Oakland Solidarity March TODAY

In response to brutal police repression in Oakland, Occupy Eugene will join in a day of Solidarity with Occupy Oakland along with Occupies Wall Street, Boston, Philadelphia and many others.

What: Oakland Solidarity March

When: 5:00-8:00pm

Where: Free Speech Plaza 8th and Oak
event contact : John Monroe- doublealius@riseup.net

Check out this event’s Facebook page

Occupying the Heart and Mind


Please join us this Friday the 27th at 11:45am and/or Saturday the 28th at 2:30pm for a Silent Interfaith Meditation/Prayer Circle.

Everyone is welcome, regardless of religious affiliation. The intention is to create the time and space to listen to the message arising from within our hearts and minds and to generate the compassion that will benefit us all.

Where: Occupy V, 1274 7th St., Eugene

When: Friday, 27 January, 11:45am &/or Saturday, 28 January, 2:30pm.

Click on the links below for details.

http://www.facebook.com/events/352224218122994/

http://www.facebook.com/events/317760994931782/

1/27/12 Last Friday Artwalk

Art by Occupiers, works about Occupy, and artifacts of the Occupation will be on display at Occupy V. We will be painting murals on the walls inside. All money earned for any works sold go to Occupy Eugene.

Food & Music too!

Where: Occupy V, 1274 W. 7th, Eugene.

When: Friday, January 27, 6 – 9 pm.

Contact: cooperotte@hotmail.com

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

“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.)