ACLU inaugurates its Eugene office
Dave Fidanque coordinates
ACLU’s 10 county activities
By STEVE HOOKS
Ot the Emerald
As camera crews fumbled
with equipment and visitors
munched bagels, the staff of the
American Civil Liberties Union
of Oregon opened the doors to
its new southern district office in
Eugene Tuesday
Dave Fidanque, former aide
to Rep Jim Weaver and former
reporter at KEZI-TV and KZEL
FM, is the new coordinator at
the office He will be in charge of
ACLU activities in the 10-county
area surrounding Eugene
Today is really the fulfillment
of a very long dream I've had,”
said Stevie Remington, ACLU
Executive Director, at a press
conference before the open
house
A Eugene office has been on
the back burner for several
years, Remington said Until this
year, the ACLU hasn't been able
to afford the office space or staff
for another office Contributions
from the ACLU’s 3 500
members statewide made the
Eugene office possible, Fidan
que said
Claudia Burton, president of
the Oregon ACLU, said volun
teers make up most of Oregon’s
ACLU staff These volunteers
include a pool of 300 attorneys,
30 from Lane County, Fidanque
said
Many outside observers think
the ACLU is mainly for lawyers,
Burton said "That's not true "
The ACLU in Eugene also will
work on a variety of community
education projects and lobby
ing efforts, Burton said
"Civil liberties live or fail at the
community level,” so the
emphasis will be on community
McFadden reflects,
urges non-bias hiring
Bean McFadden, University affirmative action director,
spoke to a crowd of about 20 Monday night in a "Last Lecture
Senes" speech sponsored by Campus Interfaith Ministry
This senes gives speakers a chance to reflect as if it were
the last lecture they were to deliver
McFadden. views this time in her life as a ‘‘wonderful
season for assessment,'*
Speaking on affirmative action. McFadden said Oregon law
is sometimes more strict than federal law "Affirmative action
means a widening search and more fair hiring practices. " she
said Once a person is hired he or she needs support,
particularly if he or she is non-traditional, she said
McFadden said people should not believe all the "non
sense" about affirmative action quotas “Quotas are illegal
unless imposed by the courts,*’ she said Having one s work
and aspirations devalued because of one s race or sex is
“outrageous, presumptuous" she said She called treating
people differently because of race or sex "dehumanizing:
second rate human behavior ’’
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Photo by Duane Schrag
Daw Fidanque answers an Interviewer's question at the opening oftheACLU's Eugene office.
work, she said
One statewide project of
ACLU is the “Bill of Rights
Lobby,” a series of meetings
dealing with congressional bills
the ACLU believes threaten civil
liberties
The bills cover abortion
rights, prayer in public schools,
family privacy issues, increased
power of the CIA and FBI, revi
sion of the criminal code and
curtailment of the Freedom of
Information Act, Fidanque said
"These bills are very danger
ous tamperings with the funda
mental structure of the federal
government,” he said
The ACLU also refers people
to other sources, such as
lawyers, for help with civil liber
ties matters. Fidanque said The
new Eugene office means the
services we deliver will be closer
to the people," he said.
When the ACLU’s Eugene of
fice takes on a potential court
case, Fidanque will do the initial
screening. He will pass the in
formation on to an ACLU volun
teer lawyer. The lawyer will
consult with the Southern Dis
trict Lawyers Committee, which
will decide to take the case or
not
The ACLU most likely will take
on cases that could establish
legal precedents, Fidanque
said. In the six weeks Fidanque
has been on the job, no cases
are pending, "which have gone
through the entire process," he
said
"Oregon is pretty good on
civil liberties issues," Fidanque
said
Steve Schneider, president of
the recently revived University
ACLU, said his organization will
work closely with the regional
office. The Incidental Fee Com
mittee recently approved funds
for the campus ACLU, but so far
the chapter’s physical presence
is limited to a mailbox.
Schneider can be contacted
through the ASUO.
Schneider said the ACLU
strongly opposes draft registra
tion and the draft. The or
ganization will work with non
registrants if and when the
government begins prosecution
cases, he said.
The campus chapter also
hopes to have students intern in
legal, public relations and other
areas at the regional office,
Schneider said.
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