Our Social Justice & Advocacy Committee seeks to follow Jesus in the work of justice, peacemaking and advocating on behalf of the disempowered. Together we participate in justice initiatives and organizing events around issues such as food and housing insecurity, diversity and inclusion, and the protection and care of the environment.
Social Justice & Advocacy
Juneteenth Planning with The Voices Project
On the weekend of Juneteenth, All Saints is collaborating with The Voices Project to offer a series of events to celebrate this holiday, which marks the end of slavery in our country. Join us on Sunday, March 13 at 11:30am in the Parish Hall to h...
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Social Justice & Advocacy Column: The Common Good
I believe the moral prerequisite for solving the deepest problems this country and the world now face is a commitment to an ancient idea whose time has urgently come: the common good. . . . Our life together can be better. Ours is a shallow a...
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Social Justice & Advocacy Column: Hunger
From “Hunger” The decision to feed the world is the real decision. No revolution has chosen it. For that choice requires that women shall be free. I choke on the taste of bread in North America but the taste of hunger in North Amer...
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The Tipping Point of Faith
The signs are all around us. We can see them springing up like wildflowers after the prairie rain. People who had fallen asleep are waking up. People who had been content to watch are wanting to join. People who never said a word are speaking out...
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Dismantling Racism Training:
Join Deacon Linda and Rev. Andria for Dismantling Racism Training offered by the Absalom Jones Episcopal Center for Racial Healing. The training will be held online via Zoom March 10 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. EST (6 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. our time) o...
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Lift Every Voice Gun Violence Petitions
Gun violence is a sobering and sometimes divisive issue in our country. Lift Every Voice Oregon ( LEVO ) is working to reduce gun violence through legislative means, and to that end has crafted two initiative petitions that need citizen signat...
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Social Justice & Advocacy Column: Love Ethic
Culturally, all spheres of American life—politics, religion, the workplace, domestic households, intimate relations—should and could have as their foundation a love ethic. The underlying values of a culture and its ethics shape and inform the...
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Conversations about the Work
Join the Episcopal Diocese of Oregon's Working Group on Racial Justice for an in depth look at engaging racial justice through the eyes of activists around the country. Taylor Stewart, who started the Oregon Remembrance Project and was with us in...
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From the Church Office: Portland Street Response
For those concerned about the welfare of those living rough on the streets or in their vehicles, Portland Street Response offers compassionate mobile
crisis response for people
experiencing homelessness and/or mental health / behavioral healt...
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