Solidarity News

As many Oregonians went into Christmas break last week, policy makers in Salem passed legislation and announced several new changes, from housing to schools. The biggest piece came in legislation passed Monday that extends the eviction moratorium until the end of June. Before this legislation passed the moratorium was set […]

Plus keeping an eye on rollout of vaccine, shooters of Muhsin Sharif named 69 COVID-19 cases reported at Mission The Eugene Mission, a shelter for the unhoused, reported 69 new COVID-19 cases at it’s facilities this week, 68 guests and 1 employee. In light of this the shelter has enacted […]

Continuing my interviews with mutual aid groups on their work during the pandemic, I spoke with the folks behind Eugene Community Fridge. You can check them out over on Instagram What is Eugene Community Fridge and how was it founded? The Eugene Community Fridge is a grassroots community project that […]

I have been under the weather this past week, so this update is going be a condensed one. Lookout though for a couple of interviews to be published later this week. Local links BIPOC LC is calling for people to use the public comment at upcoming meetings by the City […]

Plus Eugene continues sweeps, and many events this week We know the name of the Black man who was shot by Eugene Police last week: Muhsin Sharif. Now, apparently after surgery on his gunshot wounds, police have thrown him in jail, facing four felony charges. Not only have the cops […]

News Gov. Brown released new COVID policies last week. After the two week freeze 21 counties, with Lane County being among them, are likely to see a continued freeze. While new restrictions are going in place, the state is also loosening up restrictions, like allowing bars to open where they […]

Fighting back against sweeps The city of Eugene made another big sweep of unhoused peoples’ resting spaces, this time at Washington Jefferson Park. This comes at a time when the city has among the lowest level of shelters available in recent years. This is also when Oregon is seeing the […]

On Monday of last week, President Schill put out a statement titled “Reforms to UO Police Department,” wherein he laid out changes the university would make to the UOPD. Schill made clear that he was not interested in disbanding or disarming the UOPD, saying, “Ultimately, our campus is best served […]

Oregon voters approved drug policy changes across the board last Tuesday. Oregon became the first states in the nation to allow the therapeutic use of psilocybin with the passing of measure 109. With Measure 110, Oregon decriminalized possession all illegal drugs. Oregon became stricter on buyers of tobacco products with […]

Questioning the UO administration A collective of student protestors referring to themselves as the People’s Council met with President Schill recently after occupying Johnson Hall. Now thanks to Double Sided Media, we have the full audio of the meeting between the activists and Schill, with Vice President of Student Life […]