Tools to Promote Safer Communities

Knowledge is our most powerful tool to create change. This resource center organizes a collection of advocacy toolkits, webinars, columns, statements, and media coverage on the issues that we care about most.

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When We Tell Our Stories

How survivors of color are most harmed and least helped by the public safety system.

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February 21, 2025

Key Takeaways from the Safety and Justice 2025 Legislative Community Briefing Webinar

Learn about key policies that support families, address racial disparities, and safeguard lifesaving addiction services.

Op Ed/Column

January 22, 2025

Messengers of criminal justice

Reform doesn’t stop at passing laws. Oregon’s justice advocates are working beyond legislation to implement real solutions, like SB 581, ensuring policy changes lead to safer, stronger communities.

Press Release/Statement

December 12, 2024

On Safety and Justice: A year-end message from our executive director

Our belief in the interconnection between safety and justice is also why we challenge points of view that define safety narrowly or that imagine justice simply as something “done to” people who commit crimes.

Press Release/Statement

November 8, 2024

What do Tuesday’s election results mean for criminal justice reform in Oregon?

Despite setbacks, the movement for justice in Oregon remains strong.

Podcast

October 28, 2024

PSJ: Criminal Justice Reform

Listen to Host Karen James speak with Shannon Wight, deputy director, and Babak Zolfaghari-Azar, senior policy manager at Partnership for Safety & Justice.

Op Ed/Column

July 31, 2024

“A program that sees my humanity”: How 5 Oregon counties are safely keeping families together.

Explore how the Family Sentencing Alternative Program is strengthening families and reshaping the culture of community supervision.

Op Ed/Column

July 23, 2024

A Q&A with our Andy Ko on his 10 year anniversary!

Our Communications Director Talia Gad sat down with Executive Director Andy Ko and asked him a few questions to reflect on his time at Partnership for Safety and Justice.

Op Ed/Column

May 8, 2024

Oregon Revives the Drug War

The state’s landmark decriminalization initiative wasn’t given a real chance.

Event

February 14, 2024

Oregonians for Safety and Recovery Coalition Lobby Day 2024

Dozens of advocates, including our team and allies, gathered at the Oregon State Capitol, and urged legislators to invest in housing and healthcare to strengthen communities affected by the statewide gap in services.

Podcast

February 12, 2024

Recriminalizing Addiction in Oregon

Listen to Host Karen James speak with Babak Zolfaghari-Azar, Senior Policy Manager and Keely Nguyễn, Communications Manager with Partnership for Safety & Justice.

Event

January 23, 2024

Oregonians for Safety and Recovery Coalition People’s Hearing

At the Oregon State Capitol, Movement Building Director Juli Ray Joy, together with our allies, urged lawmakers to invest in housing and healthcare, not handcuffs, at the Oregon State Capitol.

Op Ed/Column

September 20, 2023

Providing healing for survivors of gun violence is crucial

POIC’s ‘Healing Hurt People’ provides an example of a successful model to support gun violence victims.

Safety and Justice Advocacy Day 2025: Join Us in Salem!