Occupy Inter-Faith Eugene
Strategy meeting and Health Care for All HOUSEPARTY training. All are welcome. Please join us.
May 20th, 1:30-4:00pm
Tuesday Medical Clinic
All are welcome, no charge. No appointments; first come, first served. If you have any medical conditions, concerns or questions, please come by. Let’s all do what we can to make our Occupy Eugene environment as healthy and safe as possible.
This Week’s Education Series: How to Speak to the Media and Reach Out to the Public
This training will cover how to craft your message, do an interview, draft a press release, hold a press conference and get your message in various media outlets. It will also include how to maintain informational communication with members, allies and the general public via email, phone trees, newsletters and other outreach vehicles
Occupy Privilege and Racism Workshop
In this workshop, we’ll focus on developing an understanding of privilege and racism, and how these social forces affect us individually and institutionally. We’ll explore these issues through open conversation, workshop exercises, short readings, viewing short DVD & You-Tube clips, and creating goals for action. The workshop is free, with donations accepted for Occupy Eugene.
Global Protest – Rally at the Fed!
What: Rally at the Old Federal Building Where: E 7th Ave and Pearl St. When: Saturday, May 12, 12:00pm- 3:00pm In solidarity with the many actions in Europe, the U.S. and elsewhere. See http://www.may12.net/ for a list of all of the cities where people are rallying around the globe. Our demands are for: Social Justice
Press Conference: Moratorium on Foreclosures Now!
On Friday, May 11, on the steps of the Lane County Courthouse at noon, Occupy Eugene’s Foreclosure Committee will hold a press conference calling on Governor John Kitzhaber and Attorney General John Kroger to declare a moratorium on all foreclosures in the state.
Occupation Education Continues
Building and Using Organizational Power
The trainers will lead a discussion about how to build movement power and create change by effectively engaging the public, and effectively influencing elected officials and city and county staff.
OE Medical Clinic extra!
This Sunday, Occupy Medical Clinic Plus presents Bodywork Day! Bodywork specialists such as massage therapists and Reiki healers are offering free hands-on treatment for back pain, as well as Sundays’ regular offerings:
Occupation Education Series continues, week 8
This week’s Strategic Campaign Planning Part 2 will continue despite Gordan Lafer’s cancellation. We will still be coordinating a discussion around campaign planning with Michael Carrigan facilitating. Here is a tentative agenda of the discussion:
Free Haircut Day!
Occupy Medical Clinic is hosting a free haircut day on Sunday, April 29th, during regular clinic hours from noon to 4 p.m. Volunteer hairstylists will cut your hair at the Park Blocks on the corner of 8th and Oak in downtown Eugene.
Opinion: Failure within Occupy Eugene
“If you aren’t falling, you aren’t trying hard enough.”