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About Eugene weekly. (Eugene, Oregon) 1993-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 25, 2007)
Six Eugene-area peace activists have announced they are flying to Washington, D.C., Thursday and will join the Saturday march through the streets of the Capitol. They will be participating in teach-ins and lobbying Sunday and Monday and will re- turn Tuesday. Eugene activists Pam Garrison, Doe Tabor, Karla Cohen, Rich Klopfer, Michael Carrigan and Aria Seligmann will be representing Oregon Women’s Action for New Directions (WAND), Eugene Code Pink, Justice Not War and CALC’s Progressive Responses. “Now that peace is within reach, the Democrats not only need our support, but also our encouragement,” reads a state- ment from the group. “By marching in the streets and lobbying, we are showing that we hold the people we elect accountable.” The group adds that they want to “put pressure on our elected officials to move them to actually do something that’s defin- itive and binding.” Speakers slated at the pre-march rally include Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson, the Rev. Jesse Jackson Jr.; Rep. Dennis Kucinich; Rep. Maxine Waters; Bob Watada, father of Lt. Watada; and sev- eral Iraq veterans. For more information on the weekend events, visit www.unitedforpeace.org GOOD EARTH HOME SHOW Want to make your home more eco- friendly? Want more birds and butterflies in your backyard? Want to make a fortune providing green products and services? Want to restore a vintage trailer house? There’s a bit of something for everybody at this weekend’s Good Earth Home, Garden & Living Show at the Lane County Fairgrounds. The show, unique in the U.S., begins at 5 pm Friday and runs from 11 am to 8 pm Saturday and 11 am to 5 pm Sunday. Admission is free. More than 250 environmentally friendly businesses are displaying their goods and services, 40 seminars and work- shops are planned and nationally known designers and authors will be presenting. Among the speakers are Rebekah Green, an expert on the design and con- struction of modern green buildings and passive solar homes. Julie Lewis, president of Jade Planet, Inc., will talk about venture capital in eco-entrepreneurship. Marc Vassalo will talk about his book, The Barefoot Home & the New Informality. Other authors include Barbara Ashmum, Kris Wetherbee, Elizabeth Grossman, Heather Flores, Harry Wiland and William Sullivan. See www.EugeneHomeShow.com for details or call 484-9247. REY HERE FOR FORUM ON WORKERS Federal officials including Mark Rey, USDA undersecretary for Natural Resources and the Environment and Alex Passantino, deputy administrator of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division, will be in Eugene Wednesday, Jan. 31, to discuss new efforts to protect the health and safety of contract workers on national forest lands. The offi- cials will hear comments from the public. The forum will be held from 1:30 to 5 pm Jan. 31 in the Pittman Room at the Len Casanova Center, Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, near Autzen Stadium. Sustainable Northwest, the UO-Ecosystem Workforce Program, Watershed Research and Training Center, Communities Committee, Alliance of Forest Workers and Harvesters and the UO are sponsoring the event with participation from the Forest Service and the Department of Labor. The Forest Service has made changes in contracting rules for seasonal workers who perform various tasks on national forest BY PAUL NEEVEL GUADALUPE MORENO, RENEE DAMON, AND NANCY BRAY As a kid growing up in Lane County, Nancy Bray earned summer spending money picking beans in area farm fields. “I became aware that there were families out there picking for their basic needs,” she says. Bray volunteered with the Migrant Ministry while in high school. Later, at the UO, she boycotted the EMU for serving non-UFW union lettuce. Since graduation, she has taught in Springfield schools for 30 years. When she began teaching English Language Learners in the mid-’90s, one of her first bilingual assistants was Guadalupe Moreno, recently arrived from Baja California. “I had two years of English classes at LCC,” says Moreno. “I was lucky to get the job and help the Latino commu- nity.” Since 2003, Bray and Moreno have worked together as director and coodinator of the Lane Education Service District’s Migrant Education Program, providing educa- tional and social service support to children of migrant workers. A native of Winston, Ore., Renee Damon has served seven years as program assistant for the MEP, man- aging the paperwork to satisfy state and federal regulations. JANUARY 25, 2007 9
