Heady Writing From the Streets of Eugene, Oregon
On the evening of Mar. 15, police officers arrived at Washington Jefferson Park and told residents that they would all have to vacate the area by midnight. The demand came after the city revoked...
Editor’s Note: Matthew O-G of Solidarity News recorded the audio for the entirety of the event that was used for this article. Employees at several Starbucks Coffee shops across Eugene are trying to unionize...
On the afternoon of Mar. 6, about 100 people gathered in front of the Old Federal Building on the corner of 7th and Pearl for a Vigil for Peace — a global day of...
On Feb. 20, members of the Eugene community came together at the Owen Rose Garden to hold space in solidarity with Portland following a shooting at a protest for Amir Locke the night prior....
On the evening of Feb. 14, Erika Lincango, the founder of BIWOC Rising Eugene, hosted a protest at the Federal Courthouse on E. 8th Ave. against the patriarchal corrupt system. The protest began at...
On Feb. 4, Sunrise Eugene and the 4J Climate Justice Team hosted a student walkout that began at South Eugene High School. After getting set up, the group of roughly 250 students and organizers...
On Jan. 8, just over a year after the Jan. 6 Insurrection, a far-right “Never Stop Fighting” rally was held at the Oregon State Capitol. Scheduled for 12 p.m. – 4 p.m., the rally,...
On Dec. 21, the Eugene community came together at the city’s East Park Blocks for a vigil on National Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day.
On Dec. 15, members of 350 Eugene held a demonstration outside of the Eugene Family YMCA in protest of their planned methane use along with Kidsports and the 4J School District.
In 2007, the Oregon School Activities Association commissioned an independent investigation into accusations of racism and hate occurring during the previous year’s state basketball tournament at the University of Oregon. The investigation confirmed that...
![Six candles [more were added later as people showed up] are lit on the ground at the corners of a rose mosaic that's the floor of a gazebo. Two white-colored posts are in the background. Further in the background, in the dark, is a building with four windows.](https://i0.wp.com/doublesidedmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/signal-2022-02-20-221407_001.jpeg?resize=720%2C340&ssl=1)
