Indivisible co-sponsors CLDC trainings March 21, 24, 27

from Indivisible Eugene Springfield

Training sessions for local activists, community members, and immigrants and allies engaged in civil rights actions will be offered March 21, 24, and 27.

The Civil Liberties Defense Center trainings are co-sponsored by Indivisible Eugene Springfield (IES), formed in response to the Trump-Musk assault on our democracy, our constitution, and the American people.

“Our community is responding to this crisis by coming together to push back against the takeover of our government by oligarchs and authoritarians,” said Stan Taylor, who serves as leader for the new Indivisible chapter. “Individually, we may feel powerless, but we are stronger together, and Indivisible provides a clear focus for our work.”

Indivisible was born as a national organization in 2016, in response to the first Trump administration. It has been reinvigorated since our recent election and now has thousands of chapters in large and small communities across the U.S.

The Eugene-Springfield chapter started in November 2024 with 20 people. It now has over 300 members and is still growing fast.

These trainings are the first major community actions for IES. Other co-sponsors include the Civil Liberties Defense Center, Oregon Community Asylum Network, Our Community/Plaza de Nuestra Communidad, Lavender Network, 350 Eugene, Transponder, and Growers Market.

The first training, “Know Your Rights and Risks,” for activists and engaged community members, is scheduled for Friday, March 21, from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., at the Lavender Network, 440 Maxwell Road, Eugene. It covers basic rights, interacting with police, security culture, state repression, digital security and specific legal issues in organizing in Lane County.

A “Legal Observer” training will be offered on Monday, March 24, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., upstairs at the Growers Market, 454 Willamette St., Eugene. It will cover how to be an independent legal observer, supporting the rights of activists by observing and documenting police behavior at protests and demonstrations.

The third training is “Know Your Rights and Risks – for Immigrants and Their Allies.” It will be held on Thursday, March 27, from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Lavender Network, 440 Maxwell Road in Eugene. Live Spanish translation will be provided. It will cover ways for immigrants to invoke and assert their constitutional rights to stay safe when talking with police or ICE. Allies will learn how to protect their undocumented immigrant neighbors.