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The conference will discuss patriarchy as a
form of oppression affecting everything from
race, class and gender to interpersonal rela-
tionships and the environment. The confer-
ence will also focus on anarchy and anarcha-
feminism.
In the past the conference has been the
source of controversy in the activist and anar-
chist communities. Several years ago organ-
izers banned certain community members
from the event. Local alternative media
videographer Tim Lewis was among those
banned. “The last two times I was asked not
to go,” Lewis said, “they said I was a ‘volatile
individual.’” The organizers of that confer-
ence did not return Lewis’ request to meet
with him and discuss the issue, Lewis said.
A member of the current collective organ-
izing the conference who gave his name only
as Sundeep said the current organizers are
“completely committed to providing a safe
place where people will feel empowered.”
“Patriarchy,” Sundeep said, “is not part of
a bygone era; it is clearly part of the society
and culture we live in.”
Conference workshops will take place
starting at 9 am on Saturday, May 5, and
Sunday, May 6 in the Education Building on
the UO campus. All workshops and talks are
free and open to the public. For more informa-
tion see listings in this week’s calendar or go
to http://againstpatriarchy07.wordpress.com/
— Camilla Mortensen
and industrial complexes.”
A question and answer period will follow
the panel presentations. The meeting is free
and open to the public. For more information
contact Emmons at 741-3625.
THE BURN
GOES ON
A potential ban on field burning in Oregon
died without vote this week. The ban, strongly
opposed by grass-seed farmers, was supported
by public health groups and by Eugene-based
Oregon Toxics Alliance and Lane Regional
Air Protection Agency (LRAPA). State Rep.
Paul Holvey, D-Eugene, was chief sponsor of
HB 3000, the bill that would have put an end
to the smoke and haze that results from late-
summer field burning of harvested grass-seed
fields.
The bill would also have put an end to
stack burning, pile burning and propane
flaming. The bill passed out of the Health
Care Committee in the Oregon House but
was blocked once it came to the House
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Committee.
Despite a public hearing, the committee
didn’t vote on the bill before the 5 pm dead-
line the Legislature self-imposed for sending
bills out of committee. Thus the bill cannot
be voted on by the Legislature and is dead.
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LANDWATCH
TARGETS
MEASURE 37
Up to 35,000 acres of land in Lane County
could be developed, mostly into subdivi-
sions, if Measure 37 claims are allowed to
continue unchecked. State and county offi-
cials charged with evaluating the claims have
established a routine of granting waivers of
land use regulations to most applicants.
“During the past year, hundreds of citi-
zens have come to realize the destructive na-
ture of the measure,” says Bob Emmons of
LandWatch Lane County. “They have con-
tacted their elected officials urging them to
reinstate fairness and sanity to land use in
Oregon.”
Measure 37 is on the agenda of
LandWatch at its annual meeting planned for
6:45 to 9 pm Thursday, May 17, in the
Bascom/Tykeson Room of the Eugene Public
Library.
Members of the Measure 37 panel who
will offer insights and field questions are
Tom Bowerman, Lauri Segel and Bryce
Ward. State Sen. Floyd Prozanski hopes to
also attend.
Bowerman is on the board of 1000
Friends of Oregon and has analyzed
statewide polling data to determine how peo-
ple feel about Measure 37 since it passed sev-
eral years ago. Segel is a community planner
in Eugene’s Goal One Coalition office. Ward
is a consultant at ECONorthwest specializing
in applied microeconomics. Prozanski is co-
chair of the Special Senate Committee on
Land Use Fairness.
“Before Measure 37 became law, Oregon
was known throughout the nation for its pro-
tection of its farms, forests and areas of sce-
nic splendor,” says Emmons. “Now these
areas are vulnerable to unrestricted develop-
ment and may soon sprout resorts, houses
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