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The Shedd Institute www.theshedd.org - 541.434.7000 Wednesday, October 18 Chico Schwall’s American Roots Mississippi Echoes Karen Warren Shedd Presents Title Sponsor American Roots Sponsor Secretary of State. She reported to a male president, as too many people believe a woman office-holder should. She lost the votes of many white, middle- and upper- class women and men who may never be ready for a female president. Many Sanders voters and white voters who didn’t want a woman president proba- bly did not vote at all or voted for one of the minor party candidates, rather than Trump. Young people who knew Hillary Clinton only as a caricature of a candidate, invented by Republicans, may not have voted, either. This damaged Clinton in states where it has become harder to vote at all because of voter suppression measures such as voter- ID laws, the end of early voting and fewer polling places. Trump won the election in the Electoral College by a slim margin of votes in three states — Wisconsin, Penn- sylvania and Michigan — where voter sup- pression played a major role. Instead of calling names, join groups formed to fight the current administra- tion’s programs. Knock on doors, sign pe- titions! Fight back! Dina Wills Eugene PUSH BACK Pushing back against ideas proposed by the current administration that don’t make sense is our civic duty (“Pushing Back Against Trump,” Oct. 5). This is why the health care bills failed. It is how the cuts to SNAP, Medicaid and Medicare in the cur- rent budget can be stopped. But we have to speak up to our rep- resentatives and senators about these schemes that hurt the majority of Ameri- cans. Make a call, write a letter — it makes a difference! Willie Dickerson Snohomish, Washington TRUMPISM AT HOME I have worked for Lane County for 28 years at Developmental Disabilities, and over that time my union co-workers and I agreed to small or no raises many times in exchange for a good health care package. If we agree to what the county is offering now, many county workers will not really get a raise, since their take-home pay will stay about the same or go down. The county commissioners and the county administrator gave themselves and all the managers a big raise of about 19 per- cent, using a study comparing the wages of managers similar to Lane County; yet, when we did the same sort of study for the workers of Lane County, they didn’t accept it, but did another study, on county time, comparing us to counties that are smaller and therefore do not pay as well. The Lane County administrator and commissioners say that equity is impor- tant to them. I hope they show us such, by becoming a model employer and giv- ing workers a pay increase, and continuing to offer us a good and affordable benefit package. Sue Barnhart Eugene STOP THE HATE I am not an undocumented immigrant. I am an American citizen. As a result, I have never had to make the choice to sacrifice the lives of my fam- ily in the attempt to save them. I have nev- er experienced radical violence due to my religion, ancestry or political views. I have never experienced the terror of being sent back to a country I have never known. I have never witnessed a lost generation of children due to years and years of war. I cannot pretend that I can even par- tially know or truly understand the depths of despair that accompanies the lives of so many who are simply trying to survive. Although I freely admit that I do not have the answers, I do know that erupting in hate is not one of them. If we are to re- main a great nation, we must find it within ourselves to muster up the humanity that I know exists. I understand that we cannot shelter the world, but we can cease to hate those that need shelter. Melissa Quinn Dexter Keep Your Sunny Side Up! The music of De Sylva, Brown & Henderson Thu, November 2, 7:30 pm - cabaret seating Sun, November 5, 3:00 pm - concert seating Free Jazz tickets for Students program Coming up at The Shedd 11.4 Asherie & Gardner 11.9 Siri Vik: Sure On This Shining Night: Samuel Barber & Aaron Copland 11.11 Alejandro Escovedo Burn Something Beautiful 11.15 Tony Glausi I’ll Be Home for Christmas 11.17 Carl Woideck: Remember- ing Charles Mingus 11.24 Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn 12.1-17 MUSICAL: Singin’ In The Rain (9 performances) 12.4 SYJO FALL ‘17 12.5 Shedd Choral Society 12.6 & 10 The Jazz Kings: An Old- Fashioned Christmas 1.11 Beamer & Kapono 1.13 Victor Wooten Trio 1.20 Blues Harp Blowout 2018 1.24 Ladysmith Black Mambazo 1.25 Dave Grisman Quintet 3.1 Taj Mahal The Shedd Community Music School Music classes & private lessons: 541.434.7015 / registrar@theshedd.net eugeneweekly.com • October 12, 2017 5
