Stop Hate Now!

September 29th, 5:30-6:30 pm

Willamalane at  1276 G St in Springfield

Community Alliance of Lane County and many other organizations are standing up against hate and bigotry in Springfield, Eugene and the surrounding area. Please join us in coming together to counter increasing levels of racist, xenophobic, homophobic, Islamophobic, anti-Semitic and classist activity happening in our communities. There have been more Confederate flags seen in the area, vandalism that has targeted Asian owned businesses, trucks driving around with neo-nazi and white supremacist messages on it, as well as too many other incidents of hate speech and attacks. Together let's put an end to the violence and hate activity toward members of our communities!

There will be speakers, spoken word, songs and  chants. Afterwards, you will have the opportunity to put on your walking shoes and join us in some neighborhood outreach. 

In the meantime, please sign the "I Got Your Back" pledge to receive action alerts for events, protests, rallies, counter-leafleting, and other opportunities to have each other's back! 

Learn more about the Back to Back program. 

In order to organize this event, CALC must pay an additional insurance premium of $220 dollars- please consider supporting this event financially by making a safe and secure donation online.

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Gabino Palomares En Concierto

A Tax Burden or a Revenue Boon? Debate on the Oregon Business Tax Increase Initiative, Measure 97

September 30th, 12-1 pm

UO Academic Extension at the Baker Center, 975 High Street

Admission: $5 per person ( free for City Club of Eugene members)

With Oregon facing a $1.4 billion revenue shortfall in the next two-year budget cycle, voters are scrutinizing Measure 97 as a possible way to increase income. Measure 97 would require C corporations doing more than $25 million of business in Oregon to start paying a 2.5% tax on those sales.

Measure 97 advocates have promised that the tax will create dedicated funding for Oregonians' priorities: education, health care, and senior services. They argue that Oregon's state and local taxes on businesses are the lowest in the nation. Since Measure 5 capped taxes a quarter century ago, the legislature has not found a way to balance the budget while meeting critical needs. Measure 97 opponents refute this argument, saying that the proposed tax is regressive and will place an unacceptable burden on lower income families. Further, the income could be diverted to make up for shortfalls in PERS, the state pension fund.

Does Measure 97 reverse the shift in funding public structures by taxing the in-state sales of large corporations, or does it merely pass the costs on to consumers? Can the money collected be spent by the state for any needs they deem necessary, or will the funds be permanently restricted to education, health care, and senior services? Paul Nicholson and Chuck Sheketoff will unpack the claims made for and against this measure.

Paul Nicholson will argue against this measure. He earned a BA at the University of Michigan and an MA at Penn State University. He has served on numerous boards, commissions, and on Eugene City Council (1990-1995). He taught at Penn State and the University of Illinois, among other occupations. To win a $5 bet, Paul became a bicycle retailer in 1979, while still a graduate student in Urbana, IL. About five years later, he moved to Eugene and eventually opened another bike shop, having discovered he liked fixing bikes more than teaching college writing. In 2000, Paul founded Unique Eugene, an organization promoting local businesses. He retired as President of Bicycle Way of Life Inc., a Eugene-based business, in 2016.

Chuck Sheketoff supports the measure. Chuck is a founder of the Oregon Center for Public Policy (www.ocpp.org). The Center opened its doors in September 1997 after Chuck received a "public interest pioneer award" from the Stern Family Fund. The Center - which has the tagline "Because facts matter" - does in-depth research and analysis on budget, tax, and economic issues. The Center's goal is to improve public policy decision-making and generate more opportunities for all Oregonians. The Oregon Center for Public Policy provides timely, credible, and accessible information about fiscal and economic policy and its impact on low- and moderate-income for Oregon's advocates, policy makers, community leaders, and the media. Chuck is a 1988 graduate of the University of Oregon School of Law and a 1977 graduate of the University of Vermont.

For more information contact Mark Hougardy, City Club of Eugene Administrator (541) 485-7433 and [email protected].

Is Your Nonprofit Ready to Write Grants?

October 1st, 3 pm
Downtown Eugene Public Library at 10th & Olive

Grant fundraiser Andi Kemp of Upward Development, LLC will share expert information on the steps nonprofits must take to develop grant readiness. Find out what grant makers look for in evaluating an organization. See examples of a board roster, financial statements, and lists of typical requirements to meet before applying, beyond the IRS 501c3 letter. Learn about fundraising alternatives to grant-writing that can be more effective for smaller organizations in the early stages of development.

 

Andi Kemp is the owner and manager of Upward Development, LLC, which provides development consulting and professional fundraising services to nonprofit organizations, small businesses, and individuals across sectors. Kemp has written more than 225 grants, raising more than $18 million to support nonprofits focused on education, economic development, youth, senior and disabled services, and arts and culture. She also works with small businesses and provides training in grant fundraising. Free. Information:  541-682-5450 or  www.eugene-or.gov/library.

Family Fun: Make Recycled Paper

October 2nd, 1 pm

Downtown Eugene Public Library, 10th & Olive

Kids and family: make paper from recycled materials with educators from BRING.

Free. Information: 541-682-8316 or www.eugene-or.gov/library.

Writer Seth Kantner

October 2nd, 2 pm

Downtown Eugene Public Library, 10th & Olive

Seth Kantner was born in a sod igloo in the Brooks Range of northern Alaska and has spent five decades living a subsistence life above the Arctic Circle. He will read from his award-winning and critically acclaimed works, discuss the Native lifestyle in which he was raised, and talk about the monumental upheaval that both climate and culture change have brought to the region. His presentation will be illustrated with images of the Arctic: the land, ice, animals, and people of his home. Featured will be passages from Kantner's novel "Ordinary Wolves," his memoir "Shopping For Porcupine," and his newest non-fiction book, "Swallowed by the Great Land."

Seth Kantner is a commercial fisherman, writer, and wildlife photographer. He was born and raised in northern Alaska and his art reflects his love for this land and the animals who live on it, and his belief in the importance of wildness left wild. Books will be available for purchase and signing courtesy of the UO Duck Store.

Free. Information: 541-682-5450 or www.eugene-or.gov/library.

Fall 350 Eugene Meetup

October 5th, 7-8:45 pm

First United Methodist Church, 1376 Olive in Eugene

Hear campaign updates! Celebrate successes! Plug in!

No Dakota Access Pipeline, No LNG Pipeline, No Bomb Trains, DivestUO, Eugene's Climate Recovery Ordinance, Oregon climate legislation, electing climate champions, No TPP. Join your climate activist community as we craft ways to creatively disrupt fossil fuel's stranglehold on the future.

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Tulku Jigme Rinpoche, Tibetan Buddhist Meditation and Philosophy Teacher: "Dealing With Difficult People"

October 5th, 7-8:30 pm

Tsunami Bookstore at 2585 Willamette

Open to the public. Suggested donation $10 -$15.  For more information call Sharon at  541-520-4135.

Voting for Justice: Ballot Measures

October 7th. 9-11:15 am

Asbury United Methodist, 1090 Berntzen Rd

This forum topic is timely! Plan to bring a friend and plan to carpool. We will review all, with a special focus on two that we (Church Women United) have endorsed: Yes on 97 (corporate tax issue) and Yes on 98 (high school vocational courses).

And/or join us on  Tuesday, October 11 at 7:30 AM at Brails for an informal discussion of the ballot measures! No host breakfast.

First Friday Communities of Color

October 7th, 5:30-7 pm

Campbell Community Center Community Room, 155 High St in Eugene

All are welcome! Join us for an opportunity to have fun, relax and meet new people of color and their allies. This month will feature an opportunity to connect with organizations working to make Eugene a safer and more inclusive community. Community Organizations working on social justice issues will be sharing their work and opportunities to get involved!

These events are sponsored each month by partner agencies of the Equity and Community Consortium (ECC) to create space that fosters friendships and networks for people of color in the local area.

We Shall Overcome Festival

October 8th, 6-8:30 pm

The Tamarack Annex at 3575 Donald Street in Eugene

Musicians and activists will take part in the second annual We Shall Overcome Festival- a global series of concerts that will raise donations for communities hit by poverty.

Acoustic bands Cross Current and Low Tide Drifters will present an evening of folk music and will be joined by "working-class folk" duo Monday Morning Denial and folksinger Mark Ross. This year's concert will benefit Food For Lane County and audience members are encouraged to bring nonperishable food or monetary donations.

Seating is limited to 49 people so please reserve a seat by emailing 541-514-2666 or emailing [email protected].  

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Zhou Yi on Pipa: Traditional Chinese Music Concert

October 8th, 3 pm

Downtown Eugene Public Library, 10th & Olive

Enjoy a concert of traditional Chinese music on pipa by Zhou Yi. Internationally acclaimed for her meticulous technique and expressiveness, her playing has been praised as "breathtaking" by The Washington Post.

Zhou Yi started to learn music at the age of five. As a child prodigy in Shanghai, she began studying music at the age of five and gave her first public recital at six. Zhou trained for four years on the pipa before enrolling in the elementary school of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, one of China's premier music schools. Two pipa students, out of thousands, were selected for the position in the school. At the age of eight, she won the first prize of the Shanghai Spring Music Festival. At the age of sixteen, her music was recorded for future generations of music students to study as ideal renditions of these pieces. In addition to pipa, Zhou plays the guqin, liuqin, ruan, sanxian, and piano.

Zhou Yi has performed at Carnegie Hall, The Spoleto Festival, NYU's Vision & Voices Series, and with the Santa Fe Opera and Pacific Symphony. Her upcoming engagements include the Lincoln Center Festival and the San Francisco Opera. She is a co-founder of the Ba Ban Chinese Music Society of New York. This event is presented in partnership by Eugene Public Library and the UO Confucius Institute.

Free. Information: 541-682-5450 or www.eugene-or.gov/library.

Teen Read Week: Novelist Andrew Smith

October 8th, 3 pm

Downtown Eugene Public Library, 10th & Olive

In honor of Teen Read Week, a talk by acclaimed Young Adult novelist Andrew Smith. He is the author of ten novels, including "100 Sideways Miles," a semifinalist for the 2014 National Book Award; "Grasshopper Jungle," a 2015 Printz Honor book; "The Alex Crow"; and "Winger." Smith will read from his works and talk about writing. Books will be available for purchase and signing courtesy of the UO Duck Store.

 

Andrew Smith spent most of his formative years traveling the world. His published works include many short stories and articles in addition to novels.

Free. Information:  541-682-8316 or  www.eugene-or.gov/library.

Family Fun: Mariachi del Sol

October 9th, 1 pm

Downtown Eugene Public Library, 10th & Olive

Kids and family: enjoy the spirited tunes of Springfield High School's Mariachi del Sol band.

Free. Information: 541-682-8316 or www.eugene-or.gov/library.

More info: [email protected]

Benefit for Community Supported Shelters: Lady in The Van

October 14th, 7pm

1166 Oak St, Eugene (at 12th)

The mostly true story of a homeless woman  who parked her van in a London driveway  and stayed for 15 years.

Connecting Compassionately: An Introduction to Nonviolent Communication 

October 15th, 9:30am-4:30pm

Ebbert United Methodist Church, 532 C St., Springfield

Gary Baran, Certified Trainer of Nonviolent Communication (NVC), will be offering Connecting Compassionately: An Introduction to Nonviolent Communication, a day long training at the Ebbert United Methodist Church.  Please email June Fothergill at  [email protected]  to request a flyer with further details.

Family Fun: Bhangra Dance

October 16th, 1 pm

Downtown Eugene Public Library, 10th & Olive

Kids and family: jump into high-energy Bhangra and Bollywood dancing with Sat Pavan Kaur Khalsa.

Free. Information:  541-682-8316 or  www.eugene-or.gov/library.

Echoes of the Revolution: Ireland's 1916 Rising After 100 Years

October 19th, 6 pm

Downtown Eugene Public Library, 10th & Olive

Join the University of Oregon's Mark Quigley for a talk about the complex legacies of Ireland's 1916 Easter Rising, including W.B. Yeats' poem memorializing the event. In this centennial year, events are being held in Ireland and around the world to reflect on the many different ways the Easter Rising has been remembered and understood.

Launched in the midst of the First World War, the rebellion that swept through Dublin at Easter 1916 shocked the world. With millions fighting and dying in "the Great War" being fought by the world's major powers, the rebellion that shook "the second city of the British Empire" powerfully signaled that the course of the twentieth century would also be determined by the masses on history's margins who dared to challenge the division of the world into global empires.

The revolt in Ireland was the inaugural moment of Ireland's modern struggle for independence and the opening act of the twentieth century's anti-colonial struggles that echoed across the globe. Indeed, the Easter Rising was a phenomenon that entered almost immediately into the realms of poetry and myth, perhaps most famously in W.B. Yeats' signature poem, "Easter, 1916."

Mark Quigley is an Associate Professor of English at the University of Oregon and an expert in twentieth-century Irish literary and cultural history. He is the author of "Empire's Wake: Postcolonial Irish Writing and the Politics of Modern Literary Form" and is currently writing a book on Ireland and the First World War.

Free. Information: 541-682-5450 or www.eugene-or.gov/library.

Stop the TPP

October 21st, 2 pm

Venue TBD

Please join us for this event which will kick off ESSN's 2-month push to stop President Obama and other corporate allies from pushing through a fast track vote during the upcoming Lame Duck session of Congress.

The Trans-Pacific Partnership is a direct assault against our freedom and sovereignty as a nation.

The TPP allows large foreign corporations to sue any country if they "believe to be losing profit or even have a lower expectation of profit due to changes in the "environmental, health or other regulatory objectives" of that nation. Moreover, if a foreign corporation feels that a new law passed by a state impacts its rights under the TPP agreement, it can challenge the country's decision in the private arbitration system. So not only can they sue us for passing laws that that they don't like because they "may" impact their profits, but the case wouldn't even be heard in a U.S. Court.

Stand with us as we fight over the next several months to ensure that the politician in D.C. don't sell us down the river!

Watch of upcoming alerts and if you want to participate in planning upcoming actions and events, contact [email protected] and lets stop the TPP!

CLDC's First Annual Theater of Dissent!

October 27th, 6-9 pm

Wesley Center, 2520 Harris St., Eugene

We will be hosting our first annual "Theater of Dissent" on Thursday, October, 27th. Theater of Dissent is a dinner theater/mock trial benefit dinner.  Our staff and local actors will be putting on a performance of a mock trial of front-line activists! Please save the date for the Theater of Dissent a benefit dinner for the CLDC. Theater of dissent is a dinner theater/mock trial benefit dinner. The CLDC staff and local actors will be putting on a performance of a mock trial of front-line activists!

Tickets are $50 and includes entrance, dinner, 1 drink ticket, and a raffle ticket. Groups can become sponsors of the event by purchasing a table (for 6) for $250. All sponsors will be listed on the website and program.

We hope you can join us for a night of food, drinks, & fun at our 1st annual Theater of Dissent!

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There's No Place like Home... for Sex Education: Author Mary Gossart

October 27th, 6 pm

Downtown Eugene Public Library, 10th & Olive

Join author and community sexuality educator Mary Gossart for a talk based on her guide for parents, "There's No Place Like Home... for Sex Education."

Young people's natural questions, behaviors, and curiosity about sexuality create some of life's awkward and challenging moments for parents. Yet these opportunities invite parents to have important conversations, sharing personal values, beliefs, and age-appropriate information with their children.

"There's No Place Like Home... for Sex Education" offers a friendly and practical guide for having these conversations with confidence, comfort, and humor, from the experts at Planned Parenthood of Southwestern Oregon. This widely acclaimed guide helps parents share accurate, age-appropriate information about sex with their children from pre-school to high school. Available in English and Spanish, it has also been adapted for use within Native American families.

Mary Gossart has worked in the field of health and sexuality education since 1975. As the Vice President of Education and Training at Planned Parenthood of Southwestern Oregon, and more importantly as a mom and "Grammy," she supports families in having honest, intentional communication about sexuality.

Free. Information: 541-682-5450 or www.eugene-or.gov/library.

Oregon's Death With Dignity Law: The Theory and The Practice

October 28th, 12-1 pm

UO Academic Extension at the Baker Center, 975 High Street

Admission: $5 per person (free for City Club of Eugene members)

In 1998, Oregon became the first state in the nation to enact a Death with Dignity law, allowing physician-assisted suicide. The law's use has steadily increased since then. In 2013, approximately 130 prescriptions were written, and about 70 were used to end life.

Washington State, Vermont, Montana, and New Mexico now have similar legislation. Compassion and Choices, a nonprofit that works to improve care and expand options at the end of life, worked tirelessly to get the law passed in California; California's act became law on June 6, 2016. Canada is considering nationwide legislation.

Although mainly perceived as something for older people with terminal illnesses, the impact of the law is much broader. Recently, Brittany Maynard, a 29-year-old with stage 4 brain cancer, moved into Oregon, established residency, qualified for a prescription, and picked the date of her death.

Matt Whitaker will discuss the history and the use of the Oregon law, along with the status of Death with Dignity legislation around the country. He will also describe some of the proposals to change the requirements of the statute. Matt most recently served as Compassion & Choices Oregon State Director before stepping into a new role as a Multi-State Implementation Manager. He has spoken at numerous conferences on bioethics and person-centered care across the country and testified as an expert resource on end-of-life choice to numerous legislative committees. Matt is a board certified music therapist with clinical experience in long-term acute care and geriatrics and a passion for improving end-of-life care through patient empowerment and education. A Georgia native, Matt is a graduate of the University of Georgia and a graduate student in Integrative Theology at the Twin Cities School of Theology.

Marilyn Milne, a longtime Eugene resident and native Oregonian, will talk about how the Oregon law works in practice. She will tell of her experiences in dealing with the process last year while helping her mother, who chose Death with Dignity. She will also discuss how families can plan for the possibility of using the law. Marilyn is a public relations consultant and has been a City Club of Eugene member since 1998. 

For more info contact Mark Hougardy, City Club of Eugene Administrator at (541) 485-7433 and [email protected].

"Close the SOA" Benefit Concert

October 28th, 7 pm
Wellsprings Friends School, 3590 W. 18th Avenue in Eugene

Featuring Tom  Rawson, after the national and local vigils.  

Family Fun: Fall Festivals

October 30th, 1 pm

Downtown Eugene Public Library, 10th & Olive

Kids and family: learn about Diwali, Halloween, and Day of the Dead with hands-on crafts.

Free. Information:  541-682-8316or  www.eugene-or.gov/library.