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Democracy School *** NEW*** Early Bird Registration!
Lane County Democracy School
WHEN: October 18th (6pm-9pm) & 19th (9am-4pm)
WHERE: Eugene Garden Club
This year’s two day event is offering early bird registration for the first time ever! Register early, get a great deal, then tell all your friends to join you for this revolutionary new way of thinking and organizing.
REGISTRATION REQUIRED – Sliding Scale Cost: $85 – $150 (Limited Scholarship funds.)
***EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION – $65 – ENDS AUGUST 15th***
“If you take no other training this year, do the Democracy School. It is a superlative unfolding revelation of how corporations have hijacked democracy. It meticulously deconstructs the historical arc that brought us to this precipice. But most importantly, it then departs into the highly pragmatic and inspiring work now underway that is slowly turning the tide . . . This Second American Revolution may be the most important political work going on anywhere in the country or the world.“
-Kenny Ausubel, Founder and Co-Executive Director, Bioneers
Volunteer of the Year Award
Lead, Follow or Get the Hell Out of the Way!
At April’s Community Rights Action gathering, we honored stellar volunteer, Barbara Bochnovich, with the newly created Lynn Bowers 
“Lead, Follow or Get the Hell Out of the Way” award. The award honors the memory of Lynn Bowers who was one of the chief petitioners of the Freedom from Aerial Herbicides spray ban initiative; a tireless activist and an exemplary human being. Barbara’s dedication to the efforts of Community Rights Lane County makes her fully deserving of this award. Thanks again, Barbara … and all CRLC volunteers!
Community Rights Action in April
Action Plans & Rights of Nature
It’s no surprise that we plan on pushing the Lane County Commissioners to refer our initiatives to a vote of the people. So this month we’ll be talking about, and planning, our future interactions with those commissioners. Let’s all gathering together and let them know we aren’t going away anytime soon.
Also in the works is a Rights of Nature initiative. We’ve done some initial research, but we also want input from our volunteers and supporters. We hope to help start collecting signatures this summer, so time is of the essence!
WHEN: Monday, April 15th, @6pm
WHERE: First United Methodist Church
Film Screening of Invisible Hand
Community Rights Lane County
The UO Climate Justice League &
Eugene Weekly
presents….
Invisible Hand
When: Tuesday, April 9th @7pm
Where: Redwood Auditorium at the University of Oregon
In the fall of 2014, for the first time in United States history, an ecosystem filed to defend itself in a lawsuit claiming its ‘right to exist’ in Grant Township, Pennsylvania. For attempting such a radical act, Grant’s rural community of 700 people were sued by a corporation, then by the state government, and are now locked in a battle to defend the watershed they call home, the water they drink, and enforce the local laws they enacted that gave legal Rights to Nature.
Half a continent away in Standing Rock, North Dakota, the same industry threatening Grant Twp. is using militarized force against indigenous tribes and allies fighting to protect Mother Earth. The two, Grant Township and Standing Rock, are joined in an international fight to protect more than just water. They fight for their community, democracy, and for Nature as a living entity unto itself.
Produced by award-winning actor Mark Ruffalo, INVISIBLE HAND takes you behind the curtain of the global economy where ‘Rights of Nature’ becomes “capitalism’s one true opponent.”
Frank Bibeau on the Rights of Nature
Community Rights Lane County is privileged to announce that Executive Director of the 1855 Treaty Authority and Tribal Attorney, Frank Bibeau will present to the Eugene community on Friday, 
March 8, 7pm. at the Eugene Garden Club, 1645 High Street.
Community Rights in Salem – You Can Help!
We Have Two Bills Being Introduced
Here’s how you can help….
- Find out who your legislators are here.
- Please track any conversations you have with legislators here (or tell me about them via email or phone).
- Here’s a general outline for conversations with legislators
Interested in meeting with your representative in person?
~Power in Numbers~
ORCRN Lobby Day: March 21st
Year End Community Rights Action!
We’re celebrating our volunteers for our last Community Rights Action, with live music and free food. See you at the Taproom.
WHERE: The Taproom – 1030 Tyinn St. Suite 1
WHEN: Monday, Dec. 17th @6pm (till 9pm)
Initiatives in Court November 5th
What are we waiting for….?
Our Court Hearing – Nov. 5th!
November 5th at 10am will be our next court hearing at the Lane County Circuit Court in Eugene.
Stay tuned for more information. We’ll want you all to wear your RED shirts and to help us pack the courtroom!
Meet Chris Hedges – Tickets on Sale ONLINE ONLY Now!
Before the free speaking event: Tickets ONLINE only!
Meet Chris Hedges from 5pm – 6pm at the Eugene Garden Club,
Enjoy Local wine and Hor d’oeuvres-$50, with a signed copy of his book-$60
Limited number of tickets available – Don’t wait!
Get Tickets Here
Rights of Nature Panel
What if Nature had Rights?
Panel Discussion
Sept 20th (Thursday), 6:00 – 7:30 pm
Many Nations Longhouse, UO (1630 Columbia St.)
- Cameron LaFollette: Independent Researcher & Author
- Craig Kauffman: Associate Professor of Poli Sci & Env Studies
- Chris Maser: Ecologist, Author, International Lecturer & Consultant
Our current laws are simply incapable of stopping the wide-scale environmental destruction that the world is experiencing.
Rather than treating nature as property, rights of nature acknowledges that nature in all its life forms has the right to exist, evolve, and flourish.
And we, the people, have the legal authority and responsibility to enforce these rights.
Join us for a discussion on how such rights are being acknowledged and turned into law worldwide. We will discuss how we can learn from what’s happening elsewhere to make Rights of Nature a reality here. Learn More Here!