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Peace & Justice Events:
5/21: Queer Music Festival
5/22: "A
Nakba and Apartheid that Dare Not Speak their Names"
5/24: Film about Israelis & Palestinians Working for Peace
5/25: Day of Action
Against the School of the Americas
5/25: Asian Kite Festival
5/28-31: Tribute to Oregonians Who've Died
in Iraq/Afghanistan
6/1: "The State of Equity and
Human Rights in City of Eugene"
We
post events that we think will move forward the discussion of community
issues. Only those activities specifically co-sponsored by CALC carry
CALC's endorsement.
For a more complete listing of events go to the Lane Current Calendar
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OUT/LOUD Queer Music Festival May 21, 2010
Doors and bar at 7:30pm, show at 8pm
WOW Hall
By donations, no one will be turned away
Out/Loud is a student-driven festival for queer women's music, artists, and
performers who self-identify as women and/or who self-identity as allies to
queer women's music. This is the premier queer women's music festival in the
Pacific Northwest. The student committee takes purposeful measures in fund
raising and recruitment of artists and performers who reflect the intersecting
spectrum of identities, talents and genres with queer women's music. mailto:pvasquez@uoregon.edu The event features CALC Office Manager, Russell Melia,
alias Pegasissy. He wowed listeners on KLCC's NW Passage Thursday.
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"A Nakba and Apartheid that Dare Not Speak their Names"
Saturday, May 22, 7pm
An event to commemorate the 1948 ethnic cleansing of Palestine known as Al-Nakba (the catastrophe), featuring UCLA Professor of English and Comparative Literature Saree Makdisi, author of Palestine Inside Out: An Everyday Occupation.
Dr. Makdisi's address at 7 PM will be followed by a panel discussion with Palestinians who have suffered dispossession or occupation.
Films on the 1948-50 Nakba refugees and oral history interviews with Nakba survivors will be shown from 3-5 P.M.
This event will be held on Saturday, May 22, in University of Oregon's Lawrence Hall, Room 115.
Lawrence Hall is located on campus between Franklin and 13th at the north end of University St.
Sponsored by
Al-Nakba Awareness Project
UO Arab Student Union
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| "Encounter Point"
Film Screening and
Discussion,
Monday,
May 24, 7-9
pm,Temple Beth Israel.
J Street
Eugene & Temple Beth Israel's Community Education Program presents:
"Encounter Point" explores
what drives thousands of like-minded Israeli and Palestinian civilians to
overcome anger and grief to work for peace.
More info at www.jstreet.org/eugene.
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Day of Action
Against the School of the Americas (SOA)
TUE, May 25
"Crosses and other Emblems on UO Lillis
Lawn" 9am-3pm w/Noon "die-in",
4pm vigil at Old Federal Building.
Day-long fast (or part of the day), "
Regarding fasting:
this is a symbolic fast, and as such, people can
decide for themselves how long or at what level they want
to
participate.
For example, one could drink only water, or drink water
and juice,
or
drink any liquid you choose.
One could decide to forgo food for 24 hours,
or just all day until 9pm, or from sun-up to sun-down. There are no
restrictions that you don't feel you can comply with.
Info: LASC, lasc@efn.org
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Eugene/Springfield Asian
Council's
25th Annual Kite Festival Sunday,
May 23, 2010.
The Eugene/Springfield Asian Council would like to invite all to
the 25th annual Asian Kite Festival at Arts & Technology Academy (formerly
Jefferson Middle School) at 1650 West 22nd Street, Eugene, Oregon on Sunday,
May 23, 2010. Colorful kites will take to the skies above the park beginning at
2:00 p.m. and continue until 5:00 p.m. Admission is free.
There will be performances by the Chinese American Benevolent Association
(CABA) Lion Dancers, Iron Mango Orchestra, Eugene Taiko and Eugene Chinese
School. Admission is free. Beginners and pros are welcome to show off their
kite-flying skills. For those who arrive empty-handed, the Asian Council offers
a kite making class. The cost is $3 and includes all the necessary supplies to
get your kite airborne. There will also be a kite flying competition. The
competition is open to all ages. Prizes will be awarded in several categories:
Most Creative, Smallest, Largest, and Highest Flying. There will also be a
special Most Creative prize awarded to kite class participants. In addition to
the kite making class, the afternoon features an Asian kite exhibit where a
number of kites representative of various Asian cultures will be on display.
The mission of the Eugene/Springfield Asian Council is to create opportunities
which foster friendship and harmonious relations among all people by presenting
events and activities that will stimulate a better understanding of Asian and
Asian-American cultures. The Asian Council also sponsors the annual Oregon
Asian Celebration.
For more information, please contact:
Ardyn Reyes Wolfe
541-729-4096
ardynw@gmail.com
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Tribute to Oregonians Who've Died in Iraq/Afghanistan
Memorial Day weekend, May 28-31, 9am-6pm
Lane County Veterans For Peace, Chapter 159, will pay tribute to the 122
soldiers with close ties to Oregon, who've died in the Afghanistan and Iraq
wars. Their goal is to increase public awareness of the human cost of
war.
Friday through
Monday, 9am -6pm, the veterans will display a field of flags with the names of
the soldiers who've died. Their display will be between the Ferry Street Bridge
and the DeFazio Bike Bridge. All are welcome.
For more information
contact Jim Schmidt of Vets for Peace at 484-6395.
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Community Conversation on: "The State of Equity and
Human Rights in City of Eugene"
Tuesday, June 1
Report on status of City of
Eugene Diversity and Equity Strategic Plan
Report on status of City of
Eugene Human Rights Commission Workplan
A 90 min Community Dialogue
on "Equity and Human Rights in Eugene Community"
Time: 5:30p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Location: U of O Downtown
Baker Center
975 High Street
For More Information
541 682-5177
Sponsored by The City of Eugene Human
Rights Commission and Equity and Human Rights Board.
Free and open
to the Public.
Spanish and Sign Language
Interpretation will be
provided.
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For Peace & Justice,
Michael Carrigan
Community Alliance of Lane County
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