ACTIVIST
• A free program on “Visual Justice:
Democratized Video as Evidence” will be at 5
pm Thursday, April 24, in 110 Knight Law
Center on the UO campus. The event features
UO Law School alumna Kelly Matheson,
senior attorney for Witness, an international
human rights organization that specializes in
using video to support change in human
rights practice, policy and law.
• UO professor Dan HoSang of Partnership
for Safety and Justice will discuss prison
spending in Oregon, which is among the
fastest growing in the country, at 7 pm
Thursday, April 24, at First United Methodist
Church, 1376 Olive St. The event is sponsored
by Oregon WAND. Call 683-1350.
• County Commission candidates Jay
Bozievich and Dawn Lesley will speak and
take questions from club members at City
Club of Eugene at noon Friday, April 25, at the
Downtown Athletic Club, 999 Willamette St.
$5 for non-members. See cityclubofeugene.
org. The program will be recorded for broadcast
at 6:30 pm the following Monday on KLCC. On
May 2, Tom Bowerman will speak on
“Changing Attitudes About Climate Change.”
On May 9, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
David Cay Johnston will be the guest speaker.
• A “Student Debt Forum” will be from 1 to
3 pm Friday, April 25, at Allen Hall 221 on the
UO campus. Panelists will be from Jobs with
Justice, the UO faculty union and a
representative from the American Federation
of Teachers. A rally is also planned for noon at
Johnson Hall.
• LCC’s annual Peace Symposium will be
April 25-26 and one of the keynoters this year
will be John Perkins, author of Confessions of
an Economic Hit Man. The symposium will
LERT
merge with the Global Climate Convergence
this year. Call 463-5820 or email taylors@
lanecc.edu.
• Health Care for All Oregon events
continue with a DUH (Drive for Universal
Healthcare) gathering, lecture and showing of
The Healthcare Movie at 6 pm April 28 at the
Bijou on 13th Avenue. To get on the mailing list
for HCAO events, visit hcao.org or email
sinninger@efn.org or call 484-6145.
• The film Forbidden Voices: How to Start a
Revolution with a Laptop will be shown at 1
pm Saturday, April 26, at the Bijou, 492 E. 13th
Ave. The documentary follows three young
cyberfeminists who risk their lives to
challenge their governments using the
internet. Part of the Wayne Morse Center
series.
• Better Eugene-Springfield Transit (BEST)
is continuing its work in support of local
transportation alternatives. The group will be
gathering starting at 5 pm Monday, April 28, at
Falling Sky Delicatessen, 790 Blair Blvd., for a
“Beer By Bus” fundraising event. Find the
event on Facebook.
• A follow-up discussion of the 2014 Sabeel
Conference in Portland will be held at 7 pm
Wednesday, April 30, at First United Methodist
Church, 1165 NW Monroe in Corvallis. The
panel discussion on Mideast peace issues is
called “Seeds of Justice and Hope.”
• Spencer Creek Grange is hosting a county
commissioner candidates forum for District 5
from 7 to 9 pm Thursday, May 1, at the Grange,
86013 Lorane Hwy. Candidates invited are
Joann Ernst, Kevin Matthews, Jose Ortal, Jack
Schoolcraft and incumbent Faye Stewart. The
public can submit questions for consideration
directly via spencercreekgrange.org.
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