Kenny Wilson dances at the University of Oregon's Indigenous Culture Pageant on May 8, 2023. | 1/10s f/8 ISO800
A demonstrator sits, chained to Johnson Hall, after the mock trial demonstration on May 16, 2024. Protesters marched to Johnson Hall to hold a "mock tribunal," charging UO President John Karl Scholz, UO Foundation President Paul Weinhold and UO Board of Trustees chairperson Steve Holwerda with "complicity in genocide," according to Salem Younes, a leader of the UO Coalition for Palestine; the crowd found the trio "guilty," and the tribunal was followed by a sit-in on the steps of the building. | Shot for Emerald Media Group
Holly Hillyer poses for a portrait inside of the indoor growing space at Utokia Farm, which she operates alongside her husband Adam Teuscher, on Oct. 13, 2023. (Shot for Emerald Media Group) | 1/3200 f/1.8 ISO200
Adam Coble, owner of Terpene Station, poses for a portrait in his office at the dispensary on Oct. 17, 2023. | 1/40 f/5.0 ISO800
Salem Khoury, a leader of the University of Oregon group Students for Justice in Palestine, poses for a portrait in the ROAR Center office on Nov. 30, 2023. (Shot for Emerald Media Group) | 1/160 f/1.8 ISO800
Samantha Zhu poses for a portrait in Coos Bay, Ore., on Sep. 6, 2020. | 1/160 f/1.8 ISO400
A person looks through a window trying to see and hear Angela Davis' talk on March 6, 2024. Hundreds of people gathered in Straub 156 to hear Angela Davis speak "on apartheid, prisons, and capitalism" at an event organized in collaboration with the UO's Multicultural Center and ROAR Center. The lecture hall has an official capacity of 520, which overfilled within minutes of the doors opening, leaving would-be listeners—some of whom traveled hours to attend the event—to find other ways to see and hear Davis' talk. | Shot for Emerald Media Group
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Lucky D., a Springfield tattoo artist, performs a meditation-breathwork tattoo session with Cedar Ward, his client, on Oct. 29, 2023. | 3.2s f/10.0 ISO100
Salem, a co-leader of UO SJP, speaks to the crowd of protesters on May 7, 2024. Protesters gathered in front of the ongoing encampment on the UO Memorial Quad before marching to and from Johnson Hall for a "Rally to protect our camp," as posted on Instagram by involved student groups. This is the ninth day of the encampment on the UO campus; the protest is one of many on college campuses across the nation, multiple of which have seen various levels of escalation. | Shot for Emerald Media Group
Leyi (left) holds Mckena Wilson (right), who gave a speech to the ASUO senate about the recognition of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women at the annual powwow at the ASUO senate meeting on March 13, 2024. Over 150 students and community members protested the decision made by the ASUO to schedule the spring concert on the same weekend as the 56th Annual Mother's Day Powwow, a community and cultural event planned by the Native American Student Union. | Shot for Emerald Media Group
Protesters yell and chant as the "defendants" in the mock trial demonstration raise their hands, covered in red, on May 16, 2024. Protesters marched to Johnson Hall to hold a "mock tribunal," charging UO President John Karl Scholz, UO Foundation President Paul Weinhold and UO Board of Trustees chairperson Steve Holwerda with "complicity in genocide," according to Salem Younes, a leader of the UO Coalition for Palestine; the crowd found the trio "guilty," and the tribunal was followed by a sit-in on the steps of the building. | Shot for Emerald Media Group
A protester carries a sign during a Black Lives Matter protest on May 31, 2020. | 1/125 f/7.1 ISO100
Strike demonstrators dance outside of the Portland Public Schools District Office as part of a "Dance Party" strike demonstration by the Portland Association of Teachers on Nov. 14, 2023. (Shot for Emerald Media Group) | 2.0 f/13 ISO800
Shot for Emerald Media Group / Alex Hernandez
Shot for Emerald Media Group / Alex Hernandez
Shot for Emerald Media Group / Alex Hernandez