Places to find food for those who lost SNAP benefits:
(Compiled via Willamette Week, The Portland Mercury, Oregon Live, KGW)
OREGON FOOD BANK
Searchable database of places providing hot meals, boxes of groceries, and other goods. Search by zip code
Expect to call ahead to confirm details.
https://www.oregonfoodbank.org/
ST. JOHN’S FOOD SHARE
8100 N Lombard Street
Monday 10am until 4pm
Wednesday 10am until 12pm
Friday 10am until 4pm
URBAN GLEANERS
21 public Free Food Markets in Multnomah and Washington Counties at schools, parks, community centers and housing communities
KENTON ANTIQUES
8112 N Denver Avenue
Friday through Sunday 11am until 5pm
take what you need, give what you can shelf
https://www.instagram.com/p/DQadllVAdIj/?img_index=3
NOURISH OREGON
3223 SE 92nd Avenue – Open Bible Church parking lot
Monday and Tuesdays 4pm until 7pm
Thursday 10am until 1pm
https://www.nourishoregon.com/
HERETIC COFFEE
5120 SE 28th Avenue
8am until 2pm
Free SNAP breakfast starting 11/1 – no questions asked
NAN’S TQUERIA
15640 SE Happy Valley Town Center Drive
11am until 9pm
No questions asked
https://www.yelp.com/biz/nans-taqueria-happy-valley
CAFE OLLI
3925 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard
Tuesday through Sunday 8am until 2pm
Thursday through Sunday 9am until 3pm
Thursday through Saturday 5pm until 9pm
$0 - $14 sliding scale community meals
GRASSA
Multiple locations:
1205 SW Washington Street
Portland
11am until 10pm
1506 NW 23rd Avenue
Portland
11am until 10pm
1375 SE Hawthorne Boulevard
Portland
11am until 10pm4055 Mercantile Drive Ste 130
Lake Oswego, OR 970
780 Waterfront Way
Vancouver
11am until 10pm
4055 Mercantile Drive; Suite 130
Lake Oswego
11am until 9pm
Show a SNAP card for kids to eat free, no purchase required – until benefits are restored
SALVI PDX
2030 SE 7th Avenue
9am until noon – every day in November for those affected by SNAP changes
Free pupusitas
https://www.instagram.com/salvipdx/?hl=en
LAUGHING PLANET
Multiple locations near Portland:
625 NW Saltzman Road
1914 NE 42nd Avenue
4110 SE Woodstock Boulevard
3320 SE Belmont Street
909 NW 21st Avenue
4405 SW Vermont Street
10225 SE Sunnyside Road
10:30am until 8pm
Free lunch or dinner for people who have lost their SNAP benefits – on the honor system. ASk for the “adult SNAP” or “kids SNAP” meal or both.
https://laughingplanet.com/locations/
THE PHARMACY
2100 NW Glisan Street
Free Sunday meal for those who have lost SNAP benefits
Email before 8am on Saturday to a reserve a Sunday meal
MAMA CHOW’S KITCHEN
3757 SE Hawthorne Boulevard (food truck)
Thursday through Friday 12pm until 6pm (or sell out)
Saturday and Sunday 12pm to 5pm (or sell out)
Free meals for children and senior citizens who have lost SNAP benefits
https://www.instagram.com/mamachowskitchen/?hl=en
DELICIOUS DONUTS
12 SE Grand Avenue
Tuesday through Friday 5am until 1pm
Saturday 5am until 12pm
Free donut, coffee, or breakfast item to anyone needing a little extra support – ask for a “community treat” – no purchase necessary, no questions asked
BLANCHET HOUSE
310 NW Glisan
Monday through Saturday
Closed on Sunday
Sack lunches on Saturday
Breakfast 6:30am until 7:25am
Lunch 11:30am until 12:25pm
Dinner 5:00pm until 5:55pm
Free meals
THE 649
18647 SW Farmington Road
Monday through Thursday 2pm until 11pm
Friday and Saturday 12pm until 11pm
Sunday 12pm until 11pm
MIKIKO MOCHI DONUTS
300 NE 28th Avenue
Portland
3905 SW Orbit Street
Beaverton
15320 NW Central Drive
Bethany Village
8am until 4pm daily
Free donuts for anyone who shows a SNAP benefits card
DB DESSERT COMPANY
2524 NE Alberta Street
Monday through Friday 11am until 7pm
Saturday 10am until 6pm
Sunday closed
Free, fresh loaves of bread to anyone who has lost SNAP benefits – for as long as DB Dessert Company is able.
https://www.dbdessertcompany.com/
EL SOMBRERO TAPAITO
10820 NE Sandy Boulevard
11am until 8pm, daily
Free meals to those who have lost SNAP benefits – ask for the “SNAP” meal and let them know if you prefer chicken or beef – no questions asked
https://www.elsombreropdx.com/
GEEK EASY ANIME CAFE
310 NW Davis Street
Sunday through Thursday 10am until 6pm
Friday and Saturday 10am until 8pm
Free ham and cheese or mixed greens wrap as well as coffee or iced tea for anyone who needs them during the government shutdown – ask for the “Otaku Special”
CREEKSIDE BBQ
910 NE Tenney Road; Suite 119
Vancouver
Tuesday through Thursday 11am until 8pm
Saturday 11am until 9pm
Sunday 11am until 8pm
Monday closed
Ask for the “Shutdown Special” – no questions asked, definitely no judgement
RED SAUCE PIZZA
4641 NE Fremont Street
Sunday through Thursday 4pm until 8pm
Friday and Saturday 4pm until 9pm
Thursday through Sunday 12pm until 3pm
Frozen pizzas for children affected by the loss of SNAP benefits
https://www.redsaucepizza.com/
MISS DELTA
3950 N Mississippi Avenue
Monday 12pm until 9pm
Tuesday closed
Wednesday and Thursday 12pm until 9pm
Friday through Sunday 10am until 9pm
Free pulled pork po boy or a BBQ cheeseburger for anyone with an EBT card
DONUT LAND
19350 SW Boones Ferry Road
5am until 10pm daily
Ask for the “SNAP breakfast” – no proof needed, no questions asked
https://www.instagram.com/p/DQaI2dDkmWv/?igsh=eGExanZieWY0N3po&img_index=1
PIZZERIA STELLINA
4727 SE Woodstock Boulevard (food cart)
Sunday, Monday, Thursday 4:30pm until 8:00pm
Friday, Saturday 4:30pm until 8:30pm
Tuesday, Wednesday closed
Free pepperoni calzones for anyone who lost SNAP benefits – no questions asked
https://www.yelp.com/biz/pizzeria-stellina-portland-2
DAN & LOUIS OYSTER BAR
208 SW Ankeny
Thursday through Sunday 12pm until 10pm
Tuesday, Wednesday closed
Free chowder to those who have lost SNAP benefits - for the month of November until benefits are restored
BURGERVILLE
Multiple locations – all locations
7am until 11pm
Free kids cheeseburger basket for families without SNAP benefits
https://locations.burgerville.com/burgerville-64727297365a
WILD CHILD PIZZA
2032 NE Alberta Street
1339 NW Flanders
4pm until 10pm daily
Starting November 4th, free pizza slices, just say “SNAP lunch”
KING BOIL PDX
7445 SE 72nd Avenue
Saturday, Sunday 2:30pm until 8pm
Thursday 3pm until 8pm
Friday 3pm until 9pm
Monday through Wednesday, closed
Free mac-n-cheese and small lemonade (1 per person) while supplies last
https://www.yelp.com/biz/king-boil-pdx-portland
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Some Actions That Are Not Protesting or Voting
A list adapted from Frontline Medics. Here was their original list of 25 actions. I’ve added a lot of things and edited other things. [Note: I continue to update this document as more ideas are shared with me. If there are things you want to add, email niapoetry@gmail.com]
**I created [with input from other organizers] an interactive workbook for new activists who want to create their own organizing plans. You can download it for free here. I hope it helps those who need some guidance to focus on specific things you can do in your communities.
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MUTUAL AID
Redistribute your wealth to individuals in need.
Donate to Mutual Aid Groups.
Organize fundraisers for local groups.
Knit or crochet items for your houseless neighbors.
Participate in #Warm Holidays 2024.
Organize local free stores to distribute needed items and supplies to community members. Can’t do a whole store, how about a free table?
Help with disaster relief.
Organize a childcare collective. Another example here.
Start your own automotive free clinic.
Create a tool library in your neighborhood.
Start a repair cafe.
Read about mending circles here and here. Create your own.
Set up a listening booth.
Organize or participate in community clean-ups.
MUTUAL AID - FOOD
Donate to food programs [for example this one and donate to them here]
Cook and bake for community group meetings.
Start or join Food Not Bombs.
Set up a Free Fridge in your community.
Start or join a local community garden. Benefits of gardening are here.
Start a Meal-Based Residency Program.
MUTUAL AID - COMMUNITY HEALTH
Organize or join a local mask bloc to distribute free masks to community groups to use for their gatherings. Search mask blocs around the world here.
Organize or join a Clean Air Club.
Create a COVID Mitigation Tools Library.
Learn to make and distribute Corsi-Rosenthal boxes (cheap, effective air-filtration devices made from household & easily-obtainable components)
Establish community pop-up clinics.
Learn psychological first aid.
A suggestion offered: “harm reduction education/building harm reduction kits (Narcan, fentanyl/xylazine testing strips, sterile supplies, etc.), and pop-up overdose prevention centers (high risk, but organizers in Denver successfully did one). Link here to a story about this.
POLITICAL/POPULAR EDUCATION
Organize or participate in political education. Here’s a helpful guide. Some study guides.
Establish ongoing study and book groups - sign up for a training on how to facilitate reading groups.
Organize a monthly community film screening & discussion.
Participate in skill-sharing and trainings.
Offer skill-sharing and trainings.
Get involved in Citizen University.
ORGANIZING/ADVOCACY
If you’re a young person interested in unions, get involved with Gen Union.
Provide tenant support and help with rent strike organizing.
Participate in consumer boycotts. Check out #TeslaTakeDown
Organize or attend neighborhood assemblies and people’s movement assemblies
Attend community board and other local meetings.
Organize response and support for survivors of violence. Sign up to be trained as a volunteer with domestic violence and sexual assault organizations/groups.
LIBRARIES and SCHOOLS
Run for or seek appointment to your local library board.
How to Fuck Up an Asshole School Board.
Organize community freedom schools (the Children’s Defense Fund offers one model but there are many others too: here and here.)
Here’s a list of 10 ways to support your local public libraries.
Request and read diverse books by BIPOC and queer authors. We Need Diverse Books is a great resource to find titles.
In the US, EveryLibrary fights censorship, supports grassroots advocacy for libraries, fights anti-library legislation and helps libraries seek necessary funding. They have more specific and timely calls to action on their site.
Push back against book bans and the groups that ban books by requesting banned and challenged titles.
Libraries can also be great places to host a book group or community support gathering, like some of the other meeting and mutual aid ideas shared elsewhere in this list.
Start a healing justice lending library
Start your own version of the Library Dads
ANTI-CRIMINALIZATION
Monitor court cases [courtwatching and participatory defense hubs]
Financially and emotionally support detained and incarcerated people
Start or join a jail support project and here’s a jail support zine.
Consider jury nullification.
Signal-boost & support prison strikes and abolition efforts.
COMMUNITY DEFENSE/MIGRANT JUSTICE
Sign the Solidarity Pledge.
Learn about and practice community self-defense.
Learn about Community Defense Zones and also check out this excellent resource Defend and Recruit for learning about creating rapid response networks.
Learn about deportation defense through this new resource by Make The Road and this one by Mijente.
REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE/GENDER AFFIRMING CARE
Donate and/or volunteer with abortion funds and practical support organizations.
Escort people to abortion clinics when needed. Also you can reach out to your local PP/indie clinic to ask if they have an escort program use this link to find them: ineedana.com.
Train to become a practical support volunteer and support people traveling to access abortion care.
For youth who want to fight for abortion rights.
What does it look like to start or join a trans youth emergency project in your community?
ACT OUT is a national network of young people fighting back against LGBTQ attacks.
I created a “steps to action: reproductive justice” guide to share with my Goddaughter and her friends. It is intended to help them as they’ve been extremely worried about how to actually take some action around an issue that they care a lot about. Perhaps it might be helpful for others too. Link is here. Make your own focused “steps to action” guide and share with your loved ones and community members.
DISABILITY JUSTICE
Ways of doing activism/ resisting fascism in a disabled/accessible way
These thinking and steps from The Revolution Will be From Bed
26 ways to be in the struggle not in the streets
A suggestion offered: “Provide caregiving help for disabled folks, help us with daily tasks so we can have more energy to organize, & if u have more cognitive & physical capacity u can volunteer to help us plan direct actions (this one’s personal, I really need someone who has done projections onto buildings)”
OTHER INDIVIDUAL ACTIONS
*** Garrett Bucks recently created a useful list of actions you can take on your own.
Volunteer your art, technology, design, legal skills to local efforts, organizations, groups.
Watch this and write letters to the elderly also here.
Make zines and pamphlets on various topics and distribute them in your communities [laundromats, cafes, public libraries, schools, etc…]
Start a community newsletter or bulletin to share information about local mutual aid.
Create or redistribute art and media to counter mainstream propaganda.
Amplify the calls for support from people of color, disabled people and others.
Uplift queer and trans voices.
Share vital info online and in person.
Support friends who are attending/planning actions/protests.
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