12 OCCUPY THE COURTS !

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On January 20th, Occupy Eugene will join Occupations from across the US to protest the courts “Citizens United” ruling.

Meeting at 11am the Wayne Morse Free Speech Plaza, at 8th & Oak, we will then march to the Federal Court house. Then we’ll make stops at other points before arriving at the First Christian Church (1166 Oak, near 11th St) to meet up with We the People and others at the church by 1PM.

People are People, Corporations are not!!! Money is not free speech. Join us!

Where: Wayne Morse Free Speech Plaza, 8th & Oak.

When: 11:00am -2pm

Also available in : Spanish

1/23/12 OCCUPY YOUR BODY: Awaken Your Heart: Global Dance Wave

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Calling all Believers in MOVEMENT! You are invited to participate in OCCUPY YOUR BODY: Awaken Your Heart, A Global Dance Wave on January 22, 2012 at 12 noon.

We as Conscious Dancers would like to add our wisdom to the collective vision emerging from the Occupy Movement. Here in Eugene, we will be hosting an additional Occupy Your Body dance from noon until 2 p.m.
OCCUPY has a message of transformation, a message about the need for change. We as dancers and spiritual seekers know the pathway of personal transformation. It is time for us to apply our wisdom to help bring about state, national and global transformations. We as dancers know the power of Embodiment. We know that when we are connected to our bodies, true transformation is possible. We know that when we connect the mind and the body and awaken the heart, we will be able to make the changes necessary. We offer OCCUPY YOUR BODY as a prayer for this awakening and our global transformation. On Sunday, January 22, 2012 at 12 noon, Conscious Dancers will dance a wave of movement that will circle the globe. Together, we are
ONE WAVE. ONE BODY. ONE HEART.On January 22 (as close to 12 noon as possible), dancing communities including Rhythms, Ecstatic, Conscious Dance, Soul Motion, Nia and any other kinds of conscious movement, will gather and dance, holding this prayer of EMBODIMENT, each with our own particular flavor, all with the same intention to allow the power of embodiment to be part of the global conversation in whatever way it can serve.Movement is needed. LET’S MOVE.

For more information and to post your participation, go to the FACEBOOK PAGE OCCUPY YOUR BODY: A Global Dance Wave or you can contact Amara directly at amara@amarapagano.com

A film being edited now by Jeff Wayman will be available next week introducing OCCUPY YOUR BODY and inviting people to participate. There will also be a video made with footage submitted from the various participants. Please post on Facebook your participation and make sure to send a photo or any film you can take of your OCCUPY YOUR BODY prayer.

1/28/12 William Stafford Celebration – Speaking Truth to Power

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“Speaking Truth to Power: The Poetry of William Stafford and the Occupy Movement.”

Where: Tsunami Books, 2585 Willamette St, Eugene

When: Saturday, January 28, 4-6 pm (The public is invited to a free poetry writing workshop led by Ingrid Wendt and Ralph Salisbury from 2 pm to 3:30 pm immediately before the reading.)

Jerry Gatchell, Martha Gatchell and Ingrid Wendt are the hosts of this reading and invite you to bring a favorite Stafford poem and/or anecdote to share and one of your own poems written in the spirit of Stafford’s commitment to social justice. Many Stafford poems can be found at http://williamstaffordarchives.org/browse/poems. Contact: Ingrid Wendt idwendt@comcast.net if you want to read a poem or share an anecdote.

A slideshow of Occupy Eugene sites, compiled by poet-photographer Robert Hill Long, will accompany the reading.

A portion of the proceeds from this event will benefit Occupy Eugene! Please plan to attend! The Zinn/Chomsky Library of Occupy Eugene is happy to announce that OE poets and writers are invited to share one William Stafford Poem and one of their own. (Remember to contact Ingrid Wendt at idwendt@comcast.net if you wish to read.)

The Occupy City Hall Dinner Party – & City Council Meeting

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We will have dinner outside city council chambers at City Hall starting at 6pm this coming Monday night, February 13. To make the evening more memorable, please wear the costume of your favorite OE action figure….maybe ninja wear, maybe tent monster gear, maybe dressed as the 1% or as the 99%, maybe dressed in nothing, maybe dressed in something for an action yet to come….

If you haven’t seen an OE family member for a while, search around for them and bring them along. We can Occupy a public place together for a while and also remind City Council we have not forgotten the circumstances of the WJP protest site, their disbanding camp and failing to provide alternative shelter.

After dinner come inside to council chambers to the city council public meeting and listen to public comment time. Support fellow Occupiers as they deliver testimony to city council and the public.

The Eugene City Council now has a draft resolution opposing Corporate Personhood, which was drafted by the city attorney. It calls on our congressional delegation to support an amendment to the United States Constitution which reverses the effect of the “Citizens United” Supreme Court decision. The draft resolution also calls on the city attorney to research putting this measure on the ballot for the public to vote on. Please tell the council if you support this measure, and particularly that you want the people to be able to vote on it.

Where: City Council Chambers, 777 Pearl, Eugene

When: Monday, Feb. 13th. Dinner in the courtyard at 6pm, Council Meeting 7-9pm.

Dinner contact: Jennifer Frenzer-Knowlton ; 531 731 1428; kokomojo0664@msn.com
Big John McCahill: 541 653 4232

Draft resolution on Corporate Personhood contact: Fergus Mclean; (541) 937-3034; willamettedams@Q.com

A chance for public input on the City Council Corporate Personhood resolution.

When we were ordered to disband, decamp and denied access to WJP, our home was taken and the winter shelter promised by the city was not provided. We can gather regularly in larger and larger numbers to remind city hall of its promise, unfulfilled at the expense of several Occupiers going still without a safe place to live or basic shelter for sleeping. We can regather, share a meal by Big John and Diesel together, strengthen community and recreate a public hearth for the evening at City Hall. We can persist in making our collective demands to have safe winter shelter and fuel our solidarity.