This year, Radical Alternative Development, a punk nonprofit, is hosting its eighth annual Punks Who Give Benefit For Native Youth Wellness. BriJit Jenkins, one of RAD’s founders, says she started Punks Who Give in 2017 because “I just wanted to start doing more community building in Eugene.”

Thanksgiving as a holiday is controversial due to its inaccurate depiction of interactions between early colonial settlers and Native Americans. Jenkins says that RAD made Punks Who Give: a Benefit for Native Youth Wellness to make the day about celebrating and supporting Indigenous people in Eugene and beyond.

Jenkins adds that “I always feel like it’s really important to connect with people outside of just standing at a bar or at a show. When loud music is happening, you don’t always get to know t

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