4A • COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL • NOVEMBER 5, 2018
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LETTER
Listen to our moral
compass as a community
Cottage Grove Commu-
nity United is increasingly
alarmed at the rise of white
supremacy in our country.
It has manifested in ex-
tremely violent acts like the
massacre at the Tree of Life
Synagogue in Pittsburgh,
Penn., and the murder of
two African Americans in a
Kentucky grocery store.
It also shows up in small,
yet abhorrent acts, such as
the man who yelled “Heil
Hitler” during a perfor-
mance of “Fiddler on the
Roof ” in Baltimore, Md.,
earlier this week or racist
messages targeting people
of color on college campus-
es — including here in Or-
egon.
Th ese are all signs that
white supremacists are be-
coming bolder, including
in our own community.
Th e Laskeys, who own and
operate Wolfclan Armory
on Cottage Grove’s Main
Street, have [family mem-
bers with] ties to white su-
premacist-related violence,
including a criminal convic-
tion of a hate crime against
our friends and family at
Temple Beth Israel.
Th is moment calls on us
to take on the diffi cult and
critical work of listening to
our moral compass, build-
ing bigger and stronger
community, and fi ghting in-
justice for the long haul.
We are no strangers to an-
tisemitic and racist violence
in Oregon, but we also have
a long history of powerful
resistance and organizing by
ordinary people who have
built longer tables instead of
taller fences.
We stand on their shoul-
ders and reach out to you,
our neighbors, to help build
a community that welcomes
and embraces people of all
races, ethnicities, faiths and
traditio ns.
—Cottage Grove
Community United
HOW TO CONTACT YOUR REPS
Oregon state
representatives
Oregon federal
representatives
• Sen. Floyd Prozanski
District 4 State Senator
PO Box 11511
Eugene, Ore. 97440
Phone: 541-342-2447
Email : sen.fl oydprozanski@
state.or.us
• Rep. Cedric Hayden
Republican District 7 State
Representative
900 Court St. NE
Salem, Ore. 97301
Phone: 503-986-1407
Website: www.leg.state.or.
us/hayden
Email: rep.cedrichayden@
state.or.us
• Rep. Peter DeFazio
(House of Representatives)
405 East 8th Ave.
#2030
Eugene, Ore. 97401
Email: defazio.house.gov/
contact/email-peter
Phone: 541-465-6732
• Sen. Ron Wyden
405 East 8th Ave., Suite 2020
Eugene, Ore. 97401
Email: wyden.senate.gov
Phone: (541) 431-0229
• Sen. Jeff Merkley
Email: merkley.senate.gov
Phone: 541-465-6750
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