The 4th Annual
Portland All Souls
River Procession

5pm November 2nd, 2024
at Green Anchors,
8940 N Bradford St

Photo by @natalya_chaos

Join us...

for an all-ages community art event and ritual procession from the Green Anchors pollinator garden to the sandy shore of the Willamette River in St Johns.

With masks, lanterns, rattles and drums, we will recognize the thinness of the veil at the Autumnal cross-quarter, and offer an acknowledgement of all that and those we have lost over the past year--human and other-than-human--through global climate change, war, and pandemic.

Following our offerings, prayers, and farewells for the dead, we will conclude with revelry for us—the living.

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Things to bring to with you

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Schedule & Location

5pm : Participants gather at the Green Anchors pollinator gardens, at 8940 N Bradford St in Portland, Oregon. We have a new entrance! Look for the big metal gate at the northwest edge of the Cathedral Park boat ramp parking lot.

~5:30pm: Opening Ritual.

~6pm: Procession to the river's edge and site of the River Ritual where the Names of the Dead will be read aloud. (Route is just under a ½ mile, along both paved and grassy surfaces)

~7pm until late: River Ritual ends, revelry begins at the Green Anchors community pavilion and stage. Bring a night picnic and enjoy music by the community altar of our beloved dead.

Call for Volunteers!

Would you like to carry a giant puppet in the procession? Or to embody a ritual role such as a Guardian of Water, Earth, Air or Fire? Maybe you would like to play some music for the procession and/or post-processional revelries? Or perhaps your talents lie in cooking and our soup crew seems like the place to help out?

These and other volunteer opportunities are waiting to be filled. Please visit our volunteer sign-up form, or you can email Moni with any questions.

You can also view the All Souls Cast of Characters to learn more.

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Who Are We?

Artistic Director - Moni J. Sears
Ritual Director - Ivy Stovall
Event Facilitator - Mel Berry

And our event is graciously hosted by The Green Anchors Foundation

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