Vigil to Close the SOA
November 22nd, 3pm
Free Speech Plaza at 8th and Oak
In conjunction with national actions at Ft. Benning, GA to
demilitarize US policy on Latin America and immigration. Music, speakers,
singing of the names of victims of the SOA, as well as a special focus on
the 43 disappeared students from Ayotzinapa, Mexico.
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Community Ecstatic Dance
Benefiting Planned Parenthood
Sundays in November, 1 to 3pm
WOW Hall
$5 - $10 suggested donation
Community Ecstatic Dance is a volunteer effort whose purpose is to provide an opportunity for people in the Eugene community to experience ecstatic dance at beautiful and historic WOW Hall. Donations benefit a local charitable non-profit monthly. A facilitator each week brings an intention and guidance to an opening circle, and a dj mixes varieties of tribal, groove, electronic, roots, and other forms of music with intention and inspiration. Each dance is approximately 80 minutes with a warmup period and a closing circle at the end.
Ecstatic Dance in its most basic definition is free-form movement /dance inspired by music, allowing our bodies to move freely without judgment or concern for the "grace" or beauty of the dance. This dance is an inner/outer journey of moving meditation. It develops a direct body-spirit connection, letting your body and inner guide be your teachers. It's about being present with your own energy and discovering your own dance within using this movement and energetic experience to release stuck patterns in your body, emotions, mind and spirit.
No dance experience or partner is necessary. It's a perfect outlet for those who think they "can't dance" and for experienced dancers alike. It is free-form, not a structured dance. It is also not a social dance. It is an environment without observers or conversation, where you can feel safe to try new things and really push your envelope. It is lightly facilitated with invitations to explore movement with specific areas of the body and to explore larger themes as a whole through your movement. Much of the time it is an open dance floor for you to explore different rhythms, patterns of movement and your inner journey.
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Enjoy RiverPlay Discovery Village
as We Remember Tamir Rice
November 22, 11:45 am
Skinner Butte Park - RiverPlay Discovery Village Playground
Look for the group in the Skinner Butte River Play Discovery Village parking lot. The Many Rivers Group of the Sierra Club will join hands with the SURJ (Showing Up for Racial Justice), CALC, NAACP, Fair Shot Oregon, LULAC of Lane County, Family Forward Oregon, and many others to remember Tamir. It looks like we have sunny weather on Sunday, but please come prepared for rain showers.
Tamir Rice was a twelve year-old boy. He had his first middle-school crush. He loved to play basketball, draw, and to play outside.
On November 22nd, 2014, at 3:30pm, Tamir was shot and killed by Cleveland police. He was playing in a park near his house. Officers gave him no commands; they shot him within 2 seconds of arriving on the scene. The officers who killed Tamir have never been charged.
A grand jury is currently reviewing the case to determine if officers will be charged. The grand jury is being convened by Prosecutor Tim McGinty. McGinty has enormous control over the process, and can essentially decide whether or not to charge the officers. A few weeks ago, we learned that McGinty had cherry-picked "experts" who are biased in favor of police...these "experts" made public statements calling Tamir's shooting reasonable.
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Eugene City Council Meeting & Public Testimony
for 350 Carbon Budget and Climate Recovery Ordinance
November 23rd, 7:30 pm
125 East 8th Avenue, Harris Hall
Let's pack the chamber to support the council in implementing our
climate goals (carbon neutral operations/facilities by 2020; reduce fossil fuel use 50% by 2030)! Eugene is a national leader! Wear your 350 Eugene t-shirt!
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November 27th, 10am - 4pm
1300 Pearl Street
A community celebration, free market, potluck and dance. Please bring any underused items from your closets, attic, garage, pantry, cellar, or shed. Let's tap into our generous holiday spirit and create a marketplace where everything is free. Gifts can be physical goods or acts of service. The celebration will include music, dance, feasting, connecting activities, and healing arts from local bodyworkers. Please bring Thanksgiving leftovers if you have them!
More info: at[email protected]
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Deadline to Order Holiday Wreaths
From MLP, Woodburn-based Women's Cooperative
November 29th
Support farm worker women by purchasing a beautiful holiday wreath! The
wreaths are made by Mujeres Luchadoras Progresistas, a Woodburn-based
women's cooperative.
The wreaths are 24-26 inches wide, hand-tied out of fresh Oregon noble
fir, and decorated with holly, pine cones and a red bow.
This project provides needed income for farm worker families during a cold
time of year, and also creates opportunities for the women to gain
financial management and leadership skills.
The cost is $35 and all orders must be pre-paid. Checks must be made out to "MLP", but mailed or delivered to LASC at 458 Blair Boulevard, Eugene OR 97402. The wreaths will be available for pick-up on Saturday, December 5th, 3-5pm at 458 Blair Boulevard.
Contact LASC to place an order or for more information: [email protected] or 541-485-8633.
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Northwest Mixtape: Hip Hop Culture and Influences
December 2nd, 6pm
Downtown Eugene Public Library
Free
Join journalist and writer Donnell Alexander for an illustrated talk and conversation about hip hop in the Pacific Northwest, as part of Oregon Humanities' Conversation Project.
The Pacific Northwest has a complex, sometimes commercially exceptional, relationship with hip hop culture. Hip hop's influences have quietly but broadly affected language, fashion, art, and local life in ways not always recognized by mainstream audiences. Alexander will share what makes Pacific Northwest hip hop unique; provide context for the history that brought mainstays such as Sir Mix-A-Lot, Cool Nutz, and Macklemore into being; and explore how hip hop has influenced social, artistic, and political life in the region.
Donnell Alexander is a storyteller and editor who coproduced the 2009 animated short "Dock Ellis & the LSD No-No" and authored the memoir "Ghetto Celebrity" based on his earlier essay "Cool Like Me: Are Black People Cooler than White People?" He has served as a staff writer at LA Citybeat, ESPN: The Magazine, LA Weekly, the San Francisco Bay Guardian, and the Chico News & Review.
Oregon Humanities connects Oregonians to ideas that change lives and transform communities. More information about Oregon Humanities' programs and publications, which include the Conversation Project, Think & Drink, Humanity in Perspective, Idea Lab, Public Program Grants, and Oregon Humanities magazine, can be found at
oregonhumanities.org. Oregon Humanities is an independent, nonprofit affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities and a partner of the Oregon Cultural Trust.
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Family Fun: Songs, Dances, & Games of Africa
December 6th, 2:30 pm
Downtown Eugene Public Library
Free
Kids and family: join Habiba Addo to learn songs, dances, and games from several African countries - with live drumming!
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December 11th, 5:30pm
1645 High St
Come and join us for some holiday cheer at the Eugene Garden Club on December 11th at 5:30pm. ESSN will be holding a pot luck event with music and food. This will be a family friendly event so bring the kids.
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After the UN Climate Talks- In Solidarity with Paris:
Our "Red Line" is Our Kids
Dec. 12th, 11 am - 12:15 pm
Lane County Fairgrounds Indoor Vestibule
Declare our commitment by surrounding our children with a Red Line to protect their future. Seriously festive, interactive musical theater.
We demand a stable climate future for our children. That's why we're building a massively broad, relentless and effective intersectional movement!
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Family Fun: Pajaritos de Ceramica / Clay Birds
December 13th, 2:30 pm
Downtown Eugene Public Library
Free
Kids and family: make clay birds with Samuel Becerra at a bilingual Spanish/English week for Family Fun!
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Family Fun: Origami
December 20th, 2:30 pm
Downtown Eugene Public Library
Free
Kids and family: learn to make colorful origami with Tomo Tsurumi, who teaches at the Oregon Asian Celebration.
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Teen Winter Break: Upcycled Zipper Jewelry
December 30th, 2-4pm
Downtown Eugene Public Library
Free
Teens: learn to make zipper jewelry and other wearables out of upcycled vintage zippers with artist LeBrie Rich. Design and create pins, hair clips, cuffs, earrings, and more that are fun to wear and on-trend. Colorful zippers, rhinestones, and all supplies provided. For ages 13 - 17.
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Cap the Gases Campaign Meetings
1st & 3rd Wednesdays,
5:30 - 6:30 pm
First United Methodist Church at 1376 Olive Street
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Occupy Medical Free Clinic
8th and Oak
Every Sunday,
12-4pm
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KEPW 97.3 FM
Home Grown Community Radio Meeting
Every Friday, 6-8 pm
Upstairs Growers Market, 454 Willamette Street
Eugene PeaceWorks is the parent organization of Home Grown Radio Station 97.3 KEPW-LP. This station's focus is economic justice, environmental sustainability, local food production, and music made right here in Oregon.
If you'd like to be a part of Home Grown Radio and you have ideas, skills, energy and want to help,
come to our weekly meetings!
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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
6:45pm prelude and
7pm-8pm service
1166 Oak Street
Each month features 8-10 presenters representing a variety of spiritual backgrounds.
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Every Sunday
336 Clark Street
Prep starts 12pm, d
istribution starts 2:30pm
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.
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Cuentos y Canciones:
Stories & Songs in Spanish
Every Saturday, 11:15 am
Bethel Branch of Eugene Public Library
1990 Echo Hollow Road
A free weekly storytime in Spanish for children and families.
For information in Spanish, call 541-682-5450 and press 5.
For information in English, call 541-682-8316.
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Sensory Storytime
Every Wednesday, 1pm
Downtown Eugene Public Library
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. Free.
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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.
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Club de Arte para Mamás
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
University of Oregon
1430 Johnson Lane
Talleres gratuitos de arte para mamás latinas, no es necesario inscribirse previamente. Acompáñenos a pasar una mañana relajada haciendo arte con otras mamás. Nosotros proporcionaremos el cuidado de niños. Este club se reunirá el primero y tercer lunes de cada mes de 9 a 10 am en el estudio de arte (excepto días feriados). Si tiene alguna pregunta, por favor contacte a Arthurina Fears:
[email protected]
o al (541) 346-6443.
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