Balancing LGBTQ+ Rights and Religious Freedom

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 14903 SW Westlake Dr., Lake Oswego, Oregon

Featuring Steve Collis, JD, Faculty Director of Texas's Bech-Loughlin First Amendment Center and Law and Religion Center. How do we protect both our LGBTQ+ citizens and our religious freedoms. How does The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints explain its position on LGBTQ+ rights? No prior registration required and no cost to attend. You … Continue reading Balancing LGBTQ+ Rights and Religious Freedom

Green Circles

Join us for EMO's Interfaith Power & Light Green Circles. This monthly statewide gathering brings together people of faith from across Oregon to learn about issues of climate change, faith, and justice, and to root ourselves spiritually as we build relationships and take action together. This year's Green Circles run through June 2022. Our January–April … Continue reading Green Circles

2022 OIPL Advocacy Team

Join us for our second annual Oregon Interfaith Power & Light (OIPL) Advocacy Team! The 2022 Oregon Short Legislative Session runs from Feb. 1 to March 7. We are already setting up meetings with legislators. Sign up now if you want to be involved, and we will contact you when legislator meetings have been scheduled. … Continue reading 2022 OIPL Advocacy Team

Working Group on Racial Justice: Conversations about the work

Episcopal Diocese of Oregon presents an in depth look at engaging in racial justice through the eyes of activists from around the country. The first live zoom event will be on Jan. 12 featuring Taylor Stewart. Stewart started the Oregon Remembrance Project in 2018 to help communities unearth stories of injustice and engage in the … Continue reading Working Group on Racial Justice: Conversations about the work

The Afghan Crisis and Response: What is required to make Oregon a truly welcoming place for refugees?

Join Oregon Community Foundation in a virtual panel discussion with Oregon’s refugee resettlement agencies to learn how our state is managing the Afghan Crisis and what it will take for Oregon to become a truly welcoming home to Afghan families. Featuring:  Caroline van der Harten, Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon Matthew Westerbeck, Catholic Charities of Oregon Djimet Dogo, The … Continue reading The Afghan Crisis and Response: What is required to make Oregon a truly welcoming place for refugees?

Portland CROP Hunger Walk

First Christian Church 1314 SW Park Ave., Portland, Oregon, United States

CROP Hunger Walks are community-based fundraising events held in cities and towns across the United States, created to support the global mission of Church World Service, a faith-based organization transforming communities around the globe through just and sustainable responses to hunger, poverty, displacement and disaster. After a CROP Hunger Walk ends, 25 percent of the … Continue reading Portland CROP Hunger Walk