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  1. Opinion | Wearing my heart on my t-shirt

    Transforming Justice | Harm reduction practices and implementation take time and Oregonians are walking in the right direction I have a T-shirt that I like to wear grocery shopping. Even though it is one of my favorite shirts, I usually don’t put it on un ...

    30 Nov 2022 - Andy Ko

  2. OPINION | Narrative of reduced police funds causing gun violence is misleading

    TRANSFORMING JUSTICE | Reasons for increased crime vary, so solutions should too Violent crime is up in cities across the nation, including Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington D.C. and now Portland — a city not usually on the high-crime map. Mothers are los ...

    17 Nov 2021 - Shannon Wight

  3. Opinion | To change the criminal justice system, we need to change policymaking

    House Bill 2002 was a thoroughly crafted and heavily negotiated bill. It should have passed, yet the BIPOC-community-led effort fell short by the smallest margin because of a Senate leadership failure to back it. No unnecessary police stops. Giving someon ...

    28 Jul 2021 - Talia Gad

  4. Housing as a public safety concern: Yes on the housing bond

    COMMENTARY | If we want to reduce our reliance on prisons and jails, we have to reduce homelessness When asked how I grew so committed to public safety reform, I talk about my experience working with homeless people.  As a community health educator in she ...

    19 Oct 2018 - Talia Gad

  5. No on 105: Protect against racial profiling; stand by crime survivors

    COMMENTARY | Voters face a choice: maintain Oregon's sanctuary status or further deepen racial disparities in our criminal justice system Often when we think about the disparities in our criminal justice system, we think about people who are arrested ...

    12 Oct 2018 - Shannon Wight

  6. Victims want prevention and treatment, not more incarceration

    COMMENTARY | Oregon legislators are considering a bill that reflects these preferences Crime survivors have a seat at the public safety table, but to ensure that criminal justice policy solutions reflect victims’ needs, advocates should always seek more w ...

    19 May 2017 - Talia Gad

  7. Victims, survivors can teach us justice, in all its diversity

    COMMENTARY | For too long, the voices of victims and survivors have been overlooked by the criminal justice system A few years ago, I worked with kids from the Warm Springs Indian Reservation. I was invited to a summer training to lead activities designed ...

    27 Apr 2017 - Amy Davidson

  8. Hope Partnership unlocks a future for incarcerated youths

    COMMENTARY | A conversation with Kathleen Fullerton, who's been with the program from its inception One was about betrayal. One about suicide. And another about the perils of life as a bee. The scripts-in-progress were being workshopped by a class of ...

    16 Mar 2017 - Talia Gad

  9. One bad act doesn’t define someone – not even voting for Trump

    COMMENTARY | Andy Ko, director of Partnership for Safety and Justice, aims to apply a philosophy of his work to the presidential election “People are more than the worst thing they have done or the worst thing that has been done to them.”  We say that qui ...

    16 Feb 2017 - Andy Ko

  10. Stick to harmful, regressive prison policy? Or embrace hope?

    COMMENTARY | Instead of 2nd women's prison, Oregon can invest in other efforts to strengthen families, communities The 2017 presidential election and the uncertainty it’s caused make it imperative that we work in our homes, workplaces, neighborhoods, ...

    19 Jan 2017 - Shannon Wight

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