‘Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.’ — Ovid
Upcoming Rallies, Marches, Talks, Trainings and Protests
• Rejecting Billionaire Rule and Corporate ownership, noon, August 2, Whole Foods, Boycott Amazon and Whole Foods. Find 50501 Eugene on Facebook.
• Hiroshima-Nagasaki Commemoration, 7 pm, Wednesday, August 6, Alton Baker Park Peace Pavilion. Taiko drumming, Obon dancing and a lantern ceremony at dusk honoring victims of the atomic bombings and calling for peace, AsianCouncil.org.
Ongoing
• Resist! Persist! Repeat! Weekly Protest, 10 am to 11 am, Mondays, corners of 29th and Willamette Street.
• Weekly vigils against the genocide in Gaza, 5 pm, Wednesdays, Planet Versus Pentagon, old federal building, corner of 7th & Pearl.
• Stop the Cuts, noon Fridays, Eugene Veterans Clinic, 3355 Chad Drive.
• Stand in solidarity with Food Not Bombs feeding the community, 4 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.
• 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.
• 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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