We (Susan and Marilyn) are members of a local Indivisible group. In July 2025 we learned about the One Million Rising Project, went through the first training session, and decided to join the project and host meetings
Created two lists of friends and neighbors that, like us, were motivated to "do something" about the dismantling of our democracy and sent out invitations.
Held four meetings in August and September and followed the OMR suggested agendas.
Meetings began with a 'check-in' activity, sharing what political actions we had taken part in and who we were following on Substack. One member mentioned Simon Rosenberg's 'Hopium Chronicles'.
A couple of us checked it out after the meeting. We liked the "Think Globally, Act Locally" nature of the project and felt it that would resonate with our group.
The homework assignment for our next meeting: Check out the Hopium Chronicles site and read about the Resolutions Project.
The September 22 meeting was the beginning of our journey to create a Resolutions Project for Washington County.
We brainstormed ideas for the Resolution, developed a task timeline, assigned tasks, and gave ourselves a name: Concerned Citizens of Washington County (CCOWC).
Currently we have 45 members on our list, meet roughly two times a month and have an average attendance of 16 at our meetings.
Accomplishments as of 11/8/2025
· approved a draft of our Resolution: 'Resolution in support of the rule of law"
· compiled a spreadsheet of 'potential endorsers' for our Resolution and identified CCOWC members willing to make contact
· created supporting documents to use as talking points when contacting endorsers and examples of cover letters and follow up letters
· created a timeline for our process to get our resolution submitted to the Washington County Board of Commissioners (BCC) for a public hearing and a vote
· identified a Washington County Commissioner to sponsor our resolution
· started to collect endorsement signatures and keeping track of our progress
Next Steps
· get a hearing date set with BCC, hopefully mid-January 2026
· contact media and write press releases
· share our work with other cities and counties in the Portland Metro area
· identify people to testify at the public hearing
· connect with other groups, cities, counties in the Portland Metro area to tell them about our Resolution project
Journey to the Resolution
Summarized by Susan Albright and Marilyn Berti
