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Metro Organizing Team Decides MACG's 2012 Direction

Metro Organizing Team Decides MACG's 2012 Direction

January 2012. On December 1, 2011, MACG’s governing board – the Metro Organizing Team – met to discuss MACG’s direction for 2012. The Team decided to authorize four new action teams to add to the three already in place.

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Expanding the New Conversation Around Food

July, 2011. Why is food, in particular healthy food, so expensive? Why is it that the most vulnerable in our midst eat so poorly? Why is there so much waste in our food systems today?In the past several months, leaders from MACG institutions and allies have begun massing: 6 leaders in May, 15 in June, and 30 in July to dare to ask these questions and more. Read more here.

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MACG part of IAF NW Education Issues Exploration

July, 2011. The IAF Northwest Board has recently identified Education – particularly the challenge of improving opportunities for the kids who are not making it in our current system – as a priority for further research and development. MACG leaders are taking part in a shared work group exploring this issue this summer.

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Upcoming MACG Events
MACG - Prison / Community Action Team May 21, 2012 07:00 PM - 08:30 PM — Julia West House, 522 SW 13th Avenue
MACG - Listening Campaign Training May 24, 2012 07:00 PM - 08:30 PM — King of Kings Lutheran Church, 5501 SE Thiessen Rd., Oak Grove, OR
IAF NW - Effective Organizations/Transformational Leadership Jun 05, 2012 - Jun 07, 2012 — Dumas Bay Retreat Centre
MACG - Metro Organizing Team Annual Business Meeting Jul 19, 2012 07:00 PM - 08:30 PM — Bethlehem Lutheran Church (MACG office) "Fellowship Hall" 1244 NE Cesar E Chavez Blvd. (NE 39th), Portland. Enter off of Senate Street through the double doors. Parking behind building. Two blocks from Hollywood Transit Center.
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