Activist Alert
Protests, activism and more around Lane County
‘Many of us didn’t choose to become activists. We were activated.’ — Black Lives Matter activist and former Rep. Cori Bush Upcoming Rallies, Marches, Talks, … Continue reading
Camilla Mortensen
Camilla Mortensen is the longtime local editor of Eugene Weekly, the area’s alternative newspaper. The paper, which has been in print since 1982 (originally as What’s Happening) continues to print more than 27,000 copies a week in addition to its popular email newsletters and website. Camilla has a masters degree in folklore and mythology from UCLA and a doctorate in comparative literature from the University of Oregon. She has been a reporter and editor at EW since 2007 and teaches journalism at the UO in the mornings before heading to the Weekly’s office. She also teaches newswriting at Lane Community College and advises The Torch student newspaper.
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Activist Alert
Protests, activism and more around Lane County
‘Get in good trouble, necessary trouble, and help redeem the soul of America.’ — Rep. John Lewis on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, … Continue reading
When Life Gives you Lemons
You squeeze those beater cars into races and rallies
I clutched the steering wheel — my hands dutifully at 10 and 2 o’clock — and stared through the bug-spattered windshield at the race track … Continue reading
Activist Alert
Protests, activism and more around Lane County
‘If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.’ — Maya Angelou Upcoming Rallies, Marches, Trainings and Protests • … Continue reading
Activist Alert
Protests, activism and more around Lane County
“There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.” — Elie … Continue reading
Activist Alert
Protests, activism and more around Lane County
“I do not know of any salvation for society except through eccentrics, misfits, dissenters, people who protest.” — William O. Douglas, U.S. Supreme Court justice … Continue reading
Activist Alert
Protests, activism and more around Lane County
“A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.” ― Edward Abbey Upcoming Rallies, Marches, Trainings and Protests • Disappeared in … Continue reading
Arrested. Again.
The former employee charged with embezzling from Eugene Weekly has been arrested in Ohio for the second time. This time her extradition was approved.
Elisha Jo Young, 38, has been arrested for the second time on five felony charges of embezzling tens of thousands of dollars from Eugene Weekly … Continue reading
Activist Alert
Protests, activism and more around Lane County
“TO the States or any one of them, or any city of the States, Resist much, obey little,Once unquestioning obedience, once fully enslaved,Once fully enslaved, no … Continue reading
De-Flocking the Cameras
With digital license plate readers about to launch, DeFlock seeks to tell citizens where the cameras are
Eugene and Springfield police intend to launch license plate readers that use AI to make digital fingerprints of vehicles. Activists and civil liberties advocates have … Continue reading