Protesters were asked to help TALC and CALC survive these tumultuous times: “We are two organizations who do nothing but humanitarian work. We step in where social services do not, and we help out our community at all times and in all ways. When people ask us what it is that we do, we tell people: What is it that you need?”
Presenter: Organizers estimated that 10,000 people marched through downtown Eugene June 14 to tell the Trump administration: ‘No Kings.’ The organizers hoped to convert protesters to activists, and to support two community organizations, TALC and CALC. At the protest rally from the Activist Coalition of Eugene Springfield, Stan Taylor:
Stan Taylor (ACES): This movement is dedicated to being built on racial, social, environmental, economic justice, and is being accomplished by building alliances and networks. That’s what we need to do, build alliances and networks. What we recognize is that we are stronger when we come together than we are in our individual organizations. (Yes!)
[00:00:47] There are things we can do in coalition that we cannot do alone. So what I would like you to do today is to become an activist, to go to the tables that are here, pick an organization that you’re interested in, sign up and get active in that organization…