Action AlertsCITYThurs., Feb. 23, 2:30 -3:15 pm / Al Kennedy High School, 1310 S. 8th, Cottage Grove
Occupy Cottage Grove Rally for Teachers and Education Workers Thursday – Sunday, Feb. 23 – 26 7:00 pm on Thursday, Friday and Saturday; 2:30 pm on Sunday / Cottage Theatre, 700 Village Drive, Cottage Grove 11th Annual Metropolitan RHYTHM and BLUES Revue ~ A musical fundraiser for Cottage Grove High School’s Music Dept. with the high school Jazz Band and Jazz Choir and guest performances by local singers and musicians including Teresa Martindale, Laurie Hammond, Jay Schlotterbeck and Kate McLearn (R &B founder!) Tickets: $13/adult Wednesday, Feb. 29 6:30pm – 8:30pm / Community Center, 700 E Gibbs Selling Out the O&C Lands in Western Oregon: Forest Web, Oregon Wild & Cascadia Wildlands will present their perspective on Rep. Peter DeFazio’s just-introduced legislation that could dedicate as much as 1 million acres of Oregon’s public forest lands to industrial timber production and exempt them from federal environmental safeguards in order to provide money to some county governments. Learn more about DeFazio’s proposed concept, other pending environmental legislation, and alternatives for generating county revenues. BPS Meeting, open to all Guest: Andy Stahl, candidate for South Eugene County Commissioner
COUNTYWednesday, Feb. 22 4:00 -5:30 pm / Lane County Historical Museum, 740 W. 13th, Eugene Lane County Cultural Coalition
Cultural Opportunity Grant Workshop – to apply for a Coalition Grant
For more info: http://www.laneculture.net/ STATE
NATIONAL The ACLU is concerned about the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) just signed into law, which allows worldwide indefinite detention without charge or trial. If you support the ACLU taking on this outrage:
Civic Engagement and Education Taylor Wilhour of Cottage Grove traveled with ROAM (Roll Over America), July 26-August 24, pedallng from Portland to Washington, DC. He carried a letter from the Blackberry Pie Society to Congressman Earl Blumenauer regarding supporting low-impact alternative transportation. CHECK IT OUT and PASS IT ON ~ A great 8-minute animated online film called The Story of Citizens United vs FEC http://storyofstuff.org/citizensunited/
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