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Weekly Community Calendar
March 21, 2024
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Armament corporations which contract with the Pentagon routinely “grease the wheels” for access and influence in Congress with campaign contributions, amounting to over $83 million in the past two election cycles.
Source: www.OpenSecrets.org/industries
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A project of CALC
This project seeks to define how militarism,
racism and climate crisis are interconnected.
The project will document how national security is not rooted in militarism but rather
in the meeting of human needs such as health, education, good jobs,
good infrastructure and a livable climate.
www.calclane.org mmm www.facebook.com/CommunityAllianceofLaneCounty
info@calclane.org mmm (541) 485-1755
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Planet Versus Pentagon
is now sponsoring weekly vigils calling for an immediate ceasefire in Palestine and Israel.
Please join us for a vigil calling for diplomacy and an immediate ceasefire in Palestine and Israel.
Old Federal Building
corner of 7th & Pearl, Eugene
Some signs will be provided. Bring your own if you can.
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We abhor all violence. We are heartbroken by the killing and maiming of people in the Middle East, whether they are Palestinian, Israeli, or citizens of any other country, particularly innocent children, people with disabilities and the elderly.
We call for an immediate ceasefire and a stop to the killing or injuring or any type of violence to anyone. We demand sending humanitarian aid to the civilians affected, and demand members of Congress not send more military aid. Diplomacy not weapons is needed in the Middle East. Only the weapons manufacturers and oil industry benefit from war. The Military Industrial Congressional Complex has the biggest carbon footprint in the world.
In peace,
Your Neighbors at Planet Versus Pentagon
www.facebook.com/planetvspentagon MM www.twitter.com/planetvpentagon
www.instagram.com/planetvspentagon MM email: planetvspentagon@protonmail.com
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Support Youth Leaders
¡Apoya Unión de Activistas (UdA)!
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"Those four years taught me about the strength of our communities and the power our voices hold. Unión de Activistas was a safe haven for me."
-- Anahí, UdA graduate
As Anahí’s statement above reflects, Unión de Activistas provides a safe haven for students. Regenerating social connections and backing youth is more important than ever.
Given the increased requests we have been receiving to support students and families, we know this is not enough. A donor has backed UdA with an amazing $10,000 gift! Your generous contribution would allow us to build on this support and expand the hours of the UdA position. Additional staff hours would include professional development and time to coordinate the Radio Juventud Youth Radio Project.
Please use our donation page [www.nfggive.org/donation/93-0691194] to help fund UdA.
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American Friends of
A Land for All: Two States One Homeland
Confederation, a practical elaboration of the two-state solution, is a plan to resolve the 100-year conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, two peoples who hold a deep spiritual and historical attachment to the same land.
Confederation is a framework for peace that is founded on the principles of equality, dignity, partnership, independence, interdependence, reconciliation, and mutual respect.
While each group has a strong and distinct national identity, the facts on the ground make clear that Jews and Palestinians are geographically, environmentally, and economically intertwined. Moreover, both peoples consider the entire territory between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea to be their homeland. For Jews, that homeland includes Hebron in the West Bank as much as Tel Aviv. For Palestinians, it encompasses Jaffa within the Green Line as much as Ramallah beyond it.
Any solution to the conflict must recognize these deep emotional connections and this historical reality and build a framework that accommodates those feelings and convictions.
Read about A Land For All's vision for a solution:
www.ALandForAll.org/english/?d=ltr mmm https://ALandForAll.us
3/7/24
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Weekly Public Forums
In-person and/or live-stream formats as indicated
The events are recorded then made available on City Club's Facebook
and Youtube pages (links below), and they are broadcast
the following Mondays at 7:00 pm on KLCC 89.7 FM.
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STAR Voting
Friday Mar. 22; M Noon to 1:15 pm
Event Type: Live/Livestream
Members and Non-Members may attend our forums for free
Live: Maple Room at Inn at the Fifth
205 E Sixth, Eugene
An optional lunch from Cafe Yumm may be purchased; please, no outside food.
Livestream: https://youtube.com/live/1SH96IQDcck?feature=share
Event web page:
www.cityclubofeugene.org/forum/star-voting
To ask a question from the speakers, email cityclubofeugene.org@gmail.com
For generations, most American elections have revolved around the same basic rule: voters select their favorite candidate and the candidate with the largest number of votes wins. In many elections, the winner wins over 50% of the vote. But in others—including four of the last eight Presidential elections—the winning candidate may be the choice of fewer than half the electorate, with some elected with 25% of voters, or even fewer. In recent years, reformers have wondered whether there is a better way to conduct our elections.
In this forum, we’ll hear from a proponent of STAR Voting, as well as from the local League of Women Voters president, who will provide an overview of several additional voting reform efforts, including “Ranked Choice Voting” (RCV), which will be on the statewide ballot in November. You’ll learn about these proposals at our meeting.
Speakers:
Terry Parker is the President of the League of Women Voters of Lane County, a nonpartisan grassroots organization working to safeguard democracy through voter registration, education and advocacy.
Sara Wolk is the executive director and founding member of the Equal Vote Coalition, a nonprofit that is the driving force behind STAR voting. Her background includes work as a community organizer, activist, and musician, with a focus on systems design, sustainable architecture, and regenerative agriculture.
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Who Will Serve as Eugene’s Next Councilors?
Friday Mar. 29; M Noon to 1:15 pm
Event Type: Live/Livestream
Members and Non-Members may attend our forums for free
Live: Maple Room at Inn at the Fifth
205 E Sixth, Eugene
An optional lunch from Cafe Yumm may be purchased; please, no outside food.
Livestream: TBD
Event web page:
www.cityclubofeugene.org/forum/who-will-serve-as-eugenes-next-councilors
To ask a question from the speakers, email cityclubofeugene.org@gmail.com
Four of the eight Eugene City Council seats will be decided in the May primary election, and for three of the seats there are challengers.
In Ward 1, Emily Semple is stepping down, leaving an open seat sought by three candidates. In Wards 2 and 7, incumbents each face a challenger. Councilor Randy Groves runs unopposed to represent Ward 8.
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As terrible wars continue in Ukraine, Gaza, and elsewhere, those of us trying to stop them are up against a powerful military-industrial-media complex in the United States. No matter how much coverage of war comes through mainstream news outlets, the human realities of war are scarcely conveyed. We face the continuing challenge to break through the fog of war propaganda and indifference to effectively challenge the abstractions and evasions that undergird the warfare state here at home.
On April 2nd, the RootsAction Education Fund, working with the Oregon organizations listed below, is offering a live online presentation - “Make War Visible ... and End It” - to antiwar and social justice activists. Journalist and activist Norman Solomon -- author most recently of the 2023 book War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of Its Military Machine -- will speak via Zoom about the latest war-related events and approaches for understanding— as well as organizing against - what Martin Luther King Jr. called “the madness of militarism.”
Norman will be joined by journalist/activist Kathy Kelly who also serves as Board President of World Beyond War.
www.WarMadeInvisible.org
For more information please contact: David Zupan, 541-525-6067, zupandavid@gmail.com.
Registration: https://bit.ly/makewarvisible
Sponsoring Organizations:
Oregon PeaceWorks MMMM Eugene PeaceWorks / KEPW 97.3 FM Community Radio
Veterans for Peace Linus Pauling Chapter MMMM Planet Not Pentagon MMMM Roots Action
OregonPeaceWorks.org mmm twitter.com/EugenePeaceWorks / kepw.org
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First Friday Artwalk
Friday April 5, m 5:30 - 8:00pm
Farmers Market Pavilion, 85 E 8th Ave, Eugene
FREE
Celebrate Eugene’s vibrant art scene during the April 5th First Friday ArtWalk!
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Start your self-guided tour at Farmers Market Pavilion, where you can pick up your ArtWalk Guide and shop the Artist Marketplace before exploring the many galleries and art venues of Downtown Eugene. As part of the April 5th First Friday ArtWalk, the galleries and art venues listed at LaneArts.org/first-friday-artwalk will be open from 5:30 - 8:00pm (unless otherwise noted)
Featured events in the Pavilion:
ArtWalk After Hours performance by SoulStruck from 7:30pm-9:30pm!
Community Sewing Circle with HIV Alliance and Eugene PRIDE, who invite everyone to participate in a community sewing circle to create a new Pride flag. No previous sewing experience necessary!
Lavender Landmarks Walking Tour, examining some of Eugene’s queer history through the built cityscape. Meet at the Lane Arts Council tent at 6:00pm for the group tour.
Special Events:
Emergence: Art by Currently and Formerly Incarcerated Oregonians (Midtown Arts Center, 174 E 16th Ave): With art serving as the bridge between carceral and non-carceral spaces, this exhibition from the University of Oregon Prison Education Program and Sponsors, Inc. highlights currently and formerly incarcerated artists with appreciation, so viewers can connect with visually striking stories from inside the prisons. Refreshments; artist talk at 6:00pm.
Lane Arts Council Design Arts Apprenticeship Showcase at Spark on 7th (22 W 7th Ave): 5:30 - 7:30pm Come see innovative products made by local middle and high schoolers in a unique apprenticeship with professional design artists. Products include fashion, graphic design, 3D modeling, digital art, biomimicry, and more. Meet the student designers and learn about their creative process at this interactive showcase sponsored by Connected Lane County. Hear more about the program with opening remarks at 6:00pm!
April ArtWalk Sponsor: Eugene Symphony [eugenesymphony.org]
Need a ride to the ArtWalk? Get your free LTD bus pass on the ArtWalk webpage the day of the event!
LaneArts.org/first-friday-artwalk mmm www.facebook.com/lane.arts.council
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Lane County Cultural Coalition Seeks
New Members
from South Eugene and Springfield (County Districts 2 & 3) M
The Lane County Cultural Coalition (LCCC) is seeking applications from Lane County residents interested in serving on the LCCC Board. The Coalition seeks two energetic and committed community members with a passion in the areas of arts, heritage, and humanities.
Made up of 12 representatives from across Lane County, the Coalition especially welcomes applications from BIPOC community members in the county's arts and culture communities. Successful applicants will serve 3-year terms alongside representatives from all five Lane County districts – two members from each district, plus one representative from the Lane Arts Council and one member-at-large. The new members will be appointed in June 2024.
Applications due Friday, April 19
Currently, the Coalition seeks representatives who either live or work in:
Springfield (County District 2) and South Eugene (County District 3)
The Coalition’s primary task is to annually distribute $30,000+ of Oregon Cultural Trust funds to Lane County arts, heritage, and humanities projects. Responsibilities include evaluating grant applications, selecting new committee members, and promoting the Oregon Cultural Trust across Lane County.
LCCC Board Member Requirements:
- Ability to meet in person or via Zoom, approximately once every two months. (Specific dates and times are set according to group availability.)
- Access to email.
- Grants are written and received in English, therefore, a reading competency in English is required.
Applications are available online at laneculture.net/about-us/join-us. Please return applications to laneculture@lanearts.org, or mail them to:
Lane County Cultural Coalition
c/o Lane Arts Council
174 E 16th Ave, Ste 125
Eugene, OR 97401
For more information about Lane County Cultural Coalition, visit http://laneculture.net.
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Lane County
Master Gardeners Plant Sale
Lane Event Center
796 W. 13th Ave, Eugene, Expo Hall 1, 2 & 3
(East-West building on South side of Fairgrounds)
Saturday Apr 27, m 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
FREE to enter
Come visit us at the Lane Events Center and bring a
cart or box to carry away the plants you purchase.
We will be selling vegetable starts, herbs, annuals, perennials, hanging baskets, natives, berries, bare-root trees/shrubs, water plants, and much more!
Accommodation requests related to a disability should be made by Apr 15, 2024 to Erica Chernoh: erica.chernoh@oregonstate.edu or 541-344-5859
HAPPY HUMUS! ..... INDEED!
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A NIGHT IN SOLIDARITY WITH PCUN FARMWORKERS UNION AND
FARM WORKER RIGHTS
Featuring nationally renowned Tejana/Latina
singer-songwriter TISH HINOJOSA
Thursday, Oct. 10, M 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Lane Events Center (Fairgrounds), in the Convention Center, 740 W. 13th Av., Eugene
FREE ADMISSION with sliding-scale
donations at the door
A Call for Co-Sponsors
We are seeking co-sponsors to support a benefit concert for Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste (PCUN) featuring Tish Hinojosa, a singer-songwriter from Austin, Texas. This event will be in conjunction with the ongoing “Farm Worker Rights Movement and Eugene Friends of the Farm Workers, 1972-76” exhibit at the Lane County History Museum, next door to the Convention Center.
PINEROS Y CAMPESINOS UNIDOS DEL NOROESTE (PCUN Farmworkers Union) is based in Woodburn, the center of Oregon’s agricultural industry. It is the largest Latino organization in the state, with more than 6,000 members, 98% of whom are Mexican and Central American immigrants. Founded in 1985, its fundamental goal is to empower farmworkers to understand and take action against systematic exploitation and all of its effects.
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TISH HINOJOSA is a longtime supporter of Farm Worker Rights, and last gave a benefit concert for PCUN in Eugene 2017. The youngest of 13 children born to Mexican immigrant parents, she has dedicated her career to playing music from the southwest. To learn about Tish: www.mundotish.com/about.
For more information on these co-sponsorship options, please contact Nancy Bray: braynj@gmail.com.
Co-sponsors will be listed in all publicity for the event, and we would appreciate your help in getting the word out as we get closer to the event.
Thank you for considering our request to support the PCUN benefit concert. We look forward to hearing back from you. It would help our planning if you could get back to us by May 1.
https://pcun.org
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Where has Non-Violence Worked?
Follow-Up on Peace Lecture Question
At the Salem Peace Lecture featuring Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis in October, a question was asked about where one could find examples of nonviolence being used effectively for social change in today's world.
In response, I promised to send out a link to "Nonviolence News," a publication edited by novelist/activist Rivera Sun. She assembles 30-50 stories each week about people and groups who are employing nonviolence for social change. You can find (and subscribe to) "Nonviolence News" here: https://nonviolencenews.org. Check it out and spread the word!
- Peter Bergel
www.OregonPeaceWorks.org MM www.facebook.com/OregonPeaceWorks
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Come Join Our Team!!!
We need your help to spread the word about this incredible opportunity. After 20 years, Civil Liberties Defense Center is restructuring our one-of-a-kind movement law organization and creating a co-leadership model. We are currently looking for two additional directors to form our Leadership Team who will help CLDC innovate and build a sustainable and equitable workplace for the next 20 years! Co-leadership will also allow us to meet the growing and critical legal needs of the environmental and social justice movements we support.
We are currently seeking qualified applicants for our first
Director of People & Culture and our Director of Fundraising & Engagement.
As the planet heats up and the rift between the left and right greatly expands, the people are rising up, taking risks and ending up in the legal system. CLDC provides pro bono legal representation, consultations and trainings for activists in federal and state criminal courts, SLAPP suits, federal civil rights cases against police and government agents, as well as providing harm reduction and mitigation for other forms of State repression.
Learn more about the job description and apply today!
https://cldc.org/jobs
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Eugene-area Support Group for
FAMILY & FRIENDS of the INCARCERATED
The 1st Thursday of the month 6:30 - 8:30 P.M.
Please call to confirm location.
541-344-7612 (Dave)
541-521-2231 (Don)
Contact Oregon CURE: www.OregonCure.org
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NAACP Community Garden/Farm Coordinator, Michael Vasquez, will host NAACP
Community Garden Work Parties
255 Maxwell Road (off River Road) in Eugene, at Our Redeemer Church (garden is located behind church).
The NAACP is seeking community members to join us for gardening!
Farm-to-table products will provide great nutritional value!
If interested in the opportunity to contribute or to just spend time enjoying the garden...
please contact Michael Vasquez: michaelv@naacplanecounty.org
Phone: 541-708-1050
Eugene/Springfield NAACP
541-484-1119 | admin@naacplanecounty.org
330 High Street Eugene
https://naacplanecounty.org MMM www.facebook.com/NAACP1119
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Community Talk Circle
"Meet & Greet"
Location: 330 High Street, Eugene (Mims' Historic House)
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Bystander/Upstander Training
- Hosting Opportunity -
If you know of an organization (church, non profit, social action) that might be
interested in hosting a Bystander/Upstander Intervention Zoom workshop,
we are available to provide these trainings.
In brief, the workshops train participants to be ready to respond if they observe someone being bullied or harassed. If you know of an organization that might like to host a training, contact Judy Boles, judy.boles@comcast.net, 541-285-0242.
Here's the text from the promotional flyer:
Bystander/Upstander Intervention Zoom Workshop
PUSH BACK AGAINST HATE!
Learn and practice how to intervene when someone is being harassed in a hateful way-without escalating the situation. These workshops include lecture, video, demonstration, and breakout room scenarios. Experienced teachers lead this training where you will learn and practice several ways to effectively support a person who is being bullied. Some of the skills you will learn about and practice include:
- Being an active witness
- How to engage with and support the targeted person
- Ways to distract the harasser
- How to involve others who can help
- De-escalating the situation
- The necessity of and strategies for “after-care”
- Broader involvement in work for social justice
Sponsored by:
MM Sanctuary Committee of Temple Beth Israel
MM Springfield/Eugene chapter of SURJ (Showing up for Racial Justice)
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Federal Solar Tax Credits
For installing a new residential solar system
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The federal Investment Tax Credit (ITC), has been extended and increased. Now, for 2022 through 2032, owners can deduct 30% of the cost of a new residential solar system from their taxes. It will decrease to 26% for systems installed in 2033 and to 22% for systems installed in 2034.
For more information visit The U.S. Dept. of Energy at:
www.energy.gov/eere/solar/homeowners-guide-federal-tax-credit-solar-photovoltaics
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Oregon Solar Rebates
For installing a new solar system or solar storage system
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The Oregon Department of Energy re-launched a cash rebate for Oregon homeowners who install solar electric system and/or a solar storage system.
mmm• Rebates for residential solar electrical systems -- up to $5,000
mmm• Rebates for residential solar storage systems -- up to $2,500
For more information visit Oregon Dept of Energy at:
www.oregon.gov/energy/Incentives/Pages/Solar-Storage-Rebate-Program.aspx
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LGBTQ+ Youth Group
Weekly drop-in support, conversation,
and connection for ages 13-18 on Fridays, 4pm-6pm at Amazon Community Center, 2700 Hilyard. Free.
For more information, visit
www.instagram.com/lgbtq_youth_group_eugene
or call Amazon Community Center: 541-682-5373.
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Local Job Postings
in the Non-Profit Sector
The EVDP carries a listing of job opening in the local non-profit business sector.
Here's the navigation to view the postings:
- Click the EVDP link below
- On the home page, left panel, click Resource Center
- On the Resource Center page, in the Document Folder column, click Job Postings
https://evdp.clubexpress.com/
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