[pjw] INFO: Iran resolution at City Council Wed Nov 13, 3:30 PM

[Peace and Justice Works]

Hi again folks

If it matters to anyone, the order of the resolutions has been changed and 
now the nuclear weapons resolution will be heard at 3:30 PM and the Iran 
resolution at 3:55 tomorrow at City Council. (Both times depend on how 
long Council / community discussion lasts-- there is an item preceding the 
resolutions about bicycle parking, which if it runs long means everything 
could start later. And, of course, if the testimony on the first 
resolution runs long the Iran resolution may not get heard until later, 
etc.

If you are planning to go and/or if you already wrote to Council I'd be 
interested to hear about it. I forgot to mention Friday that we gathered 
over a dozen more signatures on the petitions at the Forum last week so 
now we've sent over 150 names to Council.

I've left the original email outlining the substance in below; at that 
time the links weren't available to the full text of the resolutions. Here 
are those links:

1050 TIME CERTAIN: 3:30 PM - Declare City's opposition to nuclear
    weapons and urge the U.S. Federal Government to sign the Treaty on the
    Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and take action to prevent nuclear war
    (Resolution introduced by Commissioner Fritz)  25 minutes requested

    https://www.portlandoregon.gov/auditor/article/746805


1051  TIME CERTAIN: 3:55 PM - Urge our Federal Government to engage in
    diplomacy with Iran (Resolution introduced by Commissioner Fritz)  25
    minutes requested

    https://www.portlandoregon.gov/auditor/article/746804

That's all for now...

dan handelman
peace and justice works iraq affinity group


On Fri, 8 Nov 2019, Peace and Justice Works wrote:

> Iraq Affinity Group supporters:
>
> As part of the effort to oppose US war on Iran when we organized the July 28 
> march and rally
>
> http://www.pjw.info/iran_venezuela_072019.html
>
> the Iraq Affinity Group worked with colleagues in the community to draft up a 
> resolution for City Council to oppose sanctions and war in Iran and 
> Venezuela. We circualted petitions at the rally and sent them in, receving a 
> response from Commissioner Fritz that she was working on the Iran resolution, 
> which was carried forward by American Iranian Friendship Council and Oregon 
> Physicians for Social Responsibility. The IAG has endorsed the most recent 
> version.
>
> The Council Agenda has now been posted and the Iran resolution is set for 
> Wednesday, November 13 at 3:30 PM:
>
> https://www.portlandoregon.gov/auditor/26997
>
> 1050  TIME CERTAIN: 3:30 PM . Urge our Federal Government to engage in 
> diplomacy with Iran (Resolution introduced by Commissioner Fritz)  25 minutes 
> requested
>
> (Note: the text of the resolution wasn't posted when I wrote this email but 
> will be up before the end of this afternoon).
>
> If you can't make it to the hearing on Wednesday, please write or call 
> members of Council to ask them to support the resolution:
>
>
> Mayor Ted Wheeler: 503-823-4120 mayorwheeler at portlandoregon.gov
> Commissioner Amanda Fritz: 503-823-3008 amanda at portlandoregon.gov
> Commissioner Nick Fish: 503-823-3589  nick at portlandoregon.gov
> Commissioner Chloe Eudaly: 503-823-4682  chloe at portlandoregon.gov
> Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty: 503-823-4151 joann at portlandoregon.gov
>
> You might also mention that you hope to see them pass a similar resolution 
> around Venezuela. That draft resolution is being shepherded to Council by 
> Veterans for Peace Chapter 72 and is also supported by the IAG.
>
> Extra bonus! Oregon PSR also put forward a resolution asking the City to 
> follow the lead of the state legislature
>
> https://worldbeyondwar.org/oregon-becomes-second-state-in-nation-to-support-nuclear-ban-treaty/
>
> and ask the US to sign on to the UN ban on nuclear weapons. That resolution 
> is scheduled to be heard right after the Iran resolution on Wednesday:
>
> 1051  TIME CERTAIN: 3:55 PM . Declare City's opposition to nuclear weapons 
> and urge the U.S. Federal Government to sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of 
> Nuclear Weapons and take action to prevent nuclear war (Resolution introduced 
> by Commissioner Fritz)  25 minutes requested
>
>
>
> Thanks
> dan handelman
> peace and justice works iraq affinity group
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