RRCO April 10 meeting is HYBRID – Zoom and LIVE !

Check out our April E-Newsletter Linked below!

https://mailchi.mp/d34dfbcec52d/rrco-goes-hybrid-monday-april-10

Community Meeting April 10 at 7
Hybrid meeting-  In person at 1055 River Rd. or on ZOOM

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84662488247?pwd=aW5hSC9hWHpyYXFzT0lDVEQrTGlkUT09 

Meeting ID: 846 6248 8247 Passcode: RRCO-Gen

Elections: City Council 4J School Board and Levies.

At the March 10th RRCO General Meeting we will cover the Eugene Ward 7 candidates, 4J School Board candidates, Lane County Public Safety Levy and Eugene Parks Levy in that order.  We will give each of the participating candidates up to three minutes to speak about themself and their candidacy followed by Q&A with each of the candidates. A spokesperson for the county public safety levy has been invited and the Healing Not Handcuffs coalition will offer an alternate perspective.
The audience will be invited to write their questions for the candidates on cards and in the chat.  These will be collected and vetted by a two neutral board members and asked by that team. Candidates will have up to one minute to respond to each question.
As usual, we expect everyone to be neighborly and courteous to our guests and to the agenda.

Here is the outline of our General Meeting:

  • The participating candidates for Ward 7 City Council will randomly take turns speaking for up to three minutes about themselves and their candidacy. Then the candidates will have up to one minute to respond to each questions from the audience.
  • The same process will be followed by up to three minutes each for the participating candidates for 4J School Board positions.
  • We then will have a proponent and opponent of the County Public Safety Levy each spend up to 3 minutes to discuss their position on the levy
  • Finally we have asked a Lane County League of Women Voters to give us a non-partisan explanation of the Eugene Parks levy.

Filbert Grove Work Party

Saturday March 4, 10 am – 12 noon

Meet on the Willamette Greenway at the end of McClure at the Filbert Grove

We expect to HAVE FUN.

Dig and remove English Ivy. BUILD COMMUNITY.

Prune Filbert Trees. EXERCISE.

Clear vegetation around Filbert Trees.

IMPROVE HABITAT FOR WILDLIFE.

Filbert / Hazelnut Grove work in 2021

Biking is encouraged with bike parking on site.

If driving, park on Stults and walk north on bike path 200 meters.

Wear sturdy shoes, bring water to drink. Dress for the Weather.

The City of Eugene will provide gloves and tools

(feel free to bring your own as well).

River Road Community Organization Board Member, Jan Spencer, is coordinating with the City of Eugene to continue support of this Hazelnut/ Filbert Grove and the land surrounding it. For more info: janrspencer@gmail.com

RRCO and SCCO invites community to respond to antisemitism with love.

Anti-Semetic propaganda is being distribute in River Road and Santa Clara neighborhoods.
https://www.registerguard.com/story/news/local/2023/02/21/antisemitic-flyers-found-neighborhoods-eugene-oregon/69928169007/

Our communities are responding
Communities respond to hate with love – join us Sunday, Feb. 26, at 2 pm for a neighborhood gathering and community canvass near Santa Clara in a show of love and unity after finding antisemitic hate flyers in our neighborhood. For all of our safety, RSVP on the link to receive the location and further details:
https://tinyurl.com/santaclaralove

What to expect: Representatives of the Social Justice Committees of both Santa Clara and River Road Community Organizations* will host a short gathering to talk about what happened, practice talking to our neighbors about antisemitism and how we can overcome hate with unity, then divide into pairs to knock on doors and leave positive information for neighbors impacted by recent hate activity. Rain or shine! Wear weather-appropriate clothes/shoes, bring water, a snack, and a bag or backpack to carry your flyers.

For all of our safety, please do not share the location of this event (to be announced after you RSVP) or post the location information publicly or on social media, but you may invite known, trusted friends and family to join us and ask them to RSVP here:
https://tinyurl.com/santaclaralove

*Cosponsored also by Springfield-Eugene Showing Up for Racial Justice and Community Alliance of Lane County. RSVPs will go to the 4 event organizers to respond.

PS. We also have other activities for those who do not want to or cannot canvass. Let’s have a big turnout as we did for the paintball incident a couple of years ago.

If you would like to be part of this effort and other work of the Social Justice Committee please send us a note at rrco_social_justice@riverroadco.org