Activist Alert
Protests, activism and more around Lane County
Upcoming Rallies, Marches, Trainings and Protests Indivisible Eugene Pop Up Protest, 3:30 pm, Friday, May 23, corner of Hwy 126 and Territorial Hwy, Veneta. • … 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
Upcoming Rallies, Marches, Trainings and Protests • BHRN Bash, a free community resource fair highlighting vital addiction and recovery services in Lane County, 11 am … Continue reading
Blooms and Bikes
Parades and motorcycles on the coast and dapper bikes in Eugene
It’s highly possible that there are people who go to the annual Florence Rhododendron Festival just for the bright native blooms. There are definitely folk … Continue reading
Activist Alert
Protests, activism and more around Lane County
Upcoming Rallies, Marches, Trainings and Protests • Sister District Trivia Night with Ty Connor, 6 pm, Monday, May 12, Claim 52 Kitchen, 232 Lincoln Street. Sister … Continue reading
Activist Alert
Protests, activism and more around Lane County
Upcoming Rallies, Marches, Trainings and Protests • 50501 Creswell May Day March, 1 pm to 5 pm, May 1, from the Creswell AM/PM on Oregon … Continue reading
Activist Alert
Protests, activism and more around Lane County
Upcoming Rallies, Marches, Trainings and Protests • Conozca Sus Derechos, 6:30 pm, Tuesday April 29, Zoom. La abogada María Cobarrubias proveerá una actualización sobre los … Continue reading
Activist Alert
Protests and activism around Lane County
Upcoming Rallies, Marches and Protests • Hands Off! Peaceful protest against the rise of fascism in our country, noon-3 pm, Saturday April 19, 8th and … Continue reading
Activist Alert
Protests and activism around Lane County
• CAHOOTS Town Hall, 6:30 pm, Thursday, April 10, Prince Lucien Campbell Hall, Room 180, University of Oregon. Learn about research on CAHOOTS’s positive impacts … Continue reading
Activist Alert
Protests and activism around Lane County
• Weekly vigils calling for an immediate ceasefire in Palestine and Israel, 5 pm Wednesdays, Planet Versus Pentagon, Old Federal Building, corner of 7th & … Continue reading
City-County Drag Battle
Eugene pushes back on the Lane County Commission’s drag ban
Posted 2025-04-01 After the Lane County Commission voted 3-0 on April 1 to ban drag shows in Eugene, Eugene city councilors pushed back — pointing out … Continue reading