Community demonstrations are scheduled in Eugene and Springfield on Thursday, Dec. 18, for Day Without an Immigrant.
Thursday, which is International Migrants Day, marks the first in a series of monthly events leading up to International Workers Day on May 1, according to Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste, Oregon’s farmworkers union, which initiated the events.
Local organizers are holding what they’re calling a “visibility action” from noon to 2 p.m. on the Ferry Street Bridge in Eugene, according to the Eugene Party for Socialism & Liberation. A rally and candlelight vigil will take place from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on the Springfield City Hall steps…