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• Sen. Jeff Merkley will be the speaker at a special free meeting of the City Club of Eugene at noon Friday, Aug. 9, at the UO Law School, Room 110 on campus. The event is co-sponsored by the Wayne Morse Center, Oregon College Democrats and the League of Women Voters. The deadline for ordering lunch has passed. Metered parking is available on Agate Street and 15th Avenue. See cityclubofeugene.org. Continue reading
• The Eugene Sustainability Commission will meet at 4 pm Thursday, Aug. 1, at the Eugene Public Library downtown. Babe O’Sullivan is the contact at 682-5017. Continue reading
• The next Breakfast at the Bridges will be from 7 to 9:30 am Friday, July 26, at the DeFazio Bridge, sponsored by Paul’s Bicycle Way of Life. Free bagels and coffee, bike safety checks, etc. See commutechallenge.org for more information. Continue reading
• The award-winning documentary Roadmap to Apartheid by filmmakers Ana Nogueira, a white South African, and Eron Davidson, a Jewish American-Israeli, narrated by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker, will be shown at 7 pm Thursday, July 18, at Cozmic, 199 W. 8th Ave. Sponsored by Al-Nakba Awareness Project. Continue reading
• Chuck Sheketoff, executive director of the Oregon Center for Public Policy, will speak at City Club of Eugene at noon Friday, July 12, at the Hilton’s O’Neil Room on the lobby level. Sheketoff will talk about how well Oregon’s economy has been performing and will look at how our economic growth, unemployment rate and worker productivity compare with other states. $5 for nonmembers. See cityclubofeugene.org. Continue reading
• Civil libertarian Raymond Brown, a recently retired educator with the Bethel School District, will be celebrating Independence Day in period costume, reciting the Declaration of Independence by heart at 1, 3 and 5 pm July 4 at the top of Skinner Butte. He will also be flying 25 full-sized flags atop the butte. Continue reading
• Health Care for All Oregon’s Eugene chapter will host the statewide annual meeting of its coalition from 10 am to 3 pm Friday, June 28, at First United Methodist Church, 1376 Olive St. The gathering of HCAO’s 80 member organizations, along with delegates from labor unions, health care providers and other groups, is open to the public. The Eugene chapter will later meet from 7 to 9 pm Tuesday, July 2, at EWEB, 500 E. Continue reading
• Basic Rights Oregon will combine eating and equality in its annual Bites for Rights fundraiser. On Thursday, June 20, eat at Cornbread Café, The Divine Cupcake, Poppi’s Anatolia, Sweet Life Patisserie and Whirled Pies Pizzeria in Eugene or Interzone, Les Caves Bier & Kitchen or Squirrel’s Tavern in Corvallis to show your support. • Walk, bike or ride the bus Thursday, June 20, for Dump the Pump Day. Who knows, you might just get addicted. Continue reading
• Activist and author Paul Cienfuegos will be leading a workshop from 6 to 9 pm Thursday, June 13, at LCC’s main campus Building 17, Room 308. Focus will be on the Food Bill of Rights ordinance in both Benton and Lane counties. Suggested donation of $10 to $20. Go to CommunityRightsLaneCounty.org for more information. Cienfuegos will also be conducting a similar workshop in Florence from 5:30 to 8:30 pm Friday, June 14, at the Florence Public Library. Email shenderson88@hotmail.com. Continue reading
• The Metropolitan Policy Committee meets and holds a public hearing on “Surface Transportation Program — Urban Funding Recommendation” from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm Thursday, June 7, at the Eugene Public Library. Contact is Paul Thompson, 682-4405. • Springfield’s first Conestoga hut for the homeless will be assembled at 9 am Friday, June 7, at First Baptist Church, 1175 G St. Hut designer Erik de Buhr will be on site. More information can be found at wkly.ws/1hl. Continue reading