Another day of hazardous air quality in Portland, Oregon has continued to stall protests. In spite of this, the protest community is still hard at work providing mutual aid for those both in the city and in surrounding areas affected by the fire.
The Portland EWOKS (Equitable Workers Offering Kommunity Support) spent the last day moving their mutual aid operation, which provides food, supplies, and services to displaced folks, from the Lloyd District neighborhood to a location further south (an area that no longer has evacuation orders) so they could be closer to those that have had to flee their homes due to the fires. Team Raccoon and other community members helped this effort by cleaning up the Lloyd District site after the mutual aid station’s departure.
For resources on current conditions of the fires, evacuation notices, evacuation preparation, and more: https://wildfire.oregon.gov
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Note: After it was published, one of the interviewees in the above article expressed concerns over its impact and its focus on the perpetrator of abuses against protesters.