Come join us for the 2nd Occupy Oregon State Assembly meeting on Saturday, February 25th from 3-6pm in Eugene, Oregon! We’ll be hosting this event at our large warehouse located at the corner of 7th and Polk in downtown Eugene (1274 W. 7th Ave). There’s plenty of free parking nearby, and the building is warm and cozy with restrooms, sofas, chairs, hot coffee, etc. We’ll be having a “People United” rally and march from 11am-2pm, followed by the State Assembly meeting from 3pm-6pm, a delicious hosted dinner from 6-8pm (sliding scale $0-$5), and then dancing, live music and more from 8pm-? Those people who will be traveling to Eugene for the State Assembly meeting and would like to spend the night on Friday and/or Saturday please RSVP as soon as possible and request a homestay–we’re putting a list together of local occupiers who can host OOSA guests.
Yearly Archives: 2011
¡Viva Mexico! Movie and Discussion
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
7:00 pm until 10:00 pm
100 Willamette Hall, UO Campus
Park in Onyx parking lot/eastside of Franklin Blvd
Come watch a movie that will raise your awareness and inform our local activist community about other social movements in the world, so that we may learn and build solidarity. Discussion with Javier Lara, Northwest Treeplanters and Farmworkers United, follows.
In a journey from the mountains of southeastern Mexico to the northern border with the United States, Subcommander Marcos and the people of Mexico trace the forgotten face of a country. A celebration of the struggle for land and dignity.
After the movie, we can engage in a dialogue about the different perspectives we view or internalized the topic. At the end, I will like to link the point of the film to what PCUN does as a farm worker union in Woodburn-Oregon.
—Javier Lara, Northwest Treeplanters and Farmworkers United
Link: http://www.vivamexicofilm.com/eng.html
Contact Scott Fife, iconoclasmo.scott@gmail.com, 541-232-2868 for more information.
Sign Making Party/Potluck
Please come join us at the Last Friday Art Walk at OEV to make signs for Saturday’s People United March. My Name Is ______ And I AM A Person. This will be a potluck, so bring a dish or beverage to share and eating utensils. Art supplies will be provided.
Where: OEV, 1274 W. 7th, Eugene
When: Friday, February 24, 5 -8pm
Event contact :
Marcus Farley
541.556.3159
farleymarcus@gmail.com
Occupy Hip Hop: A talk with Boots Riley from The Coup
University of Oregon’s Multicultural center will be bringing Boots Riley, activist and underground conscious hip hop MC, who will be speaking on the intersection of art and activism for revolutionary change through music on Wednesday February 15th in Lillis 182. Boots Riley will be performing later that night in WOW hall at 9:30PM with The Coup.
Born into a family of Radical Organizers from Chicago, Boots Riley developed his interest in politics and inspired his activism at a young age. Boots is a revolutionary Hip Hop and Funk MC and founder of the political hip hop group, The Coup. He uses his lyrics to develop a strong sense of political consciousness and uses the constant growing popularity of their concerts to bring in a large number of youth to take leading roles in many social justice movements. Boots Riley is currently an active participant with the Occupy Oakland movement. Boots will speak on his active roles with hip hop and activism including the struggles against racial profiling and police brutality against youth of color. Your presence is welcomed!!!
(Please arrive on time, the event will begin at 7:00 PM sharp. Boots has a show at nine. We would like to make this hour and a half as productive as we can.)
Where: University of Oregon, Lillis 182, Eugene
When: Wednesday, February 15, 7pm.
Movie and discussion brunch: Housing is aHuman Right/Occupy the Homes
40 minutes of short videos followed by discussion with brunch.
Synopsis: The Take Back the Land- Movement is a national network of organizations dedicated to elevating housing to the level of a human right and securing community control over land. The Movement must be led by impacted communities and is firmly rooted in ‘Positive Action’ campaigns, including those which break the immoral laws which allow banks to gain billions in profit while human beings are made homeless.
Where: Occupy V, 1274 W 7th, Eugene
When: Sunday, February 26, 12 – 3 pm
Contact person: Scott Fife (541)232-2868
NoW! Saturday Eve – March in Solidarity Against ACTA
We are having a march in solidarity with the rest of the world against ACTA – Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement – tonight at 6pm in Wayne Morse Free Speech Plaza. We will have a short march to the Federal Courthouse where people will be able to speak out against this tyrannical set of laws. Please join us in this effort, it is of great importance that we stand now before it is to late. ACTA is the greatest threat to international trade and communication that the world has ever seen, and it has already been signed by 31 countries. 6 more and it will become a reality. Thank you!
Contact person: Josh McWhorter
Minutes Training
Come learn how to take effective minutes! We need more minute takers for General Assemblies and committee meetings.
When: Saturday, February 11th, 12 to 1pm
Where: Growers Building-Round Table
454 Willamette St. Eugene
WORK PARTY AT OEV
Saturday, February 11
1 pm to 4 pm
1274 W 7th Ave (7th and Polk, next to Cornbread Café)
Come help get our building ready to host the Occupy Oregon Statewide Assembly on February 25th.
We need to get oil for heat. We have money in the building fund to cover cost, but we need to get access to the oil tank. So come help us move stuff away from the oil tank and get our building all spruced up for the big event.
For more information on the work party, contact Mary Broadhurst at 541-285-4614.
For more information on Occupy Oregon Statewide Assembly, see
http://www.facebook.com/events/357972737565201/
International Day of Solidarity for Leonard Peltier
We will rally at Wayne Morse Free Speech Plaza at 1 PM and proceed to march at 2 PM to Eugene’s Federal Courthouse.
Message: “President Obama: Grant Clemency NOW!!!”
Come support the Native American activist who was wrongly convicted and illegally imprisoned for over 36 years.
When: Saturday, February 4, 1 – 4 pm.
Where: Wayne Morse Free Speech Plaza and Federal Court House
event contact: Tracey 541.521.4717
Solidarity with Leonard Peltier
Occupy Benefit
Badass Productions presents
Alder street All-stars, Reign and Bishop
Come join us as we celebrate making history together.
5 dollars suggested donation; starts at 8pm.
Hip Hop music and Alterna-folk. With food and political self expression.
Come have fun with us.
When: Saturday, February 4, 8 – 11 pm.
Where: Occupy V, 1274 W. Polk St., Eugene