Basic Income Events, Actions, and News in Oregon!
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![Main heading of text: It's time to get BIG! The Stats, the stories, the steps. header underneath text: 20th Annual Basic Income Guarantee Conference. [right shows an image of an audience viewing a panel discussion with a projected screen.] below image text: June 23-25, 2022 Portland, Oregon + Virtual. Listed at bottom right border are logos of sponsors: AidKit, Steady, Gerald Huff Fund for Humanity, and Humanity Forward Foundation](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FSbB7bhVkAEMLj3.jpg?name=orig)
ALT Main heading of text: It's time to get BIG! The Stats, the stories, the steps. header underneath text: 20th Annual Basic Income Guarantee Conference. [right shows an image of an audience viewing a panel discussion with a projected screen.] below image text: June 23-25, 2022 Portland, Oregon + Virtual. Listed at bottom right border are logos of sponsors: AidKit, Steady, Gerald Huff Fund for Humanity, and Humanity Forward Foundation
![Oregon Coalition for Cash: Community meet up! Hi-top Tavern logo with address below: 5015 NE Fremont St. [small text underneath] minors & well-behaved pups welcomed! [bottom banner reads] Join the movement with Grassroots advocates, non-profit orgs, and elected officials who support direct cash and learn about efforts across Oregon. THURSDAY APRIL 28 6-9 PM](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FQ42cs8UcAIqFbv.jpg?name=orig)
ALT Oregon Coalition for Cash: Community meet up! Hi-top Tavern logo with address below: 5015 NE Fremont St. [small text underneath] minors & well-behaved pups welcomed! [bottom banner reads] Join the movement with Grassroots advocates, non-profit orgs, and elected officials who support direct cash and learn about efforts across Oregon. THURSDAY APRIL 28 6-9 PM
![[Tan textured background with an orange speech bubble and a black header up top.] Header reads: It costs more to not do this. In Canada, The New Leaf Project gave 50 participants $7,500 in a lump sum. The results have been astonishing, and make the case that the most efficient solution to lifting people out of poverty is giving them the funds to do so. [In the orange quote bubble holds a quote from the result.] Text in bubble says: By spending fewer nights in shelters, the cash group saved the shelter system approximately $8,100 per person for a total of roughly $405,000 over one year. Factoring in the cost of the cash transfer, that's a saving of $600 per person for society.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FDyA2WtVUAIksR7.jpg?name=orig)
ALT [Tan textured background with an orange speech bubble and a black header up top.] Header reads: It costs more to not do this. In Canada, The New Leaf Project gave 50 participants $7,500 in a lump sum. The results have been astonishing, and make the case that the most efficient solution to lifting people out of poverty is giving them the funds to do so. [In the orange quote bubble holds a quote from the result.] Text in bubble says: By spending fewer nights in shelters, the cash group saved the shelter system approximately $8,100 per person for a total of roughly $405,000 over one year. Factoring in the cost of the cash transfer, that's a saving of $600 per person for society.
