“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.” — H.P. Lovecraft
• Check EugeneTogetherStrong.org for protest updates. If arrested at a protest: Eugene Jail Support is 541-515-5721 and Civil Liberties Defense Center help line is 541-603-6891.
• Check with weekend protests to see if they are affected by the Halloween holiday!
• Local Elections Integrity: 2 pm-3 pm, Wednesday, Oct. 28, (doors 1:45 pm), co-hosted by Eugene interfaith leaders and Mayor Kaarin Knudson, A Conversation with Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read. First Congregational Church, 1050 East 23rd Avenue, Eugene. Parking is on-site or on-street) By LTD bus: via Route 28 and Route 81. Free and open to the public.
• Lane County Immigrant Defense Network public organizing meeting, 5:30 pm Wednesday, Oct. 28, First Christian Church in Eugene. Recent ICE surge in the state and how to prepare for if it comes to Lane County; hear a report from local organizers who visited the Northwest Detention Center; and write letters of solidarity to immigrants imprisoned at the NDC.
Ongoing at Eugene Federal Building, 7th Avenue and Pearl Street.
• Mondays: Veterans for Peace, Chapter 159, weekly protest, 1 pm to 2 pm.
• Tuesdays: Singing for Our Lives, noon to 1 pm, the BeLonging Space and Interfaith Alliance with Migrants. Shame on ICE, 1 pm to 2 pm, Indivisible Eugene/Springfield. Love and Rage Protest, 2 pm to 5 pm.
• Wednesdays: Resisters Book Club, noon to 1 pm, sidewalk of 6th Avenue. Weekly Vigils Against the Genocide in Gaza and Against ICE, 4 pm to 6 pm, Planet Versus Pentagon.
• Thursdays: Signs of Fascism Protest, 10 am to noon. Signs provided, wear black. Indivisible. Neighbors Protecting Neighbors, noon to 2 pm.
• Fridays: Raging Grannies, noon to 2 pm. Bay Watch, 2 pm to 4 pm.
• Sundays: SLUG Queens Resist! and Eugene Inflatables Protest, 1 pm to 3 pm.
Ongoing
• Mondays: Resist! Persist! Repeat! Weekly Protest, 10 am to 11 am, corners of 29th and Willamette and noon to 1 pm, corner of Coburg and Harlow roads. Protect Our Election Sign Waving, 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm, corner of 7th and Oak.
• Mondays & Thursdays: Political postcarding! 1 pm to 3 pm, Gryff’s Pub on Bailey Hill across from Churchill High. RSVP Pandi96743@yahoo.com. Donations needed for postage — Venmo @pamela-bahnsen-2 or by check to PostCarders Defending Democracy! P.O. Box 482, Creswell 97426.
• Tuesdays-Sundays: Make protest signs at MECCA, 11 am to 6 pm, up to four signs with materials provided by Eugene Message Makers at Community Table Space, $5-$10 sug. don. to MECCA.
• Wednesdays: Political postcarding, 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm, The Gardens on Friendly. RSVP: Swiftly41@gmail.com.
• Fridays: Stop the Cuts, noon, Eugene Veterans Clinic, 3355 Chad Drive. Stand in Solidarity with Food Not Bombs Feeding the Community, 4 pm, downtown Park Blocks, 8th and Oak, Instagram.com/FoodnotBombs_Eugene. We the People Party, 11:30 am to 1:30 pm, second Friday of the month at Tall Firs Cafe in Springfield to reestablish government of, by and for the people.
• Saturdays: Peaceful protest, noon to 1 pm, Coburg City Hall, 91136 N. Willamette Street, Coburg, rain or shine, Indivisible Coburg.
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