Rabble Rouser 2026

Event Schedule

• 12:30 Doors Open
• 1:30 Welcome & Introduction
• 2:15-3:45 Breakout Session One (Choose 1 of 3 workshops to attend)

  Ballroom

  Know Your Rights (KYR) For Allies
  Ana Muñoz, Latino Network

  The U.S. Constitution and other laws grants everyone rights regardless of their immigration status. Know them, exercise them, and teach them. Those rights are the first line of defense to protect our immigrant & refugee communities. In this session, we will review those fundamental rights, demonstrate how to exercise them, review other relevant Oregon laws, and if there is time we will go over some scenarios.

  Lola’s Room

  DIY: How Making Things Yourself is a Revolutionary Act
  Brett Warnock, Kitchen Table Magazine
  Ivy Stovall, Rewild Portland
  KatMeow Garcia, Girl Game Gang Productions

  There are many pressures in modern life to buy and consume things. But what happens when we make things ourselves? By learning and doing things ourselves, we can disconnect from consumerism and build skills, confidence, and community. At this workshop, we’ll demystify the revolutionary act of doing it yourself with some hands-on work making your own handcrafts, designing mini-comics, and even filming and editing a short green-screen video!

  Ringler’s Pub

  Using Art to Amplify Your Activism
  350pdx Arts Team

  Learn how to turn heads and bring attention to your movement. In this workshop, you’ll learn how to build larger-than-life, eye-catching paper mache “puppets” that add the special touch rallies need to draw people in.

• 3:45-4:00 Break
• 4:00-5:30 Breakout Session Two (Choose 1 of 3 workshops to attend)

  Ballroom

  Community Organizing: What Can We Learn from the Data Center Backlash
  Aaron Nicols, Friends of Smart Growth & Stoneboat Farm
  Jacob Roloff, Helvetia Gardens
  Sam Diaz, 1000 Friends of Oregon
  Tommy Hough, WaterWatch of Oregon

  The proliferation of large data centers across Oregon has spurred community resistance that crosses political and ideological boundaries. Join us for a discussion on what we can learn from these successes and how those lessons can be applied to other campaigns.

  Lola’s Room

  Raising Our Voices in Defense of Nature
  Chandra LeGue, Oregon Wild
  Alice Weston, Oregon Chapter Sierra Club
  Madeline Cowen, Cascadia Wildlands
  Luke Borsten, Trails and Tunes

  Under this Trump administration, it seems like there’s a new threat to nature and public lands announced every day, and it can feel confusing and overwhelming to know what to do. This breakout session will help make sense of public lands, and with the help of seasoned grassroots activists, organizers, and the power of song we’ll raise our voices in joy, protest, and advocacy.

  Ringler’s Pub

  Protecting Conservation and Environmental Justice Funds Forever
  Cheyenne Holliday, Verde
  Wendy Serrano, PCEF
  Jenny Lee, Coalition of Communities of Color
  Micah Meskel, Bird Alliance of Oregon

  It takes years of advocacy to pass transformative funding programs like the Portland Clean Energy Community Benefit Fund. As soon as the funding exists, special interest groups begin targeting the revenue for their own interests that are different than the original intent. Join us for a panel conversation to learn how, together, we can continue to advocate to protect our conservation and environmental justice wins.

• 5:30 Dinner and Keynote

  Nature’s Strategies for Advocacy and Action

  Pattie Gonia

  Join Pattie Gonia for a special keynote that explores the radical power of joy in the face of oppression. From Stonewall to today, queer resistance has always blended rage with revelry. Drawing on the legacy of those who danced through grief while they fought for what’s right, we’ll discuss how celebration, laughter, and community are not just coping tools, but vital strategies for survival and liberation.
  This keynote will leave you with actionable steps to create change, pulling from nature’s leadership to inform our next steps. We’ll have an extended Q&A so come ready with questions to ask. We’ll close out the night with a special drag performance by Pattie!

• 7:30 Wrap-up, get connected with local organizations and learn how you can join the fight!