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We will always be stronger together than we are apart.

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Community Calendar
Health Fair: Bridging the Gap to Healthcare

Join us for a free community health fair on Saturday June 6, 2026 featuring screenings, health resources, hands-on training, family support services, and community connection. Centered on BIPOC, open to all!

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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
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.

Moving from Dehumanization to Collective Action: NAACP Eugene-Springfield’s Statement on Policing and Community Safety
Moving from Dehumanization to Collective Action: NAACP Eugene-Springfield’s Statement on Policing and Community Safety

The police body cam footage recently released is disturbing, if unsurprising. The casual, mundane, joking tone of the phone call is more troubling even than the racism as expressed through stale, Civil-war era stereotypes. Violence is discussed as an everyday matter, including harm against partners and children. It shows how dehumanization works as a normalized pattern that creates violence across identities — but it also creates an open door for all of us to unite in our fights for justice.

Statement on the NAACP’s Support for Community in the Face of Hate
Statement on the NAACP’s Support for Community in the Face of Hate

Hate often arrives looking careless, desperate, and poorly made. Beneath the tired language and crude presentation is something even smaller: a worldview rooted in ignorance, fear, and weakness. Over time, the intimidation such acts attempt to create gives way to a different emotion — unexpected pity for people who have willingly surrendered their humanity to fear.