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 Wiesel, Holocaust survivor and activist

Upcoming Rallies, Marches, Trainings and Protests

No Kings Since 1776 protest, Indivisible, noon to 1:30 pm, Friday, July 4, 405 East 8th Avenue (across from Whole Foods); family friendly peaceful protest, all are welcome. Protest signs, costumes, caricatures encouraged, please no fireworks.

• Weekly protest by Cottage Grove Friends of Democracy kicks off 5 pm to 6 pm, Friday, July 4, at Coast Fork Farm Stand on the corner of Main and Hwy 99. From 2 pm to 5 pm the same day is an Independence Day picnic at Bohemia Park. Affiliated with Indivisible and Rural Organizing Project .

• Rally to Save Our Social Security! Noon to 1pm July 8, corner of Coburg Road and Oakmont Way, HandsOffSocialSecurity.org.

• Discussion to Achieve Arms Embargo on Israel, planning for protest, 5:30 pm, Monday, July 14, Skinner’s Cabin, 315 Cheshire Avenue. Hosted by No Arms to Israel. Bring snacks to share. 1-Side.com.

Ongoing

• Resist! Persist! Repeat! Weekly Protest, 10 am to 11 am, Mondays, corners of 29th and Willamette Street.

Protest U.S.-supported genocide in Palestine, 4:30 pm to 6 pm, Mondays, oppose U.S. aid to Israel, 405 East 8th Avenue at Wayne Lyman Morse United States Courthouse. 

• Weekly vigils against the genocide in Gaza, 5 pm, Wednesdays, Planet Versus Pentagon, old federal building, corner of 7th & Pearl.

Veterans for Peace, noon to 1 pm, Fridays, 7th and Pearl. 

Stop the Cuts, noon Fridays, Eugene Veterans Clinic, 3355 Chad Drive.  

Signmaking at MECCA, 11 am to 6 pm Tuesday through Saturday, help with signmaking 11 am to 1 pm Wednesdays. Paint up to four signs for a donation of $5 to $10. MECCA, 555 High Street.

Stand in solidarity with Food Not Bombs feeding the community, 3:30 pm Fridays, Food Not Bombs, Downtown Park Blocks, 8th and Oak, Instagram.com/foodnotbombs_eugene.

Protest Trump’s attacks on immigrants, noon to 5 pm Saturdays, in front of the Creswell AM/PM on Oregon Avenue, resources available to teach people how to disrupt ICE raids in their area. 

Volunteer with 50501 — medics, de-escalators, etc., needed. Linktr.ee/50501eugene. Contribute to financing permits and other items for local 50501 protests by searching Eugene 50501 on GoFundMe.

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