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RECLAIM THE PLAZA: A Free Speech Celebration

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Monday, January 7 at 10:30pm
Wayne Morse Free Speech Plaza at 8th & Oak, Eugene

Celebrate freedom, stand up for your rights, and stand in solidarity with community members who wish to legally challenge Lane County’s unconstitutional curfew at the Wayne Morse Free Speech Plaza. Bring joy, cookies, protest signs, and musical instruments.

Article 1, Section 8 of the Oregon Constitution states the following:
“No law shall be passed restraining the free expression of opinion, or restricting the right to speak, write, or print freely on any subject whatever; but every person shall be responsible for the abuse of this right.”

The Wayne Morse Free Speech Plaza “curfew” is an unconstitutional restraint upon free speech and public assembly, and this is a call to action for all citizens of Eugene to stand up for the Constitution and the right to protest 24-7 in traditional public forums such as the Plaza. Our aim is to have the curfew declared unconstitutional in a court of law. To achieve this, SLEEPS in conjunction with local activists is planning a day of protest followed by a night of celebration and civil disobedience next Monday, January 7th. Free speech and unhoused activists along with other community members, both housed and unhoused, intend on being arrested in numbers for violating the Plaza curfew.

We invite you to come in celebration and solidarity to make a statement to City and County government that we as a community will not accept the violation of our constitutional rights. This will be a party, a celebration, a joyous expression of our freedoms under state and federal law. There will be music and treats and wonderful people. Sometime after 11pm, Eugene Police will request that we clear the plaza. Those who do not wish to be arrested will be free to leave and will able to stand on the sidewalk. Those who wish to be arrested will remain in the plaza. As a united force, we plan to plead not guilty to the charges and assert our constitutional rights in court as a community.

For more information email alley[at]practicalrabbit.com

Occupy Eugene Media Group Office Grand Opening!

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Tuesday, Nov. 27, 7pm at the Growers Market Round Table, 454 Willamette St.

OEMG has a new office at the Growers Market! To celebrate, we will be having a Grand Opening at 7pm, November 27. Come watch Occupy Eugene Media with us, share food, drink and conversation. Let’s celebrate our accomplishments! As Occupiers, we have had a great year and came a long way!

ACT AGAINST APATHY ON N17!

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A day of action in the defense of the Unhoused

When the Occupy Eugene site was closed in December of last year, we went peacefully, and when we went, we went under the impression that certain promises made by our city council would be followed through on. We went under the false understanding that those who had no place to call their own would be taken care of, that they would not face another winter, sickness and probable death, alone on the streets without at least the option for a warm place to sleep. When we went we thought that despite everything, we had made some small but solid victories.

We now face another winter and what we took as promises have yet to be made good on. There was never a wet shelter provided, nor the women and children’s shelter that was talked about, and all the work people have done to create an Opportunity Village was not enough to encourage the city to take appropriate action. Virtually none of the things that were discussed as solutions by our city and task force on homelessness have actually been followed through on and we are now looking forward to the cold months of winter with little more to offer the unhoused community but our regrets that we did not fight harder to keep the site and our own promise that we will keep fighting for them. When people are allowed to die on the street because of bureaucracy and apathy it can only be described as murder. Whose hands will the blood be on when the temperatures begin to drop and the deaths begin to pile up, if not our own? We must make a stand and demand our local government respect people over policy.

This year there will be no site, no camp, no hope for the most downtrodden and marginalized of our community, men and women who have served in our military, suffer from severe mental illness, or have serious drug or alcohol addictions, as well as families who have suddenly found themselves evicted or foreclosed upon. Our social services are already maxed out and the numbers of unhoused people in Lane County keep growing.

For those of you who share my concern, who have compassion for the less fortunate, who are as angry as I am that we were tricked into believing certain steps would be taken in the defense of the unhoused by our local government–what seems now to be a ploy just to get us off their backs, just to keep us silent, and will undoubtedly result in the unnecessary deaths of fellow human beings–I invite you to join me and other concerned citizens on November 17th to march against the apathy and the bureaucracy that is used as an excuse to do nothing in the defense of people’s to raise awareness and demand more from our local government.

It is in the shelter of each other that the people live.

OEV Vacation Work Party!

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OEV VACATION (as in, we’re vacating the premises)

Work Party Part 2: Saturday, October 27th, 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at OEV,
7th & Polk

We are very close to being done. Come express your appreciation for Helen’s generosity by making the building empty, clean, and beautiful.

FAMILY RALLY TO SAVE POSTAL SERVICE AT GATEWAY MAIL PROCESSING CENTER

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Picketing Sat., Nov. 3rd 11:30 to 12:00
Meet at the sign at 3248 Gateway Street, Springfield.

Then Move to the Noon Rally at Gateway Mail Processing Center loading dock on Postal Way.

You will not be able to park in the postal service parking lot.

Sponsored by the Eugene Springfield Solidarity Network.

Goals:
-Save the Gateway Mail Processing Center.
-Save local rural post offices.
-Save the U.S. Postal Service

Key Points:
-No tax dollars have been spent on the postal service since the 1970 Postal
Reorganization Act.

-The Postal Service is not a business, it is public service.

-Postal Service is a constitutional right. Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 of
the United States Constitution, known as the Postal Clause or the Postal
Power, empowers Congress “To establish Post Offices and post Roads.”

-Postal workers take an oath The Postal Service must preserve and protect the
security of all mail in its custody from unauthorized opening, inspection,
reading of contents or covers, tampering, delay, or other unauthorized acts.
Maintaining sanctity of the mail is a public trust vested in each postal
employee.

-In Oregon, we vote by mail.

-If the Gateway Mail Processing is closed, all Eugene/Springfield mail will be
trucked to Portland to be processed, and then trucked back for delivery.

-When rural post offices are closed or suffer reductions in services this
causes irreparable harm to rural communities.

-U.S. Postal Service is one of the largest employers of veterans.

-UPS and Fed Ex have picked off the most profitable routes. They use the
Postal Service to deliver to more expensive destinations, such as rural areas.

OCCUPY EUGENE’S FIRST YEAR VIDEO!

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Watch it on a big screen during the evenings festivities at Occupy Eugene’s
First Year Anniversary Party!

A day of Action. An evening of Celebration.
Monday Oct. 15 from 10am to 10pm@The Park Blocks/8th & Oak.

Click the link below to enjoy this video produced by the Occupy Eugene Media Group and collectively created by the many videographers who participated in Occupy Eugene this past year.

Thank you Occupiers for all of your amazing efforts to help our planet and each other! Thank you also to everyone who took part in documenting all of our good works!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJqt1PBo4A4

OCTOBER 15 OCCUPY EUGENE ANNIVERSARY!

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OCTOBER 15 OCCUPY EUGENE FIRST ANNIVERSARY!
A Day of Action. An Evening of Celebration.

LAST REMINDER! It will be great fun for the whole family. You don’t want to
miss it!
Occupy Medical will have their new bus available for tours from 6pm to 9pm.
No medical services will be provided. Praise and donations accepted. Thanks
to Oregon Community Foundation and many donors who made this a reality.

If you would like to participate in any of the following actions or help with
tabling or preparation, please call Occupy Eugene at 541-525-0130.

Actions Of The Day:
–11:30am Meeting at Ninkasi, 272 Van Buren St.
Eugene Philanthropy Network Sidewalk repair
contact Plaedo

–2pm at Park Blocks on 8th & Oak
Break up the Big Banks and Arrest the Banksters Protest March
[keystone cops, silly string [mace], banksters, protesters, jailers]
contact Jen and Scotty

–5:30pm Meeting at Park Blocks on 8th & Oak
Houseless Solutions Memorial for our Homeless
contact Jean

–4:30pm Meeting at Wayne Morse Free Speech Plaza on 8th & Oak
Women’s Amplified Action
contact Lotus

–Noon Lunch
6pm Dinner
Served at the Park Blocks on 8th & Oak
contacts Jon, Diesel, and Gregory

Performers/Entertainers
6:00-6:20 Franklin Ladies Aide Society
6:20-6:30 Welcoming Speech
6:30-7:00 Franklin Ladies Society
7:00-7:45 Walker T. Ryan
7:45-8:10 Plaedo
8:10-8:30 Sparrow
8:30-8:50 Argus
9:00-10:00 Great All Merge

ALLIES TABLES:
Occupy Interfaith
Deep Green Resistance
Cascadia Forest Defenders

LOGISTICS
– electricity – being arranged for or we’ll use generator if we have to
– set up
– sanitation
– tear down/clean up
– tabling shifts:
10-12
12-2
2-4
4-6
6-8
8-10

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FIRST FRIDAY OCCUPY ART AND OPEN HOUSE

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*Art inspired by or created for the Occupy Eugene movement*

Friday, Sept. 7th, 5:30-8 pm at Outpost A, 1191 Lawrence St., Eugene

Come and see some revolutionary art created the OE community, hear great live music, socialize and see what Occupy Eugene is up to currently. Featuring paintings, sculpture, photography and mixed media. Refreshments will be served.

Call for entries:

Art can be dropped off at 1191 Lawrence St. on  Thursday, September 6th, 5-8 pm or on Friday, September 7th, 10 am to 3 pm.

You will need a way to hook the art to the picket fence in front of the house or some type of self standing device such as an easel. The wire on the back of the frame should work. If wanted, tags will need to made by the artist with the name of the piece, the artist’s name, medium, price, etc., and you can donate part or all of the sale to OE.

The art will be stored on the porch and can be picked up after the event or on Saturday, Sept. 8.

We are also looking for 4 acoustic musicians to do 35 minute sets. No amplification please. Email Scott Fife at iconoclasmo.scott@gmail.com.

SCHEDULE

5:30- 6:05 pm
6:10-6:40 Scott Fife
6:45-7:20
7:25-8 pm

The Occupation at 1191 Lawrence Street is a statement against the foreclosure crisis plaguing the country that is at the heart of the Great Recession and the big banks’ continuing criminal role in the crisis.