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 10, 2021

Crime survivors of color often lack opportunities to heal

Partnership for Safety and Justice talks with Latino Network’s Alejandra Galindo about listening to survivors’ stories.
January 6, 2021

Oregon’s overdose crisis needs attention now

Oregon voters were clear: Jail beds and arrests don’t solve substance use disorders, treatment and recovery services do.
December 1, 2020

When We Tell Our Stories

How survivors of color are most harmed and least helped by the public safety system.
September 29, 2020

Undoing the War on Drugs: Hope, Healing, & Measure 110

Partnership for Safety & Justice hosted a conversation exploring how Measure 110 can shrink our prisons and jails, transform public health, and make Oregon the first in the nation to support — not punish — people who struggle with addiction.
September 2, 2020

Oregon is poised to reduce incarceration

It’s time to divest in prisons and invest in BIPOC crime survivors and communities.
August 20, 2020

Measure 110 – A conversation with Andy Ko, executive director of Partnership for Safety and Justice

KBOO’s Nat Moon sat down with Andy Ko to discuss the measure’s benefits, making drug treatment accessible and equitable, and the racist history of drug policy in the state.
April 15, 2020

Stop the Spread: A Virtual Briefing on the Coronavirus and Our Communities

An overview of how the coronavirus is threatening people incarcerated across Oregon and people at risk of domestic and sexual violence, and actions you can take to support this work.
January 17, 2020

Costs of Incarceration

Executive Director Andy Ko joined Laura Johnson of Sponsors, Inc. and Clint Riley of Lane County Sheriff’s Office in a discussion of the costs of incarceration, hosted by City Club of Eugene.
November 1, 2019

Understanding and meeting the needs of crime victims of color

Trish Jordan, Roy Moore, Antoinette Edwards, and Amy Davidson presented their findings to the House Judiciary Committee.
August 23, 2019

Celebrating 20 Years: Our 2017-2018 Impact Report (Summer 2019)

For 20 years, our holistic vision has inspired generations of our advocates and allies and informed justice reform efforts across the country.
A group of PSJ advocates standing in front of a building and smiling on lobby day
February 13, 2019

An Interview with Shannon Wight, Amy Davidson and S. Renee Mitchell on KBOO’s Radio Activist

Learn about our legislative agenda for 2019, and our work to reform the juvenile justice system and reduce Oregon’s reliance on jails.
October 19, 2018

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

If we want to reduce our reliance on prisons and jails, we have to reduce homelessness.