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Clackamas Leaders raise $40,000 for Domestic Violence Survivor Houses!
End of Pilot Project in Sight
 Clackamas County Leaders Aimee Bruno, King of Kings Lutheran, and Cecil Denney, Lake Oswego UMC, have written two successful grants, totalling $40,000, in support of MACG’s Domestic Violence Survivor House campaign.
With such stable funding in place, now all that is left to do to complete the three home pilot project is to secure and open a final house in Multnomah County. This is expected to happen in the next couple of months.
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Health Care 2012: The Plan
MACG’s Health Care Action Team is moving quickly to build on the success of December’s Health Care Reform Assembly and create an organizing plan for the 2012 Oregon Legislative Session.
Already, the group has sent a follow up letter to Assembly guest Dr. Bruce Goldberg, applauding his public commitments to MACG priorities while reiterating MACG’s position on consumer governance of Community Care Organizations.
The Team plans to... (click here to read more).
Prison / Community Team Focuses on Minimum Sentencing, Housing, and Work Crews
By Karen Meurer, PHOENIX RISING Transitions
Representatives of six MACG institutions have been meeting for nine months, talking about the issues of criminal justice that impact people in prison and in the community.
The Prison / Community Action Team has narrowed their scope to three areas of focus - minimum sentencing, housing, and work crews.
 Members of the group also testified in November at the Oregon Commission on Public Safety’s Sentencing Commission.
Read more here.
Organizing Money: Friends of MACG Doubles Donations!
The 2011-2012 Friends of MACG campaign has successfully organized $10,390 in donations since July, 2011. That’s twice as much as previous years’ averages of $5000! The total number of donors - 65 - also doubled this year over previous years.
 Even better, counting pledged monthly donations until June, 2012, MACG is just under $1000 short of its goal of raising $12,000 through individual donations this year, with six months to go!
Friends of MACG is about building power through organizing our own money to bring about social change. And we're doing it!!!
You can help put MACG over the top of this goal by clicking here to donate.
Thank you to all of the 2011-2012 Friends of MACG!
Metro Organizing Team Decides MACG's 2012 Direction
On December 1, 2011, MACG’s governing board – the Metro Organizing Team – met to discuss MACG’s direction for 2012.
The Metro Organizing Team is made of up to 3 delegates from each of MACG’s 19 institutions, ensuring that our governance is accountable to our members.
The Team decided to authorize four new action teams to add to the three already in place:
Click here to read more about these new action teams.
Sustainable Jobs Action Team Pushes for Equity
Leaders on the Sustainable Jobs Action Team have been working on various projects with the common theme of advocating for equity for both consumers and workers in public sustainability initiatives.
Click here to read more about the Sustainable Jobs Team's equity initiatives. |
