Ty Connor was a witty and clever guest of Adam Wendt at our studio inside Trifoia in Eugene, Oregon.

Ty Connor has lived in Eugene for over 32 years and has tended bar around Eugene for over 25 of those years: he has interacted with a large volume of Eugenians at their best and their worst, drinking at the bar! Ty regularly performs as a pianist at local establishments, periodically hosts a Disney sing-a-long, is a spoken-word performance artist (comedian/poet), and has been seen "dropping his smile" while walking on the streets downtown...

Some of his favorite members of the Legion of Eugene Super Non-Heroes (...they show up late when something bad happens and offer no help):

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Eric C. Richardson has lived in Eugene, OR off and on since the 1970's, is a father of 5, and is the President of the Eugene/Springfield NAACP - the nation's old civil rights and social justice organization.  Eric also plays and performs jazz on the standup bass at area venues like The Jazz Station.

[Eugene/Springfield NAACP]
https://naacplanecounty.org/
https://www.facebook.com/NAACP1119/

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Drawing (literally) from her own experiences, Jan tried to reflect real life and real emotions, with empathy for anyone with too little time, money or patience. Her first comic strip, Patience and Sarah, began as a weekly feature in a local alternative newspaper and ran for 3 years. It was reprinted in parenting magazines and books in the years following, giving Eliot the courage to try a second strip, Sister City, which ran weekly in her local daily paper the Eugene Register-Guard. It ran for 5 years, when the strip was picked up by Universal Press Syndicate and renamed Stone Soup. On November 20, 1995, after many years of wishing and hoping, Eliot saw her creation launched nationally as a daily comic strip.

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We were honored with the opportunity to have Kenya Luvert in our studio for an interview. Kenya, a CSWA (Clinical Social Work Associate), has earned her Master’s degree in Social Work (MSW). Kenya is a positive individual who loves to encourage herself and others to become the best self and to utilize the unique gifts and talents in each of us to benefit the surrounding community. She believes we can all be living, loving and learning in the present, holistically, with the whole mind, body and spirit. She seeks to give these gifts, among other ways, through mentor relationships.

Kenya served many years as a volunteer for the Eugene/Springfield NAACP branch in the role of mentor coordinator for African American youth exploring Visual or Performing Arts, Humanities, and/or Sciences, encouraging them to identify and utilize their gifts and talents and share that with the community.

Study Circle:
Study Circles are an intensive six-week course that equips White people (called Participants) with the tools and information needed to effectively enter our nation's ethnic debates and affect change. By combining candid dialogue with ethnic people (called Ethnic Allies) and practical in-session and at-home exercises, Participants cultivate an understanding of the underlying racial issues and debates, and enter them with empathy and insight that adds value, not pain.
Study Circles are two hours in duration and meet once a week for six weeks. Each session is facilitated. Discussions are transparent, confidential, and respectful.
https://sites.google.com/view/raceandculturestudycircle/home

[NAACP ACT-SO Program]
https://naacplanecounty.org/programs/act-so-new/

About EugCast:
EugCast is a volunteer powered, cooperative chit-chat where we talk with people who may or may not live in the Eugene, Oregon area. We think they have some really cool stories to share, but we’ll leave that up to you, the listener, to decide!
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Interview recorded 11/01/18 at Trifoia with Adam Wendt

Intro music composed by Michael Jones