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EARTH DAY
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— I believe a speech tournament — so
there were noise restrictions on ampli
fied sound in the amphitheater," she
said. "You can't have Earth Day without
speeches and music, so this year it's
more of an Earth Day kickoff."
Julia Butterfly I fill, the environmen
tal activist who lived in the branches of
a redwood tree in Northern California
for two years to stymie loggers, intro
duced local speaker Mary O'Brien at
noon as the rain pelted onlookers.
"Go out and visit earth on a regular
basis," O'Brien said. "It's important to
go out and be with earth and see how
earth is doing."
O'Brien also stressed the impor
tance of making small moves toward
a better environment.
'Taking the one step of stopping to
use plastic cups makes an impact," she
said. "Those cups made with oil and
chemicals, you use it for maybe five
minutes and throw it away so it can sit
in a landfill for hundreds of years."
Hill later spoke on Wednesday
evening in the EMU Ballroom as the
keynote speaker for the ASUO and UO
Cultural Eorum's "Earth Day Kickoff."
Harmon said she hopes to make
Earth Day more accessible to the
general population.
"We want to make it more interac
tive, more enticing for the students
who aren't necessarily environmen
talist or who are extremely activist,
but who care about the environment
and to have things that people will
want to see," she said. "Getting rid of
the stigma is my goal."
Junior international studies major
Anne Parker worked the Amnesty In
ternational booth for an hour in the
afternoon.
"It's too bad that the weather is bad
because they could rally a lot of support,
but people are turned off by the weath
er," Parker said. "There's a lot of great in
formation, but not a lot of people."
Parker said she considers herself an
environmentalist.
"I make myself conscious of my im
pact on the planet and try to reduce my
impact as much as possible," she said.
The Earth Day event has often
jumped dates since its inception in
the late 1960s, a decision which is
somewhat obscured by history. The
first Earth Day was declared as March
21, 1970, by San Francisco's mayor at
the request of activist John Mc
Connell. The date was selected to co
incide with the first day of spring and
the date of the Vernal Equinox —
when the Earth is halfway through its
orbit around the sun — as a symbolic
representation of the desired equilib
rium between humans and the Earth.
The history behind the more well
known date that is celebrated today is
tied to U.S. Sen. Gaylord Nelson Nel
son, who advocated for the environ
ment in the 1960s, launched the En
vironmental Teach-In campaign at a
September 1969 conference in Seattle
as a grassroots demonstration open to
the entire nation.
As part of the campaign, organizers
planned a weeklong teach-in and a
one-time event for April 22, 1970,
dubbed "Earth Day." The event which
received nationwide attention, set the
date for future Earth Day celebrations.
Harmon was positive about the
day's events despite the poor weather.
She said when it started to rain, or
ganizers got canopies from different
campus organizations and borrowed
towels from the Student Recreation
Center to dry the tables.
"People were there despite the
rain," she said. "The people donating
their time have been really gung-ho
about helping out and all the organi
zations on campus have helped out."
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RALLY
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The day began with taped mouths
and was followed by a march that began
outside the EMU Amphitheater and
ended at South Eugene High School.
Along the way, passers-by stopped to
take notice of the silent group and read
the signs, which stated "queers are every
where" and "hear my silence."
University senior Michael Koop
man stopped to get a better look at
the marchers as they walked down
East 13th Avenue. He said he felt the
message was important and that the
method seemed effective.
"I think that this approach is a lot
more effective than people screaming
at the top of their lungs," he said. "I ig
nore people when they yell because it
just annoys me."
Drivers honked their car horns and
some waved and yelled in support as
the crowd made its way to the high
school. Once there, about 45 students
and community members gathered in
silence and for the school to let out.
With a rush of high school students
walking by, the group took one last
breath through their noses and ripped
off the red tape. They burst into joyous
screams and yells as they broke the
vow of silence. Students and commu
nity members then spoke to the crowd
about their personal experiences and
called for an end to discrimination.
"Silence hurt my child
and my family until we
broke that silence."
Elise Self
co-President/PFLAG
PFLAG co-President Elise Self spoke
to the crowd representing the local
chapter of the Parents, Families and
Friends of Lesbians and Gays national
gay rights organization.
She told the crowd of her experi
ence with her lesbian daughter and
the importance of family support.
"Silence hurt my child and my
family until we broke that silence," she
said, explaining the challenges of de
veloping open and supportive dia
logue among family members con
cerning her daughter's sexuality. "With
breaking our silence, we became em
powered; we became proud."
Guadalupe Quinn, the Lane Coun
ty regional coordinator for Oregon's
statewide Immigrant Rights Coalition
(Causa), also spoke in support of
equal rights for everyone.
"I believe that everybody has the
right to be treated with respect and
human dignity, regardless of who
they are," she said. "Everyone has a
right to be who they are, everybody
has a right to choose who they are."
Contact the higher education/student
life/student affairs reporter
at chelseaduncan@dailyemerald.com.
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