at 3:00 PM

Stream Ancestral Waters Online

Stream Ancestral Waters Online Early access just for you 🧡 A gift from Native Daily Network.Happy Indigenous Heritage Month, everyone. On November 14, our dear friends at Native Daily Network (NDN) will release their film Ancestral Waters 2022 for online streaming. The award-winning doc…

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  Breach Collective · [email protected]

October 25, 2023 at 10:59 PM

Take down climate villains 🦹‍♂️

Take down climate villains 🦹‍♂️ And celebrate wins along the way! Let’s get spooky and then take on Portland’s climate villains. Reminder that this Friday, October 27 is  Portland’s climate justice themed Halloween party. Join us from 3-6pm at Green Anchors (8940 North Bradford St.) for…

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  Breach Collective · [email protected]

October 13, 2023 at 4:00 PM

Climate Horrors Party in Portland 👻

Climate Horrors Party in Portland 👻 You’re invited!Join us to celebrate the spooky season and all of the important climate and environmental justice work happening in the city! You’re invited to Portland’s climate justice themed Halloween party on Friday, October 27, from 3:00 to 6:00 p.…

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  Breach Collective · [email protected]

October 3, 2023 at 6:00 PM

Reminder 👉 Why Your Nonprofit Needs a Union

Reminder 👉 Why Your Nonprofit Needs a Union Free webinar this Thursday!Join Green Union Hall this Thursday, October 5 at 5pm PT/8pm ET for a moderated panel discussion of seasoned labor organizers. This event will kickoff a new workshop series on unionizing nonprofits for the union curio…

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  The Breach Team · [email protected]

September 21, 2023 at 5:00 PM

Wall Street wants to own our forests

Wall Street wants to own our forests Let’s put polluters and clear-cutters on noticeHello friends, Some of the biggest climate polluters, corporate forest clear-cutters, and false climate solutions peddlers are gathering in Portland next week. Wall Street investors will join timber corpo…

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  Breach Collective · [email protected]

September 19, 2023 at 7:15 PM

Why Your Nonprofit Needs a Union ✊

Why Your Nonprofit Needs a Union ✊ Exciting stuff happening in the nonprofit labor spaceOrganizers and union-members from environmental nonprofits (including Breach!) have come together to form Green Union Hall - a hub of solidarity and support for organizing efforts in the nonprofit sec…

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  Breach Collective · [email protected]

September 12, 2023 at 5:59 PM

A global mobilization to #EndFossilFuels

A global mobilization to #EndFossilFuels Oregon youth have strong demands for Gov. Kotek Marches planned for September 15-17Dear friend,The climate crisis is escalating and so is the movement for climate justice. This weekend millions of people around the world will take to the streets …

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  Breach Collective · [email protected]

September 7, 2023 at 5:54 PM

Portlanders are outraged.

Portlanders are outraged. Two actions in one week 🚤 The Zenith scandal heats upYesterday, Portlanders packed City Hall to give eviscerating testimony against the City’s backroom dealings with Zenith Energy. This only days after a protest on Sunday, in which activists effectively blocked…

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  Breach Collective · [email protected]

September 1, 2023 at 6:38 PM

DEADLINE EXTENDED

DEADLINE EXTENDED Submit to Flash Futures PNW by Sept. 30 Deadline extended to September 30You still have another month to submit your writing or art to Flash Futures PNW: A Climate Fiction & Art Contest – we’re extending the deadline for submissions to September 30, 2023. Contest w…

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  The Breach Team · [email protected]

August 30, 2023 at 5:58 PM

Help us expose the Zenith scandal

Help us expose the Zenith scandal It’s time to speak truth to powerFriends,The Zenith scandal continues to escalate as more details emerge about the cozy relationship between Portland City Officials and executives from the Houston-based fossil fuel corporation. It’s time to speak truth t…

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  Breach Collective · [email protected]

August 27, 2023 at 2:59 PM

Join us tomorrow for our last August workshop!🌻

Join us tomorrow for our last August workshop!🌻 another Monday by the river View this email in your browserThank you for making this workshop series so special!Tomorrow we wrap up our August Youth Climate Organizing Workshop series with a “Know Your Rights” workshop led by Sarah Alvarez…

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  Breach Collective · [email protected]

August 20, 2023 at 3:59 PM

Our next riverside rendezvous 🌊

Our next riverside rendezvous 🌊 another free workshop tomorrow! View this email in your browserCome hang with us tomorrow evening!Our August Youth Climate Organizing Workshop series continues tomorrow with a special doubleheader. Join us along the Willamette river for two free workshops…

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  The Breach Team · [email protected]

August 13, 2023 at 2:01 PM

Next free workshop!

Next free workshop! Where can we go from here? Up next in our free workshop seriesregister Join us tomorrow, Monday, August 14 for the next in our series of free workshops for young climate organizers in the Portland area! Tomorrow you’ll learn from 350PDX Campaign Manager Dineen O’Rou…

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  Breach Collective · [email protected]

August 9, 2023 at 4:33 PM

It's a Hot Labor Summer🔥✊

It's a Hot Labor Summer🔥✊ comrades at Fair Housing Council of Oregon just launched their campaign Oregon nonprofit workers keep unionizing and we’re here for itJohn,This morning our comrades at the Fair Housing Council of Oregon announced their intent to unionize with Communications Wor…

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  Breach Collective · [email protected]

August 7, 2023 at 10:15 PM

Deadline Aug 31!

Deadline Aug 31! Submit to Flash Futures PNW: A Climate Fiction & Art Contest View this email in your browserGet your work published in a Zine!There's still time to submit your writing or art to Flash Futures PNW: A Climate Fiction & Art Contest! Contest winners will have their …

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  Breach Collective · [email protected]

August 3, 2023 at 9:20 PM

PDX City Council went behind our backs

PDX City Council went behind our backs Dirty details on Portland City Council’s backroom deal with ZenithJohn,We write with important action you can take to help stop the expansion of Zenith and its dangerous oil by rail operations in Portland. We also have shocking revelations about Por…

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  Breach Collective · [email protected]

July 31, 2023 at 11:13 PM

*Free* workshop series in August 👀

*Free* workshop series in August 👀 For young PDX organizers 📣 View this email in your browserAttention young PDX organizers!Our August Youth Climate Organizing workshop series kicks off one week from today! Have you registered yet? On Monday, August 7 at 5:30 pm PST Sterling Stokes and …

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  The Breach Team · [email protected]

July 18, 2023 at 7:42 PM

Remember Standing Rock?

Remember Standing Rock? View this email in your browserRemember the historic protests at Standing Rock?Hi Friends,The company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline is still trying to punish those who challenged it – with a “SLAPP” suit. This impacts all of us who believe in speaking out agai…

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  The Breach Team · [email protected]

July 13, 2023 at 5:20 PM

Important Update on Fossil Free Eugene.

The fight for electrification is forced to pivot. Friends, On Monday, Eugene City Council made the difficult decision to withdraw its recently-passed building electrification ordinance. While disappointing for all of us who worked hard to pass this climate p…

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  The Breach Team · [email protected]

July 11, 2023 at 5:20 PM

Free summer workshop series.

For PDX youth climate organizers. Dear Friends,   In partnership with other PDX organizations and community members, Breach Collective is hosting a weekly workshop series for people 30 years old and younger throughout the month of August on Mo…

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  The Breach Team · [email protected]

July 3, 2023 at 6:34 PM

Solidarity with #StopCopCity.

Hi friends,   Protect the Protest is a coalition composed of more than 30 civil liberties, social, and environmental justice organizations, including Breach. It was founded to support individuals and communities that resist the use of illegi…

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  The Breach Team · [email protected]

June 28, 2023 at 6:52 PM

Submissions are open for Flash Futures PNW!

A Climate Fiction & Art Contest ✍️🎨🖼️📖 Hello!   We have been excited to share this news with you. Along with our friends and movement partners 350PDX, Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility, and Portland Neighbors Welcome, we are host…

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  The Breach Team · [email protected]

June 21, 2023 at 2:04 AM

You won't want to miss this

Big Oil is going down✨ Friends,    Join us in Portland this Thursday, June 22 at 11:45 am for a celebration you won't want to miss: Big Oil will be held accountable by Multnomah County for causing widespread harm and destruction to our region. Wear red, brin…

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  The Breach Team · [email protected]

June 9, 2023 at 1:20 PM

Gas company at it again.

Hello friends,    Another gas company is trying to make their customers help cover the cost of keeping us hooked on fossil fuels. It’s happening to Southern Oregonians, and they need our help.    Avista Gas, the gas utility serving most of Southern Oregon, …

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  The Breach Team · [email protected]

June 6, 2023 at 10:28 PM

🚣🏼‍♂️Paddle Zenith out of Portland with us this Sunday! 🚣🏼‍♀️

Friends,    Join us this Sunday, June 11 from 11 am to 4 pm at Cathedral Park to Paddle Zenith Out of Portland! Oregon and Washington residents will gather on the Willamette River in Portland to join a nationwide mass mobilization to demand a…

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  The Breach Team · [email protected]

May 25, 2023 at 10:13 PM

Important update on terrorism bill 🚨

Urgent action needed! TAKE ACTION Friends,   We write with an update on HB 2772 and to encourage you to keep the pressure on our leaders to oppose this dangerous and controversial bill.    This ‘domestic terrorism’ bill is cont…

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  Breach · [email protected]

April 26, 2023 at 6:59 PM

In the News

Coverage of the 'domestic terrorism' bill Hello friends,    We are writing to share some great reporting that has come out in the past week about House Bill 2772, the dangerous and controversial ‘domestic terrorism’ bill that is making its way…

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