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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Op Ed/Column

August 18, 2016

Opening 2nd women’s prison in Oregon would reverse progress

Prosecutors, legislators have power to choose how to better spend $10M on women convicted of crime.

Op Ed/Column

July 21, 2016

It’s time we fundamentally change how we view policing

How can we eliminate presumption that law enforcement involves application of superior force?

Op Ed/Column

April 4, 2016

Measure 11 makes no sense for youths

‘Get tough’ response to crime has devastating consequences.

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March 8, 2016

Misguided Measures Revisited: Progress and Promise in Oregon’s Youth Justice System

There is a common thread connecting all of the most harmful practices youth face within Oregon’s justice system: Ballot Measure 11.

Op Ed/Column

February 4, 2016

A whole-system perspective on why justice matters

Long before coming to Oregon, I watched with fascination the evolution of what eventually became Partnership for Safety and Justice.

Op Ed/Column

December 7, 2015

Taking charge of the holidays key for survivors, victims alike

But the holidays can also be a stressful time for families, even under the best of circumstances.

Op Ed/Column

November 12, 2015

Nonprofit work empowers ‘ordinary people to do extraordinary things’

Partnership for Safety and Justice’s Cleo Tung believes in the power of philanthropy.

Op Ed/Column

October 8, 2015

A supportive spirit in wake of UCC shooting

Acts of kindness today ripple into the future, says Partnership for Safety and Justice’s Kerry Naughton.

Op Ed/Column

August 5, 2015

A long, strange (and successful) session

Partnership for Safety and Justice and our allies made important legislative progress in the area of smarter public safety.

Op Ed/Column

July 20, 2015

Seattle took the LEAD; Oregon should follow

If you aren’t familiar with the “harm reduction” movement and its philosophy, think of syringe exchange programs and safer-sex education.

Op Ed/Column

June 19, 2015

Time for a new look at Oregon’s youth justice policies

In the two decades since we adopted Measure 11, we have seen the harmful, long-term impact of holding youths accountable in the adult system.

Op Ed/Column

May 25, 2015

Unified message for Oregon: Reinvest in justice

Diverse interests come together to support the state’s promising program for criminal justice reform.