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The Shedd Institute www.theshedd.org - 541.434.7000 A Jazz Kings Christmas at The Shedd 2016 Happy Holiday Thu, Dec 8, 7:30 pm Sun, Dec 11, 3:00 pm Wed, Dec 13 Corvallis Thu, Dec 14 Florence Tickets 541.434.7000 theshedd.org The John G. Shedd Institute for the Arts people who serve us that are considered “poverty wages.” So they qualify for fed- eral assistance. According to research from People’s Action Institute, a living wage needed to cover food, housing, utilities and cloth- ing, along with some savings to handle emergencies, would be $17.28. The daily news tells of strikes and protest all over the country in an effort to do something about the blatant inequality in living standards that is caused in part by these low wages. Pay attention to the action of our city council — or better, speak to them about it. Bob Cassidy Eugene NEW ZONE REBORN People living in Eugene have much to be thankful for. For three months, down- town has been missing what is perhaps the greatest art venue ever devised. Fortunately, New Zone Art Gallery opened its doors at its newfound location, 220 W. 8th Avenue, on Friday, Dec. 2, at 5:30 pm. It includes New Zone’s tradition- al Holiday Store. New Zone members worked diligently making this happen, searching every nook and cranny for space. Our combined ef- forts came to be known as “Phoenix Ris- ing” as we applied for grants and eventu- ally crossed paths with the Hood family. We thank the Hoods from the bottom of our artistic souls for the opportunity to share our artwork with our extensive Eu- gene family once again. We have missed you all so very much. We’ll keep the door open for you. Hito New Zone Art Gallery member Eugene MESSAGE OF INDIFFERENCE The day before Thanksgiving and a mere week before paychecks would be dis- bursed, the University of Oregon decided to break its promise to its employees that it would cooperate with the Fair Labor and Standards Act regulations. Some employ- ees for months now have been counting on a fair and reasonable increase to their sal- ary to reflect new standards and fair wages. Due to an injunction in Texas, the new regulations are on hold based on the expec- tation that they will disappear once Trump takes office. Some institutions have made the moral decision to follow through with them anyway or instituted the regulations early and decided not to renege. However, the UO is among the many that have decided they care more about money than their employees, and sent some workers, including my husband, home to grieve with their families at Thanksgiving over not only the significant impact to their livelihood, but the clear message of indif- ference their employer has toward them. Please help us show the UO the mis- take they have made by calling the office of UO President Michael Schill directly and asking why they would make such a heartless decision. Sydney Georgieff Eugene A NEW HERO The recent Standing Rock victory is a temporary step forward. A new struggle lies just around the corner with vigilance still necessary. Chris Turley is a decorated veteran of the 101st Airborne in Afghani- stan and member of the Osage Nation. He recently arrived at Sacred Stone camp after a prayerful, two-week, 800-mile trek most- ly on foot from Osage Nation Reservation in Pawhuska, Oklahoma. Turley cited his military vow to support and defend the Constitution "against all enemies, foreign and domestic"; the Da- kota Pipeline and the police violently con- fronting peaceful water protectors, he said, pose precisely that domestic danger to "my people, our people, your people." Standing Rock feels like home to us — a place to defend the values that form the basis of a healthy, earth-respecting, peace- ful, community-building world that mil- lions are seeking to give birth to across this nurturing planet. We all can and must do something to be the path with a heart. Standing Rock, like Occupy and Black Lives Matter, calls out to us because it rep- resents the intersection of so many things Shedd Theatricals 2016 Irving Berlin’s 1946 Annie Get Your Gun December 9 th to 18 th The Shedd Institute Tickets: 541.434.7000 www.theshedd.org eugeneweekly.com • December 8, 2016 5
