Social Justice & Advocacy

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.

Johnson Creek Cleanup Day

Thank you to all 25+ volunteers that helped us clean up Johnson Creek! Click to see photos from the day!

Guest Preacher & Discussion: Oregon Remembrance Project with Taylor Stewart

Taylor Stewart is the executive director of an organization called the Oregon Remembrance Project. He helps communities in Oregon unearth stories of injustice and engage in the necessary truth telling and repair required to reconcile instances of...

Social Justice & Advocacy Column: Restoring Honor

We need acts of restoration, not only for polluted waters and degraded lands, but also for our relationship to the world. We need to restore honor to the way we live, so that when we walk through the world we don’t have to avert our eyes with ...

Social Justice & Advocacy Column: In the Time of Pandemic

And the people stayed home. And they read books, and listened, and rested, and exercised, and made art, and played games, and learned new ways of being, and were still. And they listened more deeply. Some meditated, some prayed, some danced. Some...

Diocesan News: A Year in the Life

A Year in the Life , a web series from The Episcopal Church, documents how Episcopal churches, schools, and ministries have navigated a very contentious and difficult year. Filmed using COVID-safe protocols, the series covers topics like food in...

Social Justice & Advocacy Column: An Aliveness Movement

[Christianity] began as a revolutionary nonviolent movement promoting a new kind of aliveness on the margins of society. . . . It claimed that everyone, not just an elite few, had God-given gifts to use for the common good. It exposed a system ba...

Social Justice & advocacy Column: A Reset

One way to think about this pause in our lives is as a rare—likely a once-in-a-lifetime—opportunity for a reset. We actually stopped, the one thing our societies have never heretofore done. Things ground to a halt, offering us the chance to e...

Social Justice & Advocacy: Zenith Op-ed and Action Items

The city of Portland has a critical decision to make that will affect the health and safety of our climate and environment. Saying no to Zenith Energy oil-by-rail should be a no-brainer. City Council members have all expressed their objections to...

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...

Social Justice & Advocacy Column: Zenith Energy Action Item

We say NO to dangerous and explosive oil trains in our communities. Portland City Council has a big decision to make about Zenith Energy’s oil-by-rail terminal and they need to hear from you! In the face of a climate emergency, Portland ...

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Johnson Creek Cleanup Day

Guest Preacher & Discussion: Oregon Remembrance Project with Taylor Stewart

Social Justice & Advocacy Column: Restoring Honor

Social Justice & Advocacy Column: In the Time of Pandemic

Diocesan News: A Year in the Life

Social Justice & Advocacy Column: ​An Aliveness Movement

Social Justice & advocacy Column: A Reset

Social Justice & Advocacy: Zenith Op-ed and Action Items

​The Tipping Point of Faith

Social Justice & Advocacy Column: Zenith Energy Action Item

Social Justice & Advocacy Column: An Aliveness Movement

The Tipping Point of Faith