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Signers' Deadline May 18th
CALC will run a large ad in the Register Guard calling for:
- Representatives and Senators to oppose the use of U.S. military force in Syria, support diplomacy, humanitarian assistance, and regional solutions, and support the nuclear agreement with Iran.
- An end to racial profiling and for governments take action to stop deadly shootings of unarmed individuals by police. "Black lives matter!"
- Closer examination of where we spend and invest, divestment of fossil fuels, an adoption of clean energy solutions, and a rejection of the convenient but unsustainable consumerist lifestyle.
See the full text here. See the Facebook event here.
In order to run this ad, we are asking for contributions of $5 or more for each name to be published in support. Please send your name, email, and a check made out to CALC to our office at 458 Blair Boulevard, Eugene, OR 97402. You can also send an e-payment safely and securely
here. B
e sure to indicate that your contribution is for the Memorial Ad, and include your name and email address.
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Master Gardener Plant Sale
April 18
11 am - 5pm
EWEB River Edge Plaza 500 E 4th Avenue
Vegetable starts, bare root trees, roses, native plants, and perennials!
Silent auction, book sales, garden art, kids corner, Ask-a-Master Gardener booth, compost information, and more!
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Repair2Reuse Cafe: Bicycles and Garden Tools
4/18, 11am - 5pm 3100 E 27th Ave.
Ride your bike and bring your garden shears with you to the Annual Master Gardener Plant Sale and you can get both looked at for free!
Repair2Reuse Cafes are festive events where you can often get a bite to eat and a drink, while meeting others from our community who are also interested in repair. Experts are on hand to fix items as well as teach participants how to fix their own items. See the Facebook event here.
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KEPW Open House and "Meet the KEPW Press Gang"
April 18, 3pm-6pm Upstairs Growers Market 454 Willamette
Food by FNB and Treats, music by Normal Bean 3 piece, talk, education and tours! This is our Build Year! B there or B square!
Catch the Buzz and join us :)
Help us build our low-power radio station! We invite all you Eugene peace folks who share our passionate concern to help us! See the Facebook event here.
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April 19th, 1pm-5pm
2274 Onyx St
Spend an afternoon with the author of "The Dandelion Insurrection", Rivera Sun, as she conducts a workshop on Creative Nonviolence. This is her Eugene stop during her West Coast tour. This workshop is also in preparation for the September 27th Equity March and Rally.
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Nightingale Health Sanctuary Benefit at Cornbread Caf
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April 19th, 5pm-8pm Cornbread Cafe -7th and Polk $10 for adults and $6 for children (12 and under)
Join us for dinner to support our rest stop! Cornbread Caf? is hosting a Spaghetti Feed Benefit for the Nightingale Health Sanctuary. We are fundraising for monthly expenses of running our shelter site off of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
Musical entertainment outdoors provided by Madison Meadow Music and Students of Scotty Perey. Bring your friends and family and enjoy a delicious vegan meal while helping keep the NHS rest stop running.
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Hendricks Park Tours
April 19th, 1 pm: Michael Robert will share his knowledge of rhododendrons and provide gardening tips along the way. Learn about the history of Hendricks Park while enjoying the beauty of the Rhododendron Garden.
April 26th, 1 pm: David Wagner will lead a nature walk focusing on the spore-bearing plants that proliferate in our forests. His scientific approach unlocks many secrets of our rich eco-system including mosses and ferns.
All tours are from one to two hours long, and begin at the F.M. Wilkins picnic shelter, located at 2200 Summit Avenue, Eugene. Dress for the weather, and a donation of $3 is suggested to help support Friends of Hendricks Park education programs. For more information, contact Friends of Hendricks Park at 541-607-4066 or info@friendsofhendrickspark.org.
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Documentary Screening: Growing Cities
April 20, 6-8 pm
UO Campus - Willamette 100
Join
Just Food for a documentary about urban agriculture in the United States.
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Earth Day Celebration
10 am - 2 pm
EMU Amphitheater
Come celebrate the Earth with your campus and community! Forty local businesses, student groups, campus departments, and community organizations will be tabling with fun, interactive activities and free merchandise or food/beverage samples. There will be bike-powered music provided by KWVA, a photo booth, raffles, and more activities. Undergraduate Studies's Analog U event and LiveMove's Park-In Day event coincide with the Celebration and will be within sight of it.
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One-on-One Job Hunting Help
Eugene Public Library -
FREE
30-minute appointments available 4/23, 5/14, and 5/28, 4-6pm
Job-hunters will get individual, expert advice and assistance to address specific questions and concerns. Employment counselors can help participants find employment opportunities, complete applications, write online and traditional resumes, learn and practice interview techniques, or explore new job or career directions.
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Workshop: Start Up a Successful Nonprofit
Thursday, April 23, 6pm
Downtown Eugene Public Library
Free
Learn how to launch a new nonprofit organization with expert Tim Armstrong. He will explain how to become grant-ready, use volunteer support, develop collaboration, and set up the building blocks of long-term success. Tim Armstrong has over 25 years of experience running and consulting with nonprofit organizations.
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Framing the Torture Debate - How Narrative Influences Power
April 23, 7 pm
First United Methodist Church Room 19
1376 Olive St., Eugene
Free
Dr. Ajit Maan, author of Counter-Terrorism: Narrative Strategies, presents an insightful analysis of narrative - storytelling - as a way to better understand and combat terrorist recruitment tactics. She will discuss some of the key techniques used to influence policy, including those that have been misused, such as 'war on terror', and she will talk about how we can use the power of narrative to positively affect policies.
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Oregonians for Industrial Hemp Meeting
April 23,
5:30-
7:30 pm
Growers Market, 454 Willamette St.
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Earth Week Keynote:
Acknowledging the Rights of Mother Earth
6-7:30 pm
EMU Ballroom
Tom Goldtooth, Executive Director of the Indigenous Environmental Network, an organization fighting for the rights of indigenous communities and environmental and economic justice, asks the world to reevaluate our relationship with Mother Earth. He encourages us to stop destroying, privatizing, and commodifying our land, air, and water and to instead reconnect with these elements spiritually in a more respectful, sustainable way.
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Community Forum:
Human Rights and the Crisis of Youth Homelessness
April 25th, 11:30am - 3pm
First Congregational Church, 24th and Harris
Free and open to the public
The program will begin with a keynote talk by Casey Trupin, Coordinator of the Children and Youth Project in Seattle, Wa. His talk is tentatively entitled "Young and Homeless: Human Rights and the Elimination of Child and Youth Homelessness."
A panel of local homeless advocates and service providers will lead the audience in responding to the keynoter. This will be followed by facilitated informal small group discussion on what new actions and initiatives are needed in the Eugene area.
Local advocacy groups and agencies will table, offering information on work they are doing with children and youth who are homeless.
Click
here to pre-register now. Click
here to see the Facebook event.
Lunch will be provided but you may bring your own lunch if you wish. Hosted by the City of Eugene Human Rights Commission, Community Alliance for Lane County, and First Congregational Church.
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Child Abuse Prevention Conference
April 25th
Valley River Inn
Featuring sessions on:
* A strategic plan to end child abuse
* Australia's largest child abuse prevention organization shares lessons from the field
* Cultural Adaptations of strategies
* Local actors act out common child neglect situations - What Would We Do?
* Parental Resilience, Nurturing Communities, Concrete Support for Families, Child Development Info, Social and Emotional Competence, and shifting social norms
Also - Youth singers kick off the event, middle school children display their art depicting healthy and safe communities, and we end with a raffle while eating ice cream.
Click
here
for conference schedule.
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D?a de los Ni?os / D?a de los Libros
April 25, 1pm-4pm, Springfield Public Library
April 26, 2:30pm-5pm, Downtown Eugene Public Library
D?a de los Ni?os / D?a de los Libros is an international holiday honoring children, culture, and books. Local families are invited to celebrate at a bilingual festival including storytelling, live music and dance, creative activities, games, library card sign-ups, refreshments, and free books for kids to take home. Join in the fun!
This year's featured performer is audience-favorite Carmen "T" Bernier-Grand, an award-winning children's book author, storyteller, and educator.
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New Generations Film Fest:
Love Where You Live
Free and open to all Eugene middle school and high school students!
Create an original video featuring a neighborhood highlight, project or problem.
Go solo or form a team of up to three partners to assist you in your quest!
Video submissions must be received by Monday, April 27, 2015.
Want more information? Email newgenerationff@gmail.com.
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Get to Know Senior & Disability Services
April 28, 6pm Downtown Eugene Public Library FREE
You or someone you care about might benefit from one of the variety of programs offered by Senior and Disability Services. Local programs include health education, in-home care options, money management assistance for low-income seniors, and more. Meet program managers and coordinators who can answer your questions and connect you with services.
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Seed Walk Viet Nam War Memorial
Seed Walk is an attempt to honor the 59,272 Americans that were killed in Viet Nam and to graphically illustrate the terrible human cost of war. On April 30, 2015 in Eugene, Oregon a trail of 59,272 seeds will be laid from the southern border of Eugene to the city of Coburg 11.2 miles to the north. One seed every 12 inches - each seed represents an American that lost his or her life.
This map shows the route of the Seed Walk with notes each half mile. Please join us in walking, biking, or driving all or part of the route. We hear a number like 59,272 killed but it is hard to understand what a number like that actually means. When we pass a seed every 12 inches and each seed represents a life cut short by war and the seeds stretch on for 11.2 miles we start to understand the enormity of the loss.
Seed Walk is not trying to make a political statement. The intent is not to blame or judge. The only purpose is to demonstrate the human cost of war - with the hope that we will keep this cost in mind as we consider the next war.
From
10:00am to 10:30am
we will gather at Pearl Street and E. 11th Avenue, Eugene Oregon
. Starting at
10:30am
we will walk from Broadway and Willamette
to 20th Avenue and Willamette
(one mile) dropping a seed every 12 inches. The other 10 miles of seeds will already be out. Please walk with us for as little or as long as you wish...
Mourn the Dead. Heal the Wounded. End the Wars.
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CALC 2015 Scholarships Deadline:
April 30th
CALC's
Truth in Recruiting Program offers scholarships annually; this is our tangible commitment to helping youth have an alternative to enlistment to pay for college. Truth in Recruiting will be present at the end of the year award ceremonies of the high schools of awardees.
Community Alliance of Lane County is pleased to announce the availability of six scholarships this year for Lane County high school seniors graduating in 2015. New this year is a $1000 scholarship for one LGBTQ student. Other scholarships include five Peace Scholarships of $500 each.
Detailed information about these six scholarships is available in all Lane County high school career centers and on CALC's website at
calclane.org/scholarships
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Women of Color Conference
"Intertwined" is a space where students, professors, artists,
community members and activists from the Northwest will come together
to engage in discussion on how to build Women of Color Solidarity.
This year's panelists and workshop
presenters will facilitate discussions around multiple topics within
Women of Color communities such as LGBTQIA, academia, Indigenous
environmental resistance, feminism, colonialism, internalized
oppression and more.
In order to build Women of Color solidarity, we first have to
understand what unites us. Through active learning, understanding, and
reflecting upon the challenges and specific, multiple oppressions that
our Women of Color communities face, we can build intersectional
solidarity. We seek to provide concrete opportunities for our
attendees to get involved in the movement, network with organizations,
and, more importantly, engage in personal development. Why do we
identify as women of color? How do we strategically build solidarity?
These are questions and ideas we hope to unpack in Intertwined 2015.
Contact: uowocc2015@gmail.com,
541.346.4321
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Hiking Waterfalls in Oregon
May 2nd, 3 pm
Eugene Public Library at 10th & Olive
Free
Travel and outdoor writer and photographer Adam Sawyer will present an illustrated talk based on his guidebook "Hiking Waterfalls in Oregon." This informative and humorous presentation of some of the state's most beautiful spots is intended to entertain and inspire everyone to get out and explore in all seasons.
Some of the featured waterfalls are remote while others are just a short hike from the trailhead. Some are gentle trickles and others are roaring giants. "Yet all of them," Sawyer points out, "offer a peaceful escape and are worth seeking out."
Sawyer's work has appeared widely, including in Northwest Travel, Portland Monthly, and Backpacker magazines. A Resident Expert for Portland Walking Tours, he is also the author of the forthcoming "Best Adventures Near Portland" and co-author of "Hiking Waterfalls in Washington."
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Center for Sports and Recreation
250 S. 32nd Street in Springfield
FREE and open to the public
This event will gather families and individuals from the Eugene/Springfield and surrounding area for day full of health-related activities and information, as well as group fitness classes. See the Facebook event
here.
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Asian Kite Festival and Children's Day Celebration
May 2nd, 12-5 pm
Yujin Gakuen Elementary School
250 Silver Lane
Join us for an afternoon of kite-flying competitions, kite making classes, and performances by singers, drummers, ukulele players, and dancers.
Festival visitors who arrive without a kite can make their own Asian fighter kite for $3. The kite competition will award prizes in several categories. Competition winners will be announced at 4 pm and awarded prizes.
The Children's Day portion will host free field games, an obstacle course, Samurai hat and Koinobori making, paper folding, and Japanese books, stationery, sweet baked goods, and pottery for sale. Students of Yujin Gakuen will hold a taiko and song performance.
Students will be on site in the parking lot collecting donation items to raise funds for their summer trip to Japan.
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Novella Carpenter, Author of Bestselling Memoir:
"Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer"
May 9, 4 pm
Eugene Public Library at 10th & Olive
Free
In addition to "Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer," Novella recently published "Gone Feral: Tracking My Dad Through the Wild." She studied food writing at UC Berkeley and her work is widely published, including by Food and Wine, Mother Jones, Salon.com, and in her blog Ghost Town Farm. Carpenter lives and farms near downtown Oakland.
This event is part of the fourth annual Northwest Women Writers Symposium sponsored by UO Center for the Study of Women in Society in cooperation with Eugene Public Library. The theme of the 2015 symposium is "Our Daily Bread: Women's Stories of Food and Resilience." Free events including author talks, panel discussions, and workshops will be held at both the University of Oregon and the Downtown Eugene Public Library. Information: 541-682-5450 or www.eugene-or.gov/library.
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Nuclear Iran: A Retrospective
May 16, 3 pm
Eugene Public Library, 10th & Olive
Free
Learn more about a topic currently in the news: the Iranian nuclear program. Aria Minu-Sepehr presents a review of Iran's nuclear development, including its origins, current status, and aims, as well as United States policy on the topic, various political forces, and the effects of economic sanctions and recent negotiations.
Aria Minu-Sepehr is the author of the memoir "We Heard the Heavens Then." He sought refuge in the U.S. following the fall of the Shah of Iran in 1979 and the purges that targeted his class. According to Minu-Sepehr, "The hostage crisis a year later would prove that the edicts of the Iranian Revolution could impact the global community and destroy the goodwill of one people for another. I have worked to bridge that divide." He has lectured on issues concerning Iranian culture and U.S. foreign policy, and created and directed the Forum for Middle East Awareness at Susquehanna University, where he also taught world and Middle Eastern literature. For more information, contact Eugene Public Library at www.eugene-or.gov/library or 541-682-5450.
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Connecting Compassionately: An Introduction to Nonviolent Communication With Gary Baran
June 6, 9:30 am to 4:30 pm
Center for Spiritual Living
390 Vernal Street (just north of the Oakway Center)
Imagine connecting with the human spirit in each person in any situation.
Imagine interacting with others in a way that allows everyone's needs to be equally valued. Imagine creating
organizations and life-serving systems responsive to our needs and the needs of our environment.
About the workshop leader: Gary is a Certified Trainer with the Center for Nonviolent Communication and served as executive director of the Center from 1998 until 2006; a Professor Emeritus of Philosophy; a California licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (inactive); and a member of the board of directors of the Oregon Network for Compassionate Communication.
For more information, click
here.
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Water Wonders Exploration Camp -
Summer 2015
Goal: Promote environmental literacy in economically challenged communities by providing a field-trip based camp free of charge to youth ages 10-12 years of age.
By the end of the camp, participants will have a broad understanding of what defines a healthy watershed and how human use & dependence influence water quality in the watershed. Hydrologic concepts will be taught using storytelling, games and activities, and nature journaling. We anticipate that students walk away from this experience knowing how their decisions affect clean water resources and that they are inspired to be good land use stewards.
Information and dates:
http://www.wvcwa.org/ or
541.844.1451
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Equity March and Rally
September 27th
The Eugene Peace team is actively recruiting as many people as possible who have suffered loss of income or shelter to participate in the Equity March and Rally along with their advocates and allies. We intend to connect the dots between war, poverty, climate change, and all forms of violence - and join forces to work for a culture of peace. Five "feeder" marches from various neighborhoods will meet at Wayne Morse Plaza.
Contact: David Hazen,
541-520-6621
,
innercom@peak.org
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EPW Home Grown Radio Club
Eugene PeaceWorks is the parent organization of HomeGrown Radio Station 97.3 KEPW-LP. Our focus on radio wil be economic justice, environmental sustainability, local food production, and music made right here in Oregon.
If you'd like to be a part of HomeGrown Radio, you have ideas, skills, energy and want to help,
come to our weekly Thursday meetings upstairs @ Growers
Market, 454 Willamette, 6 - 8pm.
Our email is: 97.3LPFM@gmail.com
Our phone: 541-343-8548
Website: efn.org/~eugpeace
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Whiteaker Community Council (WCC) Meetings
Free and open to the public
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The Interfaith Prayer Service
11th of every month at
1166 Oak Street
6:45pm prelude
7pm - 8pm service
Each month features 8-10 presenters representing a variety of spiritual backgrounds.
For more info click
here.
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Every Sunday
336 Clark Street
Prep starts 12pm, d
istribution starts 2:30pm
EVERYONE WELCOME
Burrito Brigade's mission is to feed the unhoused and hungry of Eugene through a local community network of personal donors and nonprofit partnerships while engaging our community in the fight to end hunger. Burrito Brigade works with, accepts donations from, and provides for the public, regardless of ability, race, gender, gender identity, sexuality, sexual orientation, social status, addiction, criminal background, political and religious affiliation or age. For more info email burritosunday@gmail.com. See the Facebook group here.
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Cuentos y Canciones:
Stories & Songs in Spanish
A weekly storytime in Spanish for children and families
Every Saturday,
11:15 am
Bethel Branch of Eugene Public Library
1990 Echo Hollow Road
FREE
Information in Spanish: 541-682-5450 (press 5)
Information in English: 541-682-8316
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Sensory Storytime
Every
Wednesday,
1pm
Downtown Eugene Public Library
FREE
Fun stories, songs, and word play designed especially for children with sensory integration or other special needs, with caregivers. Developed by Debby Laimon, Early Childhood School Psychologist.
Information:
541-682-8316
or
www.eugene-or.gov/library
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Food Booth
Every Friday 3-7pm
Sprout Market, 418 A St in Springfield
Have a sit-down meal and a beer from Claim 52, or buy food to go!
Huerto de la Familia is a nonprofit organization offering Latino families a place to connect to their roots and the earth by growing their own food, as well as training and peer education in organic gardening, small scale farming and small business creation. They build wide-ranging partnerships to achieve their goals of cultural identity, community integration and economic self-sufficiency in the Latino community. Learn more about Huerto de la Familia at
huertodelafamilia.org.
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Research Study:
Personal Identity and Life Experiences of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Adults
Participants are needed for an anonymous research study inquiring about psychological symptoms and important life events as they relate to lesbian, gay, and bisexual identities. After completing the survey you may enter your email address into a raffle to win one of three $50 gift certificates from Amazon.com. Your survey answers will remain anonymous.
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Club de Arte
para Mam?s
Talleres gratuitos de arte para mam?s latinas, no es necesario inscribirse previamente. Acomp??enos a pasar una ma?ana relajada haciendo arte con otras mam?s. Nosotros proporcionaremos el cuidado de ni?os. Este club se reunir? el primero y tercer lunes de cada mes de 9 a 10 am en el estudio de arte (excepto d?as feriados). Si tiene alguna pregunta, por favor contacte a Arthurina Fears, afears@uoregon.edu o al (541) 346-6443.
4/18,
5/2,
10/24, 11/
7 2-4 pm
4/20,
5/18,
6/8,
9/21,
10/19,
11/16,
12/14
9-10:30 am
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art University of Oregon 1430 Johnson Lane
Taller 18 de abril se centrar? en la fotograf?a:
Carolina Reese es un fotografo professional y maestra de fotografia y
cultura visual. Este es un curso b?sico de fotograf?a. Estudiantes
aprender?n t?cnicas b?sicas como sujetar bien la c?mara, foco de luz
(iluminaci?n), y composici?n de fotograf?a. Estudiantes aprender?n a
tomar fotograf?as y retratos en locaci?n utilizando la luz disponible.
Al final del curso, estudiantes tendr?n un retrato personal.
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