Before the march began, rally leaders gathered to share contact information for legal assistance should any arrests be made.

"[16] Demonstrators met at Tom McCall Waterfront Park near the Burnside Bridge at noon and began marching along Yamhill Street to Pioneer Courthouse Square starting at 2:30 p.m.[12] Portland Police estimated the crowd at more than 4,000 people when the march began, increasing to 10,000 by mid-day and filling Pioneer Courthouse Square and its surrounding streets.

With permission from Mayor Adams, hundreds of demonstrators settled in Lownsdale and Chapman squares to camp overnight.

Finance committee member Reid Jackson said the filing was made to prevent an infiltrator within the group from capitalizing on the money the movement was attracting.

[25] On October 31, filmmaker Michael Moore visited Occupy Portland protesters and delivered a speech at Terry Schrunk Plaza.

[26] Schrunk Plaza is federally-owned property located next to Chapman and Lownsdale squares, Occupy Portland's main campsites.

[27] In documents obtained by Judicial Watch it was revealed that someone within the Obama White House instructed the General Services Administration (GSA) to not arrest Occupy Portland protesters who had broken the law on GSA-owned federal land; this is counter to previous denials by the Obama White House.

[30] On October 7, the protesters entered negotiations with city officials and Portland police to remain in Lownsdale and Chapman squares.

At issue was the fact that the city had granted a permit to the Portland Marathon to assemble in Lownsdale Square on October 9.

Protesters agreed to consolidate into Chapman Square, and began negotiating with city, police, and marathon officials over security requirements.

[35] The figures, along with assertions of poor hygiene at the Occupy campsite, were later cited by city officials as justifications for clearing the camp.

[39][40][41] A group retook the northwest corner of Chapman Square until riot police physically took over the area around noon.

[42] The city subsequently built a chain-link fence around the two squares to prevent protesters from returning to the camp site.

[49] A wave of vandalism inspired by the action hit businesses in Northeast and Southeast Portland the night prior to the protest.

The resolution, passed by the House earlier that week, placed restrictions on public gatherings on federal property and adjacent land.

The vigil continued uninterrupted for 600 days, making this one of the only active encampments in the Occupy movement that survived well into the second year.

[58] The conference led to the creation of a spin-off organization, 99 Unite Civic Forum,[59] who describes its purpose as building "a vehicle for collaboration towards a common vision, drawing strengths and wisdoms of conservatives, moderates, and progressives alike...to be a voice of moderation and conscience that puts people before politics" in the "age of increasing polarization.

"[60] On April 19, 2012, Friends of Occupy Portland (FOOP) was incorporated as a non-profit corporation in the State of Oregon,[61] with "the purposes to raise and provide funds to promote the common good and general welfare of the community, educate the general public on current public-interest issues and encourage increased civic engagement, advocate viewpoints on controversial subjects, and to take direct action on these subjects when such activity is beneficial to the community's public interest" according to its articles of incorporation,[62] and "To provide logistical support to various civic engagement and public education efforts by individuals and groups started by, or associated with the 'Occupy Portland' movement, primarily through disseminating information and operating outreach and assembly facilities."

[63] In April 2013 FOOP had unsuccessfully sought a lease of an office building from a local real estate mogul Joe Weston,[64] while also developing a more "sophisticated" and "business-like" approach centered on economic justice.

[66] On October 25, 2014, FOOP held a three-year anniversary panel discussion forum at the Multnomah County Central Library, considering Occupy Portland's "successes, mistakes, fond memories and lessons learned.