Salem-News.com News Feed for articles tagged with protests www.salem-news.com 2010 Spirits are high among individuals who are using their voices and making their presence known in Salem. Approaching the 6th night of 'Occupy Salem', protesters aren't wavering from a constant police presence, and both local and state police have been respectful so far, according to the group. Mostly just driving by, with little interaction. http://salem-news.com/articles/october152011/occupy-salem-01.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october152011/occupy-salem-01.php Sat, 15 Oct 2011 15:58:00 PDT Albanian-American author Agron Belica and Poet Christopher DelOrfano, who is also a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner, conversed briefly at an undisclosed location in Boston, MA about promoting future projects they are putting together. Because their projects include music, DelOrfano suggested they contact his long time friend and associate for advice, Gambino of La Familia Entertainment out of Pittsburg, PA. http://salem-news.com/articles/october092010/gambino_01.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october092010/gambino_01.php Sat, 09 Oct 2010 18:22:00 PDT On January 22nd, 2009, Michele Darr, a Corvallis mother of 6, commenced a second hunger strike in addition to the 24-hour vigil that she and members of Camp Homebound have maintained on the steps of the Oregon State Capitol Building in Salem since November 1st, 2008. In an all-out effort to pass legislation giving the Governor authority to block this spring's deployment of the Oregon National Guard, Darr has decided to "fast unto death" as a means of generating the support necessary to garner sponsors for a proposed bill in the State Legislature and to engage Oregonians in the struggle to protect the troops, and keep them in Oregon, where they belong. http://salem-news.com/articles/january262009/darr_protest_1-26-09.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january262009/darr_protest_1-26-09.php Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:17:00 PST A woman who camped on the Oregon Capitol steps for several weeks in protest of the war in Iraq in 2002, has returned to Salem to help convince lawmakers to remove Oregon Guard soldiers from a planned trip to Iraq next year. Michele Darr will spend long, cold days and nights in the Oregon rain trying to convince the powers to be that Oregon soldiers should instead be home with their families. Darr left her home, family and 4 children in Corvallis to "deploy" for the steps of the Oregon State Capitol building in Salem, Oregon, where she and others are on a hunger strike and 24-7 vigil/encampment set to continue through the holidays, winter months and into next year's legislative session. Darr is doing this because she believes she and other can make a difference, and "bolster the possibility of the success of a proposed resolution to keep Oregon's National Guard home in Oregon, and to bring attention and awareness of the imminent deployment of 3500 National Guard troops next year." http://salem-news.com/articles/november052008/capitol_vigil_11-5-08.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november052008/capitol_vigil_11-5-08.php Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:54:00 PST One year after protesting the presence of a WWII tank in the 2007 Rose Festival Parade, two members of "The Seriously Pissed Off Grannies" will be tried on June 9th on charges of "disorderly conduct" and "interfering with a peace officer." The trial will be before Judge Fuchs in room 528 of the County Courthouse and will start at 9:30 AM on June 9th. Sara Graham and Bonnie Tinker will both testify that their actions were directly tied to freedom of speech. Graham said that after unsuccessfully trying to persuade the Rose Festival not to include a tank, she felt she had no alternative but to protest. http://salem-news.com/articles/june092008/pissed_grannies_6-9-08.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june092008/pissed_grannies_6-9-08.php Mon, 09 Jun 2008 01:59:00 PDT Andre Latallade, also known as Capital-"X", is a Brooklyn born Puerto Rican who now resides in the South Ward of Newark, New Jersey. Spending nearly half of his life trapped within the web of the criminal justice system, Andre transformed himself into a prisoners rights activist. In an attempt to bring awareness to capital punishment, Andre will walk approximately 1,700 miles from Trenton, New Jersey, to the Governors mansion in Texas. http://salem-news.com/articles/march102008/death_penalty_3-10-08.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march102008/death_penalty_3-10-08.php Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:10:00 PDT Salem, Oregon sure is a mellow place in comparison to Olympia, Washington, the capitol city of our northern neighbor. War protesters held police at bay for 17 hours last Saturday, successfully forcing a military convoy back into the port. Their main problem is the shipment of military supplies in and out of the Port of Olympia. Saturday their objective was to block a convoy of Stryker vehicles being moved into the fort. Ironically, the Stryker is one of the few vehicles in use overseas that allows soldiers to survive IED blasts. http://salem-news.com/articles/november162007/olympia_protests_111607.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november162007/olympia_protests_111607.php Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:12:00 PST Members of the animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, demonstrated in front of the Salem KFC restaurant on Lancaster Drive Thursday. They say the chain`s practices aren`t ethical. Without going into too many details, PETA Campaign Coordinator Lindsay Rajt described their complaints against this fast food chain, `I'm here as one chick sticking up for other chicks. Getting the message out that we're only asking KFC to take the scientific advice of their own animal welfare advisors." "After you see, behind the scenes, what really happens to these chickens, anybody that cares about animals would want to be out here. They're scalded alive, they're kept in sheds of 30-50,000 birds." PETA has plenty of critics. Some people go so far as to call them a terrorist group. These PETA members and supporters say they are simply asking the huge corporation, KFC, to kill their chickens in a humane manner. http://salem-news.com/articles/may122006/peta_51106.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may122006/peta_51106.php Fri, 12 May 2006 01:04:00 PDT Members of the Willamette University Student Global AIDS Campaign and the Salem community will raise awareness for the need to make HIV medications more readily available internationally. Speakers include Willamette students, and Professor Joyce Millen (Co-author of Global AIDS: Myths and Facts) and Lowen Berman from the HIV Daycenter in Multnomah County. http://salem-news.com/articles/april252006/willamette_hiv.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april252006/willamette_hiv.php Tue, 25 Apr 2006 13:42:00 PDT Hundreds of Portland-area students held a walkout and protest rally on Friday in downtown Portland. On Thursday, an estimated 700 high and middle school students from Woodburn, Gervais, and Silverton protested along Highway 214 near I-5 before rallying in a parking lot. In Salem, an estimated 1,000 high and middle school students protested on the steps of the Oregon State on Monday... http://salem-news.com/articles/april172006/student_protests_41406.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april172006/student_protests_41406.php Mon, 17 Apr 2006 01:58:00 PDT