Rumble #32: We’re Not Gonna Take the Heat

With experts predicting a sizzling summer for Oregon, after the lowest snowpack ever recorded, we continue to struggle to decarbonize and put the brakes on climate-caused disasters.  How do we organize to mitigate and respond effectively?

Panel:

• Bruce Nelson: Community Tree Guy
• El Navarro: Outreach Manager with Depave
• Noelle Studer-Spevak: Shade Equity Manager with 350PDX
• Vivek Shandas: Professor of Geography, PSU/School of Earth, Environment &
  Society
• Willie Groshell: National Association of Letter Carriers: Oregon State President
  Emeritus and National NALC Regional Workers Compensation Advocate

What: Rumble 32: We’re Not Gonna Take the Heat. View the flyer here.

When: Thursday, July 9, 2026. Doors and Info Tables at 5:30 p.m., Panel at 6:30 p.m.

Also, at 5:00 p.m. – A pre-Rumble Tour of the Bird Alliance of Oregon’s future site of their Wildlife Care Center and Nature Sanctuary.

Where: Dharma Rain Zen Center, 8500 NE Siskiyou St, Portland OR 97220

Cost: Rumbles are always free!

Parking: Street parking is available

Public Transportation: 

• Bus and Max lines: Check TriMet Trip Planner

Bikes are welcome!

RUMBLE CO-SPONSORS

• 350 PDX 
• Alliance for Democracy 
• Arbor Lodge Neighborhood Association
• Bird Alliance of Oregon 
• Braided River Campaign 
• Breach Collective 
• Cathedral Park Neighborhood Association 
• Climate Reality Project-Portland Chapter
• Columbia Riverkeeper 
• Community Broadband PDX
• Community for Earth/First Unitarian Portland 
• Cully Association of Neighbors 
• EcoFaith Recovery 
• Economic Justice Action Group/First Unitarian Portland
• Eco-Socialist Working Group-Portland DSA
• Extinction Rebellion-PDX 
• Frog Ferry 
• Havurah Climate Action Team 
• Human Access Project 
• Kalikasan Solidarity Organization-KSO
• KBOO Radio 90.7 
• Kenton Neighborhood Association 
• Linnton Neighborhood Association 
• Maplewood Neighborhood Association
• Mosquito Fleet 
• Mt Tabor Neighborhood Association 
• Neighbors for Clean Air 
• No More Freeways 
• OPAL, Environmental Justice Oregon 
• Oregon Chapter of the Sierra Club 
• Oregon Conservancy Foundation 
• Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility 
• Pearl District Neighborhood Association 
• P.E.S.T. Projection 
• Portland Committee on Human Rights in the Philippines 
• Portland Harbor Community Advisory Group 
• Portland Harbor Community Coalition 
• Portland Jobs with Justice 
• Portland Raging Grannies 
• Portsmouth Neighborhood Association 
• St. Johns Neighborhood Association 
• Sauvie Island Community Association 
• Sunrise Movement PDX
• Tank The Tanks
• Th!rd Act Oregon 
• Tualatin Riverkeepers
• Willamette Riverkeeper