The March Against Fear will take place this Sunday, June 26, at 10 a.m. A coalition of organizations — the NAACP, Moms Demand Action, Beyond Toxics, HIV Alliance, and many others — organized this march as a response to the ongoing epidemic of gun violence. Miles Pendleton, Branch President of Springfield/Eugene NAACP, described the intention…
The Report highlights the use of force, community oversight, and independent investigation and prosecution, released on May 3. The Ad Hoc Committee on Police Policy, a city body made up of 30 members with representatives from local Eugene groups including the NAACP, Black Unity, Transponder, Eugene Islamic Center and many others started meeting in September…
Eric Richardson, the Executive Director of Lane County’s chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, performed a one-man show at the University of Oregon’s Museum of Natural and Cultural History on Jan. 23. There, about 50 people crowded into the museum’s lecture hall to hear his speech, double-bass playing, and recitation…
Close to 500 people showed up on Jan. 20 to celebrate Eugene’s 34th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. March. “We have members in the audience who helped bring forth that first march in 1984,” explained Eric Richardson, the Executive Director of the Lane County NAACP chapter. The hour-long march started at Autzen Stadium, traveled through…
