JOIN OUR EFFORTS
StopTheCRC is an entirely volunteer-based effort. We work with one another, as well as other environmentally and sustainably conscious organizations, to further our work. We realize that not everyone has the time and space in their lives to commit 100% of their volunteer efforts to our cause, and that’s why we’ve provided a myriad of ways for you to get involved. With your help, our combined forces will create a successful grassroots movement to safeguard the livability of our shared region!
FROM HOME
1. PURCHASE A POSTER: Times are tough, and in order for our word to get out and our work to get done, we need the support of our community! Proceeds from our poster sales, as well as donations to StopTheCRC, go directly to covering the cost of promotional materials, surveys, petitions and the like. Help us get our message heard by making a donation, or by purchasing one of our limited edition StopTheCRC posters at one of our supporting neighborhood vendors!
(this is where a photo of the poster, plus the list of vendors should go. also, do we have a paypal account or anything for people to donate to?)
2. CONTACT LOCAL OFFICIALS:
Contact Portland Mayor Sam Adams and Portland Metro President Carlotta Collette
Mayor Sam Adams – (503) 823-4120 – Samadams@ci.portland.or.us
Metro Council President Carlotta Collette - (503) 797-1889 – carlotta.collette@orgeonmetro.gov
Contact State Representatives Earl Blumenauer and Peter DeFazio. Funding for the CRC is likely to be debated in the US House this year! DeFazio serves on the Transportation Committee in D.C.
Rep. Earl Bluemenauer
PORTLAND:
729 N.E. Oregon Street – Suite 115 – Portland, OR 97232
t: (503) 231-2300
f: (503) 230-5413
WASHINGTON D.C.:
2267 Rayburn House Office Building – Washington, DC 20515
t: (202) 225-4811
f: (202) 225-8941
Rep. Peter DeFazio
Washington, DC Office:
2134 Rayburn H.O.B. – Washington DC, 20515
Phone: (202) 225-6416
Coos Bay Office:
125 Central, Suite 350 – Coos Bay, OR 97420
Phone: (541) 269-2609
Roseburg Office:
612 S.E Jackson Street, Room 9 – Roseburg, OR 97470
Phone: (541) 440-3523
Eugene Office:
405 East 8th Ave. #2030 – Eugene, OR 97401
Phone: (541) 465-6732
3. CONTACT THE CRC
Contact the CRC and tell them what you think. Feel free to use our wording or to let the CRC know, “No Means No!” in your own words!
Postal:
700 Washington Street, Suite 300
Vancouver, WA 98660
Phone:
360-737-2726 or 503-256-2726
Toll Free – 866-396-2726
Email:
feedback@columbiarivercrossing.org
Fax:
360-737-0294
TTY:
711
IN YOUR COMMUNITY
1.SPREAD THE WORD! You may print our basic factsheet/flyer if you like and hang it in your office, or at your local coffee shop: Get it here.
2. TAKE A STAND! Get your community, organization, group, or neighborhood association to take an official No stance to the CRC. As a group, let the CRC know how you feel by contacting them, or by purchasing one of our special-edition posters and displaying it at your headquarters. Let us know if you want help! info-at-stopthecrc-dot-org
3. TAKE IT TO THE STREETS! Host a ride or film screening with a sustainable transportation infrastructure theme. Maybe check this one out: Let your friends, families, colleagues know your stance on this. How about a homemade banner in your front yard? Or better yet, a bunch of banners over I-5? If you have a creative way to resist this bridge, bring it! Loud and proud!
IN THE STREETS WITH US!
1. VOLUNTEER! Please email volunteer-at-stopthecrc-dot-org to get involved or info-at-stopthecrc-dot-org to donate! We are constantly in need of folks to table, do data-entry, help make buttons, and the various ins and outs of stopping a bridge. We can’t do it without you. We will send you an email giving you the opportunity to plug in when you can.
2. SHOW UP! Join us at CRC project meetings. Bring signs, give testimony. Show up en masse. Organize a ride/ party/ follow up discussion. Demand a back to the drawing board approach to the CRC. The CRC continues to spend public funds on a busy schedule of “community outreach” (read: poster campaigns and tabling events in order to sell us a $4 billion green-washed bridge). More like a P.R. campaign. Alongside working group meetings, the CRC’s schedule is overwhelming for our grass roots capacity. Here’s a link to their calendar. Let them see and know it’s not business as usual!