Praying With Our Feet Solidarity March
Saturday, Jan. 21
10:00 am, Community Minyan
Rallies Begin at 11:00 am, March Begins at 1:15 pm

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. Everybody who supports women's rights and civil justice is invited to the march in downtown Portland on Saturday, Jan. 21, as “a show of love and support in a time of uncertainty and vulnerability for many people in our country."

We will gather at Havurah for a special community minyan at 10:00 am. Emily Simon personally assures everyone that we will leave in time to join other Havurahniks at the solidarity march after the service. Our mantra for the minyan, where we will discuss 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.

If you can give one or two Havurahniks a ride to the Morrison Bridge, where the march will begin, please RSVP here on Havurah's website. An email will be sent to all who RSVP so carpools can be arranged.

You'll find more updated information about general parking, purpose of event, principles, new leadership striving for more inclusivity and diversity here.

Schedule of the day's events:

10:00 am: Community Minyan at Havurah

11:00 am: Rally for kids and families with Families for Peaceful Protest at Tom McCall Waterfront Park. Havurah members and the Havurah Banner will be as close to the river as possible.

12:00 noon: Rally under Morrison Bridge​. Havurah ​B​anner and folks will be as close to the river as we can be.

1:15 – 1:30 pm: For all who attend the community minyan first, or who don't want to go to the rallies, or can't find the ​Havurah B​anner ​ beneath the Morrison Bridge​, we will gather on the northwest corner of 4th and Jefferson​, between 1:15 - 1:30 pm ​to join up with Havurahniks carrying the Havurah B​anner when we see it pass. We will try to arrange transportation for those who need it on Saturday am.

1:15 pm: The 1.3 mile march will proceed south on SW Naito Pkwy, turning right on SW Jefferson St, right on SW 4th Ave, and right again on SW Pine St. The march will end with another rally where SW Pine St intersects the park.

Here are some tips for how to prepare for the march.