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Upcoming Events of Interest

Scheduled Gatherings (listed chronologically)

  • Friends Historical Association Annual Fall Event
    Sunday, November 1, 10:30am,(pacific) online only
    Register for Zoom access at: quakerhistory.org/2026fallevent. Please consider joining us for the Friends Historical Association Annual Meeting to be held online on Sunday, 1 November at 1:30pm (EST). This Meeting will be followed at 2pm (EST) by our annual fall event, featuring a panel of speakers who are currently engaged in research and projects that seek to locate and elevate the histories of enslaved and formerly enslaved people in Quaker archives. The purpose of this event is to promote knowledge of ongoing work into a critically understudied area of Quaker history. Panelists include:
    William Fernandez Hardin, Author of “‘This Unpleasant Business’: Slavery, Law and the Pleasants Family in Post-Revolutionary Virginia”
    Laura C. Keim, Curator at Stenton House
    Celia Caust-Ellenbogen, Associate Curator at Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College
    Gwen Gosney Erickson, Quaker Archivist and Special Collections Librarian at Guilford College
    Each speaker will give a 10–15-minute presentation detailing their research or the remit of ongoing projects. 30 minutes will be reserved at the end for questions from the audience / panel. This event is entirely virtual. A link will be sent to registrants a week prior to the event.
  • FCNL will be hosting their Annual Meeting
    November 12-14 in Washington DC.
    This year it will be both in person and online. This gathering is an opportunity to gather with hundreds of Quakers from across the country to learn about effective lobbying, to hear from FCNL lobbyists and young fellows, and to participate in policy discussions and worship sharing groups. Here is a link for more information and to register for the 2026  Annual Meeting: https://www.fcnl.org/events/annual-meeting-2026-deep-roots-bold-action. We are seeking financial support to send one or two young Friends to the Annual Meeting.  We need support for the registration ($250 to attend in person), travel and lodging.  If you would like more information and/or able to offer some financial support please contact FCNL rep Barbara Segal.

  • TRANSGENDER DAY OF REMEMBRANCE, PORTLAND INTERFAITH VIGIL
    Saturday, November 21, 5:00pm, 
    First United Methodist Church in Portland, 1838 SW Jefferson St.
    Everyone is invited to attend. Several Multnomah Meeting Friends are involved in planning and speaking at the vigil. There will be the reading of names. More information is at https://tinyurl.com/55asuwv6 or speak to Kepper Petzing (they).

  • Save the Date: Spring 2027 Willamette Quarterly Meeting.
    May 14-16, 2027
    Mark your calendars, whether paper or electronic, for next spring’s residential gathering of Willamette Quarterly Meeting. We’ll meet at Camp Lutherwood near Eugene from May 14-16.  Multnomah and Bridge City are responsible for planning quarterly meeting this year; if you’d like to help or have questions, please contact Lyn Gordon or Betsey Kenworthy

    Regular Recurring Events (listed Alphabetically)

  • Jacob Hoopes has begun 900 days of confinement at the federal prison in Sheridan. Please learn more and consider adopting one of the 900 days: https://www.900daysoflight.com/ 
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  • An Invitation to Prayer Vigil at the I.C.E. Facility
    Thursdays 2:30-3:30pm, S. Bancroft St
    Over the past year interfaith groups have faithfully stood with protest signs along Macadam Ave every Monday morning and organized a Silent March the third Saturday evening of every month. This will be a mostly silent vigil, although participants may feel free to pray out loud as led. There will be opening and closing remarks as well as some singing. Participants should feel free to come and go as needed. We expect no opposition. We ask that you bring no signs. There will be a Prayer Vigil Banner along with images of those who have died because of I.C.E. for you to hold. We’ve chosen this time of day to be visible to I.C.E. employees who leave in the middle of the afternoon and the transport bus for detainees which may leave for Tacoma. Contact Joe Snyder or Dick Nystrom (Covenant)  This is a family friendly event. Participants agree to be non-violent. Note: Trimet bus 35/40 and NS Streetcar will bring you.

  • The Quaker ICE Vigil
    Mondays , 10:30 am
    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.
 

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