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EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER <br />January 6, 2005 <br /> <br /> City of Eugene <br /> 777 Pearl Street, Room 105 <br /> Eugene, Oregon 97401-2793 <br /> (541) 682-5010 <br /> (541) 682-5414 (FAX) <br /> www.ci.eugene.or, us <br /> <br />MARTIN LUTHER KING., JR. CELEBRATION EVENT <br />WORLD VIEWS, PERSONAL STORIES SERIES: JANUARY THROUGH MARCH, 2005 <br />PEACEHEAL TH AND EUGENE PUBLIC LIBRARY RECEIVE NATIONAL AWARD <br />AGENCIES COLLABORATE ON OUTREACH FOR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS <br />REDESIGNED PARKS AND OPEN SPACE WEBSITE ENTICES MANY MORE VISITORS IN 2004 <br />OUTREA CH UNDERWAY ON METRO WA TERWA YS STUDY <br />RESIDENTS BRAVE ICE AND COLD TO RESERVE PARKS THIS YEAR <br />THE NATIONAL ACROBATS OF TAIWAN <br /> <br />Martin Luther Kinq Jr., Celebration Event <br />On Monday, January 17, at 6:00 p.m., the Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Committee of Lane County <br />presents "Collaborating Diversity Through Shared Humanity" at the University of Oregon EMU Ballroom, <br />East 13th Avenue and University Street. Featured Keynote Speaker is Ms. Bebe Moore Campbell, <br />author of national best sellers Brothers and Sisters and Your Blues Ain't Like Mine. The Eugene Human <br />Rights Commission is one of 12 program sponsors and will recognize community members Jim Garcia <br />and Reverend Dan Bryant with the commission's MLK Leadership Award. For more information, contact <br />Human Rights program manager Greg Rikhoff at 652-5177 or event program chair Greg Evans at <br />868-6050. <br /> <br />World Views, Personal Stories Series: Januar~ through March 2005 <br />Eye-opening and mind-opening, this free, international documentary film and discussion series offers <br />diverse perspectives on human rights issues and world events. Each highly recommended film will be <br />followed by a conversation moderated by community leaders and educators. Eugene Public Library is <br />one of 50 libraries nationwide to be awarded a grant from the Human Rights Video Project to present this <br />series. <br /> <br />"We're delighted to have been chosen as one of the libraries for this unique program focusing on human <br />rights, one of the most important topics facing world citizens today," says Library Director Connie <br />Bennett. "Public libraries are well-matched to this project. The library is a community center of inquiry <br />and discussion, and offers resources you can use to continue learning about the issues and ideas raised <br />in the films." The series dates are: <br /> <br />Sunday, January 16, 3:00 p.m.: <br />20 Years Old in the Middle East, Agal Moghaizel. <br />Taking the pulse of Arab and Iranian youth in Jordan, Syria, Iran, and Lebanon, after the fall of Saddam <br />Hussein. <br /> <br />Sunday, January 30, 3:00 p.m.: <br />My Terrorist, Yulie Cohen-Gerstel. <br />Many years after a terrorist attack, a filmmaker questions the causes of violence between Israelis and <br />Palestinians, and considers forgiving, even helping, the man who almost killed her. <br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 1 <br />January 6, 2005 <br /> <br /> <br />