Organizations Filed Purposes:
Our mission is to strengthen the skills, resources and vision of primary leadership in local autonomous human dignity groups with a goal of keeping such groups a vibrant source for a just democracy.
ROP is a state-wide organization supporting a multi-issue, rural, grassroots network of 80 local groups. We build a shared standard of human dignity the equal worth of all people the need for equal access to justice.
FOSTERING STRONG HEALTHY LOCAL GROUPS. ROP worked with connected over 80 human dignity groups thousands of community leaders organizers to advance human dignity democracy in small-town rural Oregon. Prior to the pandemic, staff met with groups in their communities to develop organizing plans to meet the opportunities or crises of the moment, from responding to hate bias crimes, to supporting organizing for racial justice creating safe welcoming communities for all. With the onset of COVID-19, we brought more than 700 organizers community leaders together across 12 virtual strategy sessions to brainstorm interventions to, support one another through rapidly changing conditions. Topics ranged from De-escalation for Organizers during violent backlash at Black Lives Matter demonstrations to Feeding Our Communities through the Pandemic. We concluded our first Rural Organizing Fellowship started our 2nd year, bringing together a group of 10 rural organizers between 16 30 years old to build their organizing skills, share knowledge take collective action together.
SAFE AND WELCOMING COMMUNITIES. The response to the coronavirus the economic recession exposed many holes in social safety nets that have left rural communities without reliable access to emergency resources, food, housing, healthcare, childcare, internet, more. ROP helped rural Oregonians build dozens of mutual aid networks to feed their neighbors, share health safety information, make sure anyone who needs help gets it. When the Movement for Black Lives called on all communities to show up publicly for racial justice, rural Oregonians in every county in the state held demonstrations. ROP supported many of these leaders in holding safe successful actions doing on-going racial justice work in their communities. Rural Oregonians also worked to defend our communities from detention deportation family separation. Sustained actions documenting Immigration Custom Enforcements violations of constitutional rights led to a statewide victory when Supreme Court Justice Martha Walters ruled that ICE was no longer allowed to detain people in around Oregon Courthouses.
COMMUNITY BUILDING CENTER. Prior to COVID-19, dozens of local and statewide groups utilized the Community Building Center, ROPs building in downtown Cottage Grove, as a meeting place, a site to coordinate local human dignity work, a haven during extreme storms, a gallery for local artists, a library full of organizing resources, and a statewide convening site for our network of human dignity groups. With COVID-19 and the devastating effects on rural Oregon, the Community Building Center began serving 600-1,200 families each month through a twice-weekly distribution of food, hygiene, Personal Protective Equipment and other basic needs.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Cara Shufelt | Co-Executive Director thru November 2019 | 40 | $50,000 |
| Jessica Campbell | Executive Director | 40 | $50,000 |
| Bruce Morris | Board Member | 2 | $0 |
| Katie Cook | Board Member | 2 | $0 |
| Pam Reese | Board Member | 2 | $0 |
| Monica Pearson | Secretary Board Member | 2 | $0 |
| Joe Lewis | Treasurer Board Member | 2 | $0 |
| Lisa Gonzales | Co-Chair Board Member | 2 | $0 |
| Martha Verduzco | Chair Board Member | 2 | $0 |
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