Saturday, January 31, 9-11am Social HallPat Schweibert, who manages the food for our Lunch Program, is retiring in June. We are looking at different options for how to continue. This is a meeting for people with knowledge and/or experience to share, or who are familiar with potential resources, and/or who are committed to working on […]
Saturday, January 24, 1:30-4:30pmMeeting RoomThis training is led by the Portland Peace Team. Attendance is limited to 45 people, so please RSVP to reserve a spot. Training for anyone who is interested in learning how to deescalate potentially violent situations. We recommend you watch this short (11:26) YouTube video, Finding Confidence in Conflict by Kwame […]
Sunday, January 4th 12:00 noon Room 12 and on Zoom All who are interested in nonviolent direct action, or want to know more about it, are welcome to join us. For more information contact Kepper Petzing (they).
Seeking Donations for Firefighters FSSW is assisting the wildland firefighters in southern Oregon to get ready for the fire season. Southern Oregon is the hub for wildland firefighters for the country. Despite doing essential work and risking their lives, the wildland firefighters are paid just above minimum wage and are expected to come to work […]
Online with JVP and AFSCThere are often excellent speakers during these online gatherings. Every day at 12 pm Pacific take action for ceasefire with Jewish Voice for Peace. Register at this link. If the Zoom room is full, join here: https://www.youtube.com/@JewishVoiceforPeace/streams. Every Friday, take action with the American Friends Service Committee. To register: https://secure.afsc.org/a/afsc-action-hour-ceasefire-now
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
January-February 2024Nia To Go There, PhD (Cree) will offer a series of four webinars that are co-sponsored by Decolonizing Quakers https://www.decolonizingquakers.org. Registering for all four is recommended though not required. Nia will recommend short readings for each program.• 1/13/24, 12:30-2 pm PST: Module One “Cultural Perspectives.” Register at https://bit.ly/3TslEPM • 1/28/24, 12:30-2 pm PST: Module […]
Many have asked how they might learn more about what is happening in Gaza. These resources are a good place to start. You may also want to join the QPIN listserv which sends out information about local rallies and actions. To be added to the QPIN listserv contact Cynthia Gilliam at ’s Israel & Gaza […]
Related to Middle East events, FCNL has released an on-line petition at FCN: bit.ly/3RXhUoB “The U.S. Must Act to De-Escalate the Violence in Israel and Palestine”) and AFSC has released a background essay (“To end violence in Palestine and Israel, we must address root causes” AFSC statement: bit.ly/3QffCzZ. We urge Friends to read about this […]
Sunday, October 1, 2:00pm PSU, Smith Union, Room 101 AFSC and QPIN are sponsoring Palestinian author, Yousef Aljamal to speak at PSU. Aljamal is a contributor to the book Light in Gaza and on Saturday (9/30) evening at 7 pm, Aljamal will do a reading and share his work at The Center for Study & […]