About 10 years ago, Supreme Court justice nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson visited Eugene when she was on the U. S. Sentencing Commission. Invited by Judge Ann Aiken, she toured the Relief Nursery and the Eugene Reentry Court. Who knew then that she would be the amazing first Black woman nominated to the U. S. Supreme Court? Her patient, poised, intelligent responses to the ridiculous Republican men questioning her put them to shame. Hopefully, she will soon be confirmed.
• Thank you, Slant readers! We recently let folks know about the Local and Vocal fundraising sweatshirts we are selling online (CustomInk.com/fundraising/eugeneweekly) and we suggested people donate a little extra to raise money to buy our hardworking Eugene Weekly interns hoodies, too. Not only did folks contribute, one longtime reader bought sweatshirts for six interns. This means that not only do our current interns get to put on an EW sweatshirt, but so do a couple past and future EW writers (and future famous journalists) as well!
• RentCafe reported that in 2021 Eugene had the most competitive rental market in the country with a rental vacancy rate of just 1.6 percent. That’s the number behind the City Club of Eugene program this week on “Landlords and Tenants: What’s Fair?” The meeting starts at noon Friday, April 1, at the First United Methodist Church, 1376 Olive Street. Speakers are Julia Boss, member of the Eugene Housing Policy Board, and Kathryn Dunn, realtor with Keller Williams Realty. Live streaming is an option. No lunch.
• ABD (anybody but Duke) is our choice to win basketball’s Big Dance for the men. Of course, we liked St. Peter’s, the 15th seed who fought their way up, but the Peacocks finally fell to North Carolina. That really leaves us with one team to cheer for — the Stanford women, who should win it all after beating Texas last weekend.
• While we’re talking about college basketball, college newspapers are hosting their own “Madness.” The Daily Emerald and 40 other college newspapers are participating in the second annual College Media Madness, a fundraising competition. The Daily Emerald — and all college journalism outlets — serve an important role in today’s news landscape, so we’ll be helping them out and hope you do, too. Learn more at DailyEmerald.com.
• The pandemic has scrambled scheduling this spring and summer, but we want to give you a few dates set for sure (for now, we are looking at you, BA.2). Maude Kerns Art Center is not offering Art and the Vineyard at Alton Baker Park this summer. Instead, several fundraisers are coming together, the first called “Marvelous Mothers’ Day at Maude’s” on May 8. Stay tuned for more. The Oregon Country Fair board just voted to put on the 2022 event July 8, 9 and 10. And, of course, the virus be damned, the World Athletics Championships are also coming to Eugene in July.
A Note From the Publisher
Dear Readers,
The last two years have been some of the hardest in Eugene Weekly’s 43 years. There were moments when keeping the paper alive felt uncertain. And yet, here we are — still publishing, still investigating, still showing up every week.
That’s because of you!
Not just because of financial support (though that matters enormously), but because of the emails, notes, conversations, encouragement and ideas you shared along the way. You reminded us why this paper exists and who it’s for.
Listening to readers has always been at the heart of Eugene Weekly. This year, that meant launching our popular weekly Activist Alert column, after many of you told us there was no single, reliable place to find information about rallies, meetings and ways to get involved. You asked. We responded.
We’ve also continued to deepen the coverage that sets Eugene Weekly apart, including our in-depth reporting on local real estate development through Bricks & Mortar — digging into what’s being built, who’s behind it and how those decisions shape our community.
And, of course, we’ve continued to bring you the stories and features many of you depend on: investigations and local government reporting, arts and culture coverage, sudoku and crossword puzzles, Savage Love, and our extensive community events calendar. We feature award-winning stories by University of Oregon student reporters getting real world journalism experience. All free. In print and online.
None of this happens by accident. It happens because readers step up and say: this matters.
As we head into a new year, please consider supporting Eugene Weekly if you’re able. Every dollar helps keep us digging, questioning, celebrating — and yes, occasionally annoying exactly the right people. We consider that a public service.
Thank you for standing with us!
Publisher
Eugene Weekly
P.S. If you’d like to talk about supporting EW, I’d love to hear from you!
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