Occupy Medical Fundraiser
Mark your calendars, and come support Occupy Medical. It’s taking place Sunday, June 23, 2013 from 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm at Cozmic Pizza located at 8th and Charnelton. There will be live music, organic pizza, and an assortment of local beverages.
THE OCCUPY EUGENE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
The Occupy Eugene General Assembly continues to hold GAs inside at Growers Market on Fridays only, until we decide otherwise.
The “Quorum GA”, when most Occupy Eugene decisions take place, will be held the third Friday of each month.
Please join us at our General Assembly, 6pm every Friday at the Growers Market, 454 Willamette St. Eugene OR.
Swarm Monsanto
Occupy Eugene will gather for coffee and donuts at the Old Federal Building Saturday May 25th at 10:00 AM to prepare for the March Against Monsanto. Occupiers will head over to the Wayne Morse Free Speech Plaza at 10:45 AM.
The World Wide March Against Monsanto begins at 11:00 AM. There will be a rally, march and party.
Please join Occupy Eugene and affinity groups to demand a sustainable GMO free food supply.
Benefit for Occupy Eugene
There will be a Celebration of Art, Poetry, and Music at Tsunami Books.
2585 Willamette Street, Eugene Sunday, May 19, 2013, from 4 to 6 p.m.
Occupy Eugene’s Activities to Protect Our Constitution
Watch this great update on what Occupy Eugene and the Civil Liberties Defense Center have been doing to keep our constitutional rights alive!
May Day Celebration
Make your voice heard in the fight for Economic and Social Justice, Workers’ Rights, Immigration Reform, and Environmental Sanity.
Exercise your First Amendment Rights to speak, sing, march, and organize!
5:00pm Celebration Rally at Kesey Square, W. Broadway & Willamette
5:30pm Solidarity March from Kesey Square to the Old Federal Building
6:00pm Party & Potluck at the Old Fed–Family Friendly Speakers, Music, and Entertainment into the night!
Brought to you by: Occupy Eugene, The Civil Liberties Defense Center, and Community Alliance of Lane County.
Tug of War at EWEB Earth Day Celebration: Press Release
This Saturday, April 20, during EWEB’s 2013 Earth Day Celebration and beginning at 1 pm, Occupy Eugene will stage a Tug of War to demonstrate the “pull between good and bad energy.”
FUND HUMAN NEEDS NOT WAR
A coalition of peace, justice and labor activists, including Occupy Eugene have organized several actions on Tax Day, Monday April 15th. The coalition’s message is calling on Congress to redirect war dollars to fund human needs. Also, activists are demanding continued USPS Saturday delivery and to keep the Springfield Gateway facility open.
11:00 AM @ The downtown Post Office, 520 Willamette Street, Eugene OR. Organizers will be providing taxpayers the opportunity to decide where their tax dollars go, by inviting them to participate in a penny poll. The poll participants will be given 10 pennies to put in jars representing a 6-category breakdown of the Federal budget.
1200 Noon @ The downtown Post Office. There will be a rally with speakers and music.
1:00 PM. Procession mourning the human costs of war from the Post Office to the New Federal Bldg., with a 1:30 pm rally. Marchers will turn in cards to the Congressional offices of Senator Merkley, Wyden and Rep. DeFazio that call on them to take action to fund human needs and not war.
Occupy Eugene/Occupy Bankbusters Benefit
Occupy Eugene and Occupy BankBusters will hold a fundraiser at Cozmic Pizza, Monday, April 8th, at 6 PM. Everyone is invited. Participants can get up to date on what Occupy is doing, buy raffle tickets for gift certificates from local businesses, watch the movie “The Secret of Oz” and discuss the historical events behind our current economic crisis and what some real solutions to our situation might look like. All this over beer and pizza.
Cozmic Pizza is located at 8th and Charnelton, in downtown Eugene, and their phone number is (541)338-9333. Donations accepted at the door. Twenty per cent of lifetime Cozmic gift certificates sold at the fundraiser, for later use, goes to support the local Occupy movement.
Helping Enable Activists’ Lifestyle- Event Currently Discontinued
Every Tuesday and Saturday, John Monroe leads a gentle yoga and meditation class to area activists.
Please bring a yoga mat, if you have one. We hope to see you there!
Opinion: Failure within Occupy Eugene
“If you aren’t falling, you aren’t trying hard enough.”