WHOVILLE

Whoville was a protest camp in Eugene, Oregon demonstrating the need for unhoused people to be legally allowed the minimal human right of sheltering themselves from the weather and sleep.  Whoville was named after the homeless camps during the depression, while Hoover was president–they were called “Hoovervilles”.

Whoville was formed and moved away from the SLEEPS protest at Free Speech Plaza with about a half dozen campers originally.  The police evicted them from site after site until they arrived at Hilyard & Broadway Avenue.  There the camp grew and eventually attained temporary permission from the city of Eugene, to provide shelter for about 50 people at any one time.  Whoville stayed at Hilyard & Broadway from October to April and helped many people during the harsh winter weather conditions of 2013-14.

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Photos by Jana Thrift
Photos by David Zupan
Photos by Robert Long
Photos by Gregory Walker

 

 

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Photos and Videos Listed by Subject & Date:

Whoville Fence Up – Edited Video by Jana Thrift

A Wizard in Eugene – Edited Video by Gina Ginsberg

Tentmonster Visits Whoville – Published October 28, 2014 – Edited Video by Jana Thrift

10 Yr. Old Keegan’s Kindness

Whoville – Protest Camp Photos & Videos

The Whoville Community – Who Are They?
(Interviews With Residents)

Who Needed Evicting–How? – Video by Jana Thrift

Jean Stacey & Alley Valkyrie Prepare to Occupy City Office – Video by Lynn Porter/Homeless Action – April 1, 2014

Whoville Coalition Occupies City Manager’s Office – April 1, 2014

Whoville Public Events & Meetings

 

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Whoville Protest Camps:

Whoville Begins at Wayne Morse Free Speech Plaza

Whoville at River Rd. & the Northwest Expressway

Whoville by the Fairgrounds

Whoville First Goes to 8th & Mill Street

Whoville on Island Across from Federal Courthouse

Whoville Under Ferry Street Bridge

Whoville on Hilyard & Broadway

The Eagan Warming Center Opens for Evicted Whoville Residents

Whoville at the Federal Building on 7th & Pearl

Whoville back on 8th & Mill Street

Whoville Under bridge by Goodtimes Bar

Whoville on 7th & Garfield Street

Whoville in the Eastern Wetlands of West Eugene

 

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Whoville Starts a New Protest Camp – Fall 2014

Whoville on 6th Avenue