Equity Action​

The Equity Action Team (EAT) launched in February 2018, and is recruiting new members. 

We invite you to join us at our fall event:
"Opening Doors, Welcoming Neighbors"
on Sunday October 14th from 2-4pm at--
United Lutheran Church 
2230 Washington St., Eugene

Join us in viewing the play “We Are Neighbors” followed by the presentation “Why Don’t They Just Get in Line? How our immigration system works, or doesn’t” presented by Integration Network for Immigrants of Lane County.
 
There will be children’s activities including multicultural storytelling and crafts.
 
Co-Sponsored By: United Lutheran Church, CALC, and Jefferson Westside Neighbors
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July 3rd, 2018 the FAN Board unanimously approved the following:
Friendly Area Neighbors Equity Resolution: 

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The Friendly Area Neighborhood Association is committed to the human right of all to be free from discrimination. Discrimination against people on the basis of their national origin, race or ethnicity, religion, immigration status, language of origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation or identity, socioeconomic status, housing status, or disability, should simply not be tolerated. The number of hate crimes and bias incidents reported in Eugene has been increasing and no doubt many go unreported.  FAN's Equity Action Team will work with residents and local institutions (schools, churches, businesses) to foster and sustain a neighborhood environment that is diverse, inclusive, safe, and welcoming; encourage the implementation of practices, projects, and events that help prevent such harmful incidents; and, effectively respond to hate crimes and bias incidents when they occur.

Contact us via email at fanequity@friendlyareaneighbors.org.

You can help to stop hate from spreading in our neighborhood. There are things we all can do.

• Familiarize ourselves with hate graffiti symbols.
• Report all graffiti promptly so that it can be tracked by local law enforcement.
• Review Responding to Hate: Our Roles in Hate Response (PDF)
• Promote the "I Got Your Back" Pledge to receive action alerts when there are opportunities to respond to hate activity in the community.

Please share this message with your communities. We should all know what to do to report hate and bias incidents.

Sign

The Equity Action Team has created a yard and window sign to help our neighborhood be more welcoming to all. The yard signs will be available free to the first 150 households at the FAN Annual Picnic on Sunday July 22, from 5-8pm at the Washington Park Community Center. You can download a printable version of the window sign.

Download Sign

If you are interested in becoming involved with the Equity Action Team or you can’t attend the picnic and would like to request a yard sign, email us at fanequity@friendlyareaneighbors.org.