Fifty years after local leaders established the NAACP Eugene-Springfield Branch, the organization is inviting the community to celebrate five decades of local civil rights work and help fund its next chapter.

NAACP Eugene-Springfield has released a statement on policing and community safety following the resignation of a Eugene Police officer whose racist and offensive comments were recorded on the officer’s body-worn camera on Jan. 30

The incident led to the officer’s resignation and a widening investigation into whether anyone else knew about the remarks.