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Dash for Empty Bowls Fundraiser at Willamette Art Center

Last year, the fundraiser generated $13,600 for MPFS, $1,600 more than the previous year

(Salem, Oregon) - When the doors open to Willamette Art Center on Saturday, Nov. 20, visitors will feast their eyes upon 1,000 handmade ceramic bowls that have been prepared all year long by 24 stalwart volunteers in preparation for Empty Bowls, an annual fundraiser benefiting Marion-Polk Food Share.

“Every year we make more bowls for food share. It’s amazing,” said WAC spokesperson Karin Putnam. “We want to be involved in giving back to our community. We feel really blessed at the center.”

Road to Hope Convoy Stalled at Egyptian Border

“Now we find ourselves in our third day at the Libyan / Egyptian border and we remain hopeful that the land route will be opened to us in the coming days” -Ken O’Keefe

(TOBRUK) - The Road to Hope humanitarian aid convoy continues its role in the international community’s collective mission to break the illegal siege of Gaza and deliver desperately needed aid to the people of Palestine in Gaza.

The convoy comprises 30 vehicles and 101 humanitarian aid workers.

Oregon Shows its Heart by Arresting `Delinquent` Parents

How does Oregon benefit by taking a parent who can't pay their bills, and placing them in an overcrowded taxpayer funded jail?

(SALEM, Ore.) - Oregon's Attorney General says arrests of moms and dads in the Portland area and a new Website are part of an effort to raise awareness about the importance of child support collection in Oregon.

Jimmy McMillan, `The Rent Is Too Damn High`

This candidate for NY governor says his straightforward approach is gaining momentum.

(CLEVELAND) - Jimmy (rent is too damn high) McMillan says every city town and county within the state of New York must be reformed. He says, "Not one elected official is worth being an Elected Official, describing them all as failures."

McMillan says his campaign for Public Office can be the best campaign ever for the people in the City of New York.

Viva Palestina Convoy Breaks Siege and Engers Gaza to Jubilant Crowds

The Viva Palestina convoy of almost 150 vehicles, 370 people from 30 different countries and $5 million of aid has entered Gaza.

(GAZA CITY) - Amidst scenes of jubilation from thousands of Palestinians there to greet the convoy, Kevin Ovenden, the convoy director, expressed his joy at being in Gaza once again.

The convoy set out four weeks and five days ago from London, travelling through France, Italy, Greece, Turkey and Syria, before reaching Gaza.

SELCO Employees Exceed Goal for Fall Food Drive

(EUGENE, Ore.) - SELCO Community Credit Union employees reached out to their communities by donating nearly 6,000 pounds of food to four local food banks. With an initial goal of donating 3,500 pounds of food, SELCO employees exceeded this goal by more than 2,400 pounds.

A list of most-needed foods was published to all SELCO employees, each of whom were given a plastic shopping bag to fill and deposit in barrels placed throughout the branches and offices of SELCO Community Credit Union, its subsidiaries and business units. Food was collected and donated directly to the food bank closest to each branch. These included: NeighborImpact Food Bank (www.neighborimpact.org), Food for Lane County (www.foodforlanecounty.org), Linn Benton Food Share (www.csc.gen.or.us/foodshare.htm), and Marion Polk Food Share (www.marionpolkfoodshare.org).

Behind Federal Government`s Lies: Real Economic Numbers Prove US in Great Depression

They're using skewed numbers based on a purposefully misleading method of calculating the number. At best they're liars, at worst, criminals.

(CHICAGO) - The US government has been playing with the economic numbers for years and now the statistics have become nothing more than a carnival shell game.

Africa: Faces in Words

New weekly update on the breaking stories in the African nations.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Unseen, unheard; no one should be the bearer of these two words. Unfortunately, Africa is often in the forefront of this.

Our common humanity should change this; we should never look away because it is too distant.

Hunger costs Poor Countries $450 Billion a Year

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - ActionAid has released their report revealing the cost developing nations face in the fight against hunger, an estimated $450 billion a year - more than ten times the amount needed to halve hunger by 2015.

“Fighting hunger now will be ten times cheaper than ignoring it. Every year reduced worker productivity, poor health and lost education costs poor countries billions. And the cost is not just financial..."

One Billion Slum Dwellers Cannot be Ignored

Effective mechanisms to hold governments accountable can strengthen efforts.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Amnesty International is urging international communities and their governments to the protect the world's poorest and most vulnerable people.

An estimated 70 percent of those living in poverty are women, yet, the MDG efforts in many countries fail to address the wide-spread discrimination women face in accessing food, water, sanitation and housing.