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CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERSHIP

1976-2026

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UPCOMING
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VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

in your community
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COMING UP

Community Calendar
ACT-SO DINNER with NAACP@50

We are asking for your involvement in this unique mentoring program where students gets to choose from 26 categories of competition in the sciences, humanities, business, and performing and visual arts. In partnership with you and our agency partners we seek to build and strengthen this a yearlong achievement program designed to recruit, stimulate, and encourage high academic and cultural achievement among African-American high school students.

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Civil Rights Reclamation Begins Locally

Voting Rights in Oregon

WHAT'S HAPPENING THIS MONTH ➜

WHAT'S HAPPENING THIS MONTH ➜

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A group of people gathered outdoors in Eugene-Springfield, Oregon, listening to a speaker during a public event in a park-like setting with trees and a brick building in the background.
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News & Press
Op Ed: “Disengagement is Dangerous” by Demond Hawkins
Op Ed: “Disengagement is Dangerous” by Demond Hawkins

“Disengagement is dangerous, and low voter turnout is just one challenge we’re facing. Turnout alone is not enough if maps are unfair across the U.S. Fair maps are not enough if people do not vote. And without real representation, people are less likely to engage in voting or voter turnout activities. Oregon is not immune simply because our state has vote-by-mail and automatic voter registration.” — Demond Hawkins, President, NAACP Eugene-Springfield

Free BIPOC Community Event Packed with Health Resources
Free BIPOC Community Event Packed with Health Resources

“We have wonderful community members who have given us starts and different things so that we can do some education around food sustainability,” says Deborah Reynolds-Lange, interim executive director.

NAACP Eugene-Springfield condemns police body-cam call
NAACP Eugene-Springfield condemns police body-cam call

NAACP Eugene-Springfield has released a statement on policing and community safety following the resignation of a Eugene Police officer whose racist and offensive comments were recorded on the officer’s body-worn camera on Jan. 30

The incident led to the officer’s resignation and a widening investigation into whether anyone else knew about the remarks.