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 <br />June 28 – Greenway Bridge, sponsored by Arriving by Bike <br /> <br /> <br />July 26 – DeFazio Bridge, sponsored by Paul’s Bicycle Way of Life <br /> <br /> <br />Aug. 30 – Fern Ridge Path <br /> <br /> <br />Sept. 27 – Delta Ponds Bridge <br /> <br /> <br />Oct. 25 – Frohnmayer Bridge, sponsored by Blue Heron <br /> <br /> <br />Breakfast at the Bridges is designed for path users and commuters to grab a quick bite to eat and a cup of coffee, meet City <br />staff, learn more about transportation in Eugene, and get a bicycle safety check. This signature summer event series <br />celebrates the outdoors and encourages active transportation – especially walking and bicycling – to meet larger City goals, <br />including healthy living, sustainability and a vibrant business community. Breakfast at the Bridges features local advocacy <br />organizations and local businesses who actively work toward these City goals. For more information, contact <br />Transportation Options Coordinator Lindsay Selser at 541-682-5094. <br /> <br />Public Works Day Set for May 16 at Roosevelt Yard <br />The 26 annual celebration of Public Works Day is scheduled for <br />th <br />Thursday, May 16, at the Roosevelt Yard, 1820 Roosevelt Boulevard. <br /> <br />More than 1,300 schoolchildren and nearly 350 adults are signed up for <br />the event, which runs from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. All 300 students at <br />River Road Elementary will be attending, and Mayor Kitty Piercy is one of <br />more than 50 tour guides who will help students and teachers navigate <br />the many displays and answer questions about the variety of services provided by Public Works. <br /> <br />The event is free and open to the public. City Councilors and members of boards and commissions are encouraged to stop <br />by and learn more about Public Works. Because the Public Works yard will be wall-to-wall kids from mid- to late-morning, <br />an early afternoon visit might be more relaxing and offer more opportunities to visit with staff. For more information, go to <br />www.eugene-or.gov/pwday, or contact event manager Kim Mast at 541-682-5548. <br /> <br />Soromundi, Lesbian Chorus of Eugene, Comes Home to Soreng Theater <br />Four giggling teens sit fidgeting in the front row of the Kilworth Memorial Chapel while 70 women on stage file past a drum <br />kit and electric bass. The audience starts to applaud and continues until the very last choir member is on stage. One of the <br />teens looks at her program, counts the songs and <br />whispers to the boy next to her, “After the fifth song!” <br />It’s a Friday night in Tacoma, and Soromundi, Lesbian <br />Chorus of Eugene, is on the road, bringing songs and <br />stories to northwest cities in support of LGBTQ youth. <br /> <br />Soromundi’s Be the Change tour started with a warm- <br />up concert at Lane Community College in February and <br />will officially end at the Hult Center’s Soreng Theater <br />on Saturday, May 18. Soromundi was started in 1989 in <br />Cultural Services Manager Karm Hagedorn’s living <br />room. Since then, the choir has grown to over 100 <br />members, including City staffers Anne Donohue and <br />Amber Dennis. <br /> <br />“There is a growing understanding nationwide that <br />LGBTQ youth are socially marginalized and in need of support and visibility. All youth are at risk of being bullied or <br />harassed, but LGBTQ students face particularly hostile environments,” says Soromundi President Amber Smith. She notes <br />that suicide rates continue to be high in these at-risk groups. “We want to show up for these kids,” says Smith. “The tour is <br />designed to create connections, increase community education, and build community support for diversity.” <br /> <br />To prepare for the show, choir members gathered into groups by age and talked about what it was like when they were <br />younger, how things are different now and what it means to “be the change” in the world. Youth groups in tour-stop cities <br />Eugene, Portland, Tacoma and Seattle followed the same process. The experiences of all the participants were then <br />combined to create stories read by choir members, which are woven between the songs throughout the concert. If there <br />are youth volunteers brave enough to read, as there are in Tacoma, they will anxiously await their turn to head for the <br />stage and pick a story. <br /> <br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 4 <br />May 9, 2013 <br />