Outreach
Quakers have a long history of activism, guided by our testimonies: Simplicity, Peace, Integrity, Community, and Equality. Here you can find ways Multnomah Friends lives our faith in the wider world.
Events
A REPORT BACK FROM MASAFER YATTA WITH LEV
Sunday, June 28, 11:00am-1:00pm Portland Mennonite Church, 1312 SE 35th Ave, Portland
Lev, a lifelong member of Havurah Shalom in Portland, spent three months living and working with Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Faced with escalating Israeli setter attacks on their families, homes and lands, Palestinians in Masafer Yatta/South Hebron Hills put out a mass call for activists to come live and shepherd with them, and respond to and document settler attacks together. Lev answered the call and served there for three months with the Center for Jewish Nonviolence. (Optional: Bring your brown bag lunch.) Sponsored by Mennonite Action–Portland Mennonite Church Cosponsored by Portland Metro Chapter–Friends of Sabeel North America
Sunday, June 28, 11:00am-1:00pm Portland Mennonite Church, 1312 SE 35th Ave, Portland
Lev, a lifelong member of Havurah Shalom in Portland, spent three months living and working with Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Faced with escalating Israeli setter attacks on their families, homes and lands, Palestinians in Masafer Yatta/South Hebron Hills put out a mass call for activists to come live and shepherd with them, and respond to and document settler attacks together. Lev answered the call and served there for three months with the Center for Jewish Nonviolence. (Optional: Bring your brown bag lunch.) Sponsored by Mennonite Action–Portland Mennonite Church Cosponsored by Portland Metro Chapter–Friends of Sabeel North America
Dae: June 24, 2026 2: 40 pm
Friday, July 10-Sunday, July 12. at Reedwood Friends Church in Portland. Registration is open for Sierra-Cascades Yearly Meeting's Annual SessionsRegistration deadline June 26 The theme is “A Life Infused with Hope” featuring keynote speaker Christy Randazzo (they/them), a Quaker writer, teacher, and minister who teaches at Montclair State University and Earlham School of Religion.
Online registration will be open until Friday, June 26. You must register to attend whether in-person or on Zoom. To register: https://forms.gle/qeMMkAbHbHiacQtk8. To register to attend only via Zoom: https://forms.gle/Di5xYbytN8w9ZJ9X9. There is no cost for Zoom participation.
If you would like to host an out-of-town Friend, please contact Rachel at registrar@scymf.org. Any questions? Contact Rachel at registrar@scymf.org or Meg at gathering@scymf.org.
Friday, July 10-Sunday, July 12. at Reedwood Friends Church in Portland. Registration is open for Sierra-Cascades Yearly Meeting's Annual SessionsRegistration deadline June 26 The theme is “A Life Infused with Hope” featuring keynote speaker Christy Randazzo (they/them), a Quaker writer, teacher, and minister who teaches at Montclair State University and Earlham School of Religion.
Online registration will be open until Friday, June 26. You must register to attend whether in-person or on Zoom. To register: https://forms.gle/qeMMkAbHbHiacQtk8. To register to attend only via Zoom: https://forms.gle/Di5xYbytN8w9ZJ9X9. There is no cost for Zoom participation.
If you would like to host an out-of-town Friend, please contact Rachel at registrar@scymf.org. Any questions? Contact Rachel at registrar@scymf.org or Meg at gathering@scymf.org.
July 4, 11:00am, Seattle Please join a group of Quakers on Saturday, July 4, 2026 in one-hour of silent worship at the Federal Office Building 909 First Avenue, Seattle Washington at 11 am to bear witness to the disruption and dehumanization that authoritarian actions are inflicting in our communities. By standing together in quiet waiting worship, we affirm that every person has worth, that fear and violence must give way to love and fairness, and that our communities thrive when all are welcomed. This event is sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee and the Peace and Social Concerns Committees of North Pacific Yearly Meeting and University Friends Meeting. Please let us know that you are coming by registering at: https://www.mobilize.us/afscfriendsengagement/event/969643/. If you have questions, LoveasAction@afsc.org. Find updates at https://afsc.org/love-action.
Saturday, July 11, 10:00am-4:00pm. Mennonite Church, 1312 SE 35 Ave. Shop Palestinian crafts table and support social enterprise sustaining 30 artisan groups in Occupied Palestine.
Weekly on Mondays, 10:30am, ICE Detention Center
The Quaker ICE vigil, with participation of Multnomah and Bridge City Friends, continues to evolve. We meet at the 4310 S. Macadam office, Mondays at 10:30, with signs and lately also with flowers. We encourage Friends to help our effort continue. We meet for coffee afterwards, to consider further possible responses to this issue. Joe Snyder is the email group leader. Mornings to date during our vigils have been calm at the site.
The Quaker ICE vigil, with participation of Multnomah and Bridge City Friends, continues to evolve. We meet at the 4310 S. Macadam office, Mondays at 10:30, with signs and lately also with flowers. We encourage Friends to help our effort continue. We meet for coffee afterwards, to consider further possible responses to this issue. Joe Snyder is the email group leader. Mornings to date during our vigils have been calm at the site.
News
- A 15 minute interview with Palestinian American Quaker activist and scholar Sa'ed Atshan. https://n.pr/3v6k9wq
- Democracy Now interview with AFSC head Joyce Aljouny, who used to head the Ramallah Friends School, about the shooting of three RFS graduates vacationing in Vermont: bit.ly/3NrEOSc
- An Interview with Steve Chase, Pendle Hill Cadbury Scholar: bit.ly/3GJ6s9r