Eugene Weekly

“As for the future, your task is not to foresee it, but to enable it.” — Antoine de Saint-Exupery • Check EugeneTogetherStrong.org for protest updates. … Continue reading →

“I think that Donald Trump is the most grave threat we will face to our democracy in our lifetime, and potentially in American history.” — … Continue reading →

“Washing one’s hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.” — Paulo Freire  … Continue reading →

“Activism is my rent for living on the planet.” — Alice Walker • Check EugeneTogetherStrong.org for protest updates. If arrested at a protest: Eugene Jail … Continue reading →

 “We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” ― Elie Wiesel • Check EugeneTogetherStrong.org … Continue reading →

 “The People should never rise, without doing something to be remembered — something notable and striking.” — John Adams, founding father and second president  • … Continue reading →

“Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty.” ― Henry David Thoreau • Postcarding to get voters back on the rolls in Ohio, 1 pm to … Continue reading →

“I have nothing to lose by standing up for my beliefs. So I’ll go to jail.” — Muhammad Ali, boxer and antiwar activist  • Check … Continue reading →

“In the shadow of the steeple I saw my people/ By the relief office I seen my people/ As they stood there hungry, I stood … Continue reading →

“Free speech not only lives, it rocks!” ― Oprah Winfrey • D is for Democracy Protest, 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm, June 6, Harlow Road … Continue reading →