Praying With Our Feet - Solidarity March
Saturday, Jan. 21
10:00 am, Community Minyan at Havurah
12:00 noon, Meet with Other Havurahniks at Japanese Historical Plaza

As Abraham Joshua Heschel said after the Selma Civil Rights March in 1965, led by Martin Luther King, Jr., which demanded voting rights for African Americans at the Alabama state capitol: I felt my legs were praying.

Havurah will join up with the Portland and Oregon community on Saturday, Jan. 21, in a show of solidarity with our sisters marching in Washington DC and across the country. Everybody who supports women's rights and civil justice is invited to "a march which is not a protest, but a show of love and support in a time of uncertainty and vulnerability for many people in our country."

• Gather for a special Community Minyan at 10:00 am at Havurah. For those attending the Community Minyan, Emily Simon personally assures everyone that we will leave in time to join up with other Havurahniks at the march. Our mantra for the community minyan, which is the first chapter in Exodus, will be: Resistance is always easier at the beginning than at the end. What does it mean to resist, and how does the Torah portion suggest that we go about it? So, come to the march and the minyan, just the minyan or just the march. But please, follow your feet where you think that they should go.
• Meet under the Havurah banner at 12 noon at the Japanese Historical Plaza, just a bit north of the Burnside Bridge, near the intersection of Couch and Naito Parkway. (The plaza has a series of stone carvings with poems and recollections on them.) The rally begins at 1:30 pm, under the Burnside Bridge.

The organizers of the rally have requested that people RSVP to help them create a strong and effective safety and security plan. Please RSVP for the rally here.

If you can give one or two Havurahniks a ride to the Japanese Historical Plaza (Couch and Naito Parkway), where Havurah members will meet at noon, please RSVP here on Havurah's website. An email will be sent to all who RSVP so carpools can be arranged.