Rich Rohde

Rich is the regional organizer for Oregon Action, a social justice organization working to empower low and moderate income people on basic social justice issues such as living wage jobs, health care access, and affordable housing. Rich has been an organizer in poor communities since 1966, when he was a VISTA volunteer with farmworkers in Central Florida and North Carolina. He continued his organizing work in Idaho, California, Minnesota and various communities in Oregon. Rich is married to a minister, and they have two sons.