Committed to Racial Justice & Allyship
“When I think about what love looks like, I see us channeling our holy rage into concrete, productive and powerful action.” - Michael Curry, Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church
God loves justice. And throughout scripture we are urged to love and seek it, as well. All Saints is committed to building diversity and equity in our neighborhood and formation in allyship.
If you are interested in being part of an ongoing racial justice effort through the All Saints Social Justice & Advocacy Committee please email [email protected].
Committed to Racial Justice & Allyship
Social Justice & Advocacy Column July 30, 2024
Hope Hope makes room for love in the world. We can all share it, we can all believe in it, even if we are radically different in every other way. We no longer need to fear our differences because we have common ground. We can hope together...
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Social Justice & Advocacy Column July 25, 2024
Turning the World Upside Down A telling phrase used in the Acts of the Apostles describes the new sect of Judaism that upsets the old-world order in Thessalonica. Christians there were dragged before the city council and referred to as “...
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Social Justice Corner Newsletter July 24, 2024
Our baptismal covenant calls us to persevere in resisting evil; to seek and serve Christ in all persons; to strive for justice and peace among all people, and respect the dignity of every human being. The Episcopal Church has an advocacy arm...
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Social Justice & Advocacy Column July 16, 2024
Political Holiness If religion and religious people are to have any moral credibility in the face of the massive death-dealing and denial of this era, we need to move with great haste toward lives of political holiness . This is my ...
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Social Justice & Advocacy Column July 10, 2024
Gifts We are showered every day with gifts, but they are not meant for us to keep. Their life is in their movement, the inhale and the exhale of our shared breath. Our work and our joy is to pass along the gift and to trust that what we p...
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Juneteenth Portland Pickles Game 2024
Thank you to everyone who supported the Voices Project through the Juneteenth Portland Pickles game. This month we say "till we meet again" to Rev. Leroy Barber who is moving to Atlanta. Our prayers go with him and his wife Donna with gratitude f...
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Social Justice & Advocacy Column June 11, 2024
Church at the Margins As long as the Church bore witness from the margins in some sense, and as long as we operated from a minority position, we had greater access to the truth, to the Gospel, to Jesus. In our time we have to find a way to...
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Juneteenth Portland Pickles Game
Come celebrate Juneteenth with The Voices Project at the Portland Pickles game on Wednesday, June 19th! 50% of proceeds from tickets purchased here will benefit The Voices Project. Tickets will be delivered to your email up to 24 Hours prior to...
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Social Justice & Advocacy Column June 5, 2024
Our Only Option You would think that changes in the planet’s climate would take a very long time and changes in human opinion and action could happen fast. You’d think that sentience would be an aid. But, instead, it appears that we ar...
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Social Justice & Advocacy Column May 28, 2024
Will we succeed? “We don't have a right to ask whether we're going to succeed or not. The only question we have a right to ask is what's the right thing to do? What does this earth require of us if we want to continue to live on it?” ...
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