Student Solidarity Rally

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The people of Montreal, Quebec, have joined students on strike in daily demonstrations numbering in the hundreds of thousands. The strikes have been underway for more than 100 days, and seem to be expanding to other parts of Canada, along with showings of student power in Chicago, Chile, and elsewhere.

On June 11, we will take to the streets of Eugene, from 7 to 11 p.m. banging pots and pans to show our support for students in Montreal, Eugene, and around the world.

Please bring: pots or pans and safety pins – red squares will be provided and wear black on your top half and jeans or your school’s branded attire on the bottom.

Cut a square out of a piece of red fabric and wear it on your clothing or bag every day. The red square is a symbol of support for the Montreal student strikes and is quickly becoming a symbol of support for resistance movements everywhere.

Add the red square to your profile picture on Facebook or your avatar on Twitter: http://twibbon.com/join/Red-Square-2

The current model of higher education require students to go into debt that will take far longer to pay off and cost far more than they ever spend at the university. This model is destructive to society because it builds a large underclass of debtors and moves wealth away from the general population, into the hands of the few. To quote Occupy Portland, “With increases in tuition showing no signs of stopping, and the student debt bubble recently breaching the trillion dollar mark, it is high time the people rise up to condemn the profiteering of the civil right of education.”

Memorial Day Potluck and Rally at Old Federal Building

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The Fed Up Committee invites you to Occupy Memorial Day at the Fed:

Potluck and Rally

Noon to 4 p.m.

Monday, May 28

Come to the old Federal Building Memorial Day for a potluck and rally. Bring food, plates, utensils, signs, and umbrella (in case of rain). It may not be a heavy traffic day or many of us in attendance, but it’s a holiday so we’ll be celebrating together Occupy-style!

Press Conference: Moratorium on Foreclosures Now!

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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.

The public is invited to attend this press conference, along with members of the local media. The event will last approximately half an hour.

Occupy Eugene is committed to the principle “Housing is a human right.” People should not be evicted. Occupy Eugene’s research has shown the many foreclosures are fraudulent.

When: Friday, May 11, Noon.

Where: steps of the Lane County Courthouse, 8th & Oak.

OE Open House and Volunteer Fair

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Occupy Eugene invites everyone to an Open House and Volunteer Fair at our building OEV, 1274 W 7th, on Saturday, March 24, from 2 to 4 pm. (Please park on the side streets.)

Come meet us, enjoy some refreshments, and find out what we are up to and where we are headed. We hope you will find a place to participate and help us create the kind of democracy we can all be proud of.

If you’ve been curious about what we are doing what are plans are, this is your chance to find out.

¡Viva Mexico! Movie and Discussion

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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.

WORK PARTY AT OEV

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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 25^th.

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/

1/7/12 Egan Warming Centers Training

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The Egan Warming Centers are holding a training for new volunteers on Saturday, January 7, from 9 to 11 am at the First Christian Church at 12th and Oak in Eugene.

Egan shelters are open between November 15 and March 31 on nights when temperatures drop to 29 degrees or below. Volunteers are required to help staff and operate the shelters.

If you want to become an Egan volunteer, you must be at least 18, complete a Volunteer Application, which you can find at http://eganwarmingcenter.com/downloadcenter.html and attend a training.

UPDATE: 1/21/12 Occupy Oregon General Assembly

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as of Friday afternoon, 20th January:

Bill here from Occupy Salem Oregon.

The weather is totally not with us for an outdoor event, so we’ve changed the place. We’ll be indoors!

The new site is First Congregational Church, 700 Marion St NE, Salem 97301, five blocks from the Capitol. Parking is free on streets all around on Saturdays. The schedule and agenda remain the same but the band has cancelled, so we’ll have to entertain ourselves. We’ll rally at noon, with speakers and a speak-out, march downtown at 1pm, and hold the first Occupy Oregon General Assembly right after the march. The space is reserved from 11 to 5.

Please pass on this information to everyone who made plans to be at the Occupy Oregon Assembly rally this Saturday, or is still thinking about it. It will certainly be more comfortable indoors, and will likely be more productive. Bring signs for the march! Since the day marks two years since the horrible Citizens United v. FEC decision, corporate personhood, money as speech, and a constitutional amendment to end them is the focus.

We’ll have access to coffee and tea equipment and a sink, but not cooking facilities or utensils. Food to share would be nice and we’ll need to bring our own coffee, tea, and utensils.

We will have people at the steps to redirect to the church. We will be in the basement, room for about 300
Occupy Oregon!

Info as of Tuesday, January 18th:

Saturday Jan 21st.The rally is on!
Starting 10am on the capitol grounds in Salem

Tables and booths can be set up by the different occupations that are
represented, as well as by work groups, committees, organizations,
etc. There will be time for mingling, getting to know everyone from
around the state and what they are doing. We can start talking, and
deciding, about what the state GA will look like, what the agendas can
be, where do we go from here, etc.

Music is being provided by Sol Seed they will be performing on the
capitol steps.
There are some good, knowledgeable speakers that will be talking
during the day. We may even have an open mic session.

The march will begin at 12:00 – 1:00 pm. We will be stopping at
various places like the Oregon Supreme Court building, the Associated
Oregon Industries offices, and others.

The GA will begin at 3:00-4:00 pm
The GA is a big part of this! Occupations from all over the state will
be together, showing unity and strength, making future plans, setting
agendas. It will be whatever we make it.

This rally is also the starting point of “Occupy the Legislature”
beginning on Feb 1st. Which is the opening day of the 2012 legislative
session. Much of the the discussion/planning that will be happening on
Jan 21st will be on this subject. We’ll be dealing with legislative
issues, corporate political power issues, lobbyists, the internal
legislative processes, and so forth. Bring your ideas!
In these next few days we need to continue to contact our fellow
occupiers around the state and encourage them to get to Salem. Even a
few folks from each of the occupations would be great!
Craig

Previously posted:

On Saturday, January 21, 2012, from 5:00 pm to 10 pm, Occupiers from all over Oregon will gather in Salem to rally with representatives from Astoria, Bend, Eugene, Salem, Portland, Seaside, and all other Oregon Cities to prepare for Occupy the Legislature on February 1st.

We will have an agenda discussion, which will include political involvement tactics, non-violent civil disobedience, and logistics.

We will be discussing housing options for people coming from outside of the Salem regions, so we can make sure thousands of Oregonians can be present on the first in a timely fashion.

Inspired by Occupy Wall Street, affinity groups from Unified Oregon Occupations are holding a General Assembly, following the nationwide Occupy the Courts Solidarity demonstration, on the steps of the Capitol Building in Salem.

If we show Solidarity, we can have an action similar to the protests in Madison, Wisconsin.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Wisconsin_protests

Corporations are NOT people. Money is NOT Speech. ALEC and profit driven lobbyists will no longer control our government. The time has come to make these truths evident to the Capital.

Exercise your freedom and challenge systemic oppression. Occupy Multiply!

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Occupy-the-Legislature-Oregon/269113373145794?ref=ts&sk=wall

1/5/12 Cascadia Direct Action Training

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Have you ever wanted to effectively execute a rowdy non-violent direct action with your affinity group?Have you ever wondered what the term “affinity group” actually means?

All are encouraged to participate, We hope to see you there! Hosted by Cascadia Forest Defenders. Learn the language of the movement!

Occupy Eugene V, 1274 W. 7th Ave (7th and Polk), Eugene, Oregon: 11:00am-3:30pm