My Nonprofit Reviews

ORA is the go to it community organizing force in eastern Oregon. There are chapters in Ontario (Malheur County) an d La Grande (Union County). There are also four active action teams--health care reform, renewable energy, food and ag policy and social justice. ORA completed a five county organizing assessment in 2017 in which 134 one-on-one conversations were held with a cross-section of residents in Malheur, Baker, Union, Umatilla and Morrow counties. Based on findings of the assessment, the ORA board adopted a five-year organizing/expansion plan in January 2018. Plans include hiring a staff director, an office assistant, four organizers , a communications specialist and a half time development officer by 2021. For information see oregonrural.org

Oregon Rural Action is one of the most effective organizations I have seen in 40 years of organizing and social justice advocacy. It is effectively building alliances between farmers, ranchers, and residents of eastern Oregon. ORA has strengthened community, affected social policy most recently helping secure amendments designed to protect small farmers and producers in federal food safety legislation, introduced school children in several eastern Oregon communities to school gardens and the benefits of locally grown food, been a voice for reason, developed an exceptional web presence. It has truly sowed seeds of change that are sprouting and prospering throughout multiple eastern Oregon counties.

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