Consider joining the group People’s Rights or go to the website (https://www.peoplesrights.org/) to see if this is the kind of thing you are looking for. I know they have a group in Portland. I’m not sure about the other cities.
I live on Capital Hill in Seattle where all the action is. I’ve gotten so used to it I don’t think about it anymore. I have to read about it on this website as local news sources don’t report about it much anymore.