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| Lane County Commissioners' Walk in Support of a Public Option
Monday, Nov. 2nd, 12:00pm - 3:00pm
Federal Courthouse at 408 E. 8th Ave.
Democracy for
America invites you to participate in the Lane County Commissioners' "Walk
in support of a Public Option"
Join fellow healthcare reform advocates this Monday as
Lane County Commissioners Dwyer, Handy, Fleenor, Sorenson and friends walk from
Eugene's Federal Courthouse to the Wayne Morse Free Speech Plaza. We'll
illustrate Lane County's grassroots support of a strong Public Option and
encourage Congress to pass real healthcare reform with a robust public option now. After all,
healthcare reform without a strong public option is nothing more than a big
insurance bailout!
Upon arrival at the Wayne Morse Free Speech Plaza, Eugene
Mayor Kitty Piercy and Lane County Commissioners will speak in support of the
Public Option and DFA will encourage participants to take action expressing our
gratitude to our Federal Delegation whom have gone on-record supporting the
Public Option in the final healthcare bill.
Info: Matt Keating, Democracy for America's Public Option Field
Organizer mkeating@democracyforamerica.com
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| Rethink Afghanistan, a Robert Greenwald film.
Tuesday, November 3, 6-8pm
University of Oregon's Willamette Hall
University of Oregon's Survival Center & Multicultural
Center and CALC's Progressive Responses present Rethink Afghanistan, a film by Robert Greenwald, at the U of O's Willamette Hall, 13th between Agate
and University, across from the EMU.
Rethink
Afghanistan is a ground-breaking,full-length documentary that
shatters all perceived truths behind the war in Afghanistan. The film will be
followed by a discussion about what can be done to end the Afghanistan war and
bring peace to the region. The film can be previewed at http://
rethinkafghanistan.com.
Info: CALC, 485-1755, calcpeace@efn.org
Survival Center, 346-4356,
survival@uoregon.edu
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| Afghanistan! It is time to
speak up!
Tuesday, November 3, 7:00-8:30pm
Q Center, 1309 Lincoln
Join WAND to watch Bill Moyers' interview on Afghanistan
and discuss the points Congress needs to hear from us about this war. We
will start a letter-writing campaign - to senators, representatives and
editors.
WAND's mission is to empower women to act politically to
reduce militarism and violence and to redirect excessive military resources to
unmet human and environmental needs.
Info: Susan Cundiff, 683-1350; scundiff@rio.com, www.wandoregon.org
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Pakistan: How it Affects the Situation in Afghanistan.
Thursday, November 12, 7pm, Location TBA
CALC's Progressive Responses presents Anita Weiss, a UO
Professor who specializes in Pakistan and South Asia, who will discuss the
current situation in Pakistan and how it affects the situation in Afghanistan.
Info: CALC, 485-1755, calcpeace@efn.org
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Eugene Says NO to the WTO Teach-In & Celebration
Saturday, November
21
1:00-4:00 pm, U of O EMU Fir Room
6:30 to 11:30 pm, WOW Hall (291 W 8th
Ave)
A community coalition of labor unions, fair trade advocates
and other organizers for social and economic justice will host the "WTO 2009
Teach-In" and the "Eugene Says NO to the WTO Celebration" on Saturday, November
21, 2009. The events are being
held to alert the public to the threat posed by the new World Trade
Organization (WTO) Ministerial being held later this year, and to celebrate the
10-year anniversary of the Seattle protests that shut down the WTO in 1999.
The "WTO 2009 Teach-In" will take place from 1:00 to 4:00 pm
in the Fir Room of the EMU on the University of Oregon campus. A panel of local experts will present
the history of the WTO, its role in job loss, environmental destruction, forced
migration and financial deregulation, as well as the Seattle protests' legacy
on the right to dissent. Panelists
will also discuss what to expect from the upcoming WTO Ministerial being held
in Geneva, Switzerland from November 30 to December 2, and ways for people in
the Eugene/Springfield area to voice their opposition locally. The teach-in is free and open to the
public.
The teach-in will be followed later that evening by the
"Eugene Says NO to the WTO Celebration" at the WOW Hall (291 W 8th
Ave) from 6:30 to 11:30 pm. The
celebration will feature an early-evening screening of "This Is What Democracy
Looks Like," a film about the 1999 WTO protests in Seattle. The screening will be followed by
performances by the Sugar Beets and the New Mexican Revolution. The celebration is open to the public,
with a suggested donation of $5 to $15, and no one turned away for lack of
funds.
The
events are sponsored by Lane
County Labor Council, University of Oregon's Graduate Teaching Fellows
Federation (GTFF), Community Alliance of Lane County, Lane Peace Center, AFSCME
Local 3214, Latin America Solidarity Committee, Eugene Springfield Solidarity
Network, Jobs with Justice, Cascadia Rising Tide, International Socialist
Organization, Civil Liberties Defense Center, ACLU Oregon, and the Oregon Fair
Trade Campaign.
Info: CALC, 485-1755, calcpeace@efn.org
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For Peace & Justice,
Michael Carrigan
Community Alliance of Lane County
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