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
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
Want to hear from Oregon’s senators and representatives about 2022 Legislative Session priorities? Want to know how to be most effective in your advocacy efforts? Join us for the 2022 Oregon Legislative Conference on Sunday, Jan. 23, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. for an overview of legislative issues of concern to the faith community including: … Continue reading 2022 Oregon Legislative (Virtual) Forum
OREGON INTERFAITH EARTH SUMMIT (VIRTUAL) The ninth annual Oregon Interfaith Earth Summit will bring together people of faith and goodwill to learn, connect and develop a shared vision for creation justice. With the theme, "Flourishing in a Time of Climate Crisis,” the virtual event will include worship elements and feature plenary sessions from inspiring presenters … Continue reading Oregon Interfaith Earth Summit: Flourishing in a Time of Climate Crisis
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?
Cosponsored by Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon, NW Oregon Labor Council, and Portland Jobs with Justice, the Faith Labor Breakfast has for 20 years inspired workers and people of faith with prayers, music, stories and support of workers struggling for justice. This year's theme is "Workers in the Age of COVID and Climate Catastrophe." This event … Continue reading 20th Annual Virtual Faith Labor Breakfast
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
Faith communities around the country and nation are watching Youth v. Gov together this month through Interfaith Power & Light. Find a screening near you, or you can still sign up to host a screening with your congregation or green team. Learn more about the film. Then, join us for a discussion of the film … Continue reading Youth v. Gov Discussion
A "Train of Tears" commemoration will recall and reflect with regret one of the most painful chapters in the history of the Hood River Valley -- the forced internment of Japanese-Americans. The event at Riverside Community Church, United Church of Christ, will memorialize the date 80 years ago when more than 400 Japanese-American women, men … Continue reading Train of Tears
CLICK HERE to watch the live broadcast of the event beginning 6:55 p.m. Join people of faith and good will on the evening of May 17 as we gather in support of peace in Ukraine. We will hear the hopes and dreams of the Ukrainian community and church leaders, pray for them, and learn immediate … Continue reading United for Peace
