Learn about how Enrique Rivera draws from his personal experience with incarceration to advance public safety solutions, shift institutional culture, and

Join us for a Restorative Justice Meet and Greet with candidates for the Multnomah County Commission, and help inspire community healing and repair.

Devon Peña, communications and development director, reflects on the impact of Plaza de Nuestra Comunidad in Lane County, which combines social services like

Alternative response programs, where mental health clinicians respond to 911 calls instead of police, have proliferated since George Floyd's murder. What does it take to do this work well?

Host Karen James speaks with Shannon Wight in her new role as executive director at Partnership for Safety and Justice. PSJ is the leading public safety and criminal justice reform organization in Oregon transforming society’s response to crime thru innovative solutions that insure accountability, racial equity and healing.  https://safetyandjustice.org/ https://www.facebook.com/safetyandjustice/

An interview with Phil Ortega, founder of Life Art, and the impact of JREP on ending the school-to-prison pipeline in Jackson County, Oregon.

Officials acknowledge that Oregon State Penitentiary, built in Salem in 1866, is "well beyond its useful life."

When Pam talks about her life today, she talks about her growth.

A message from Shannon Wight, Executive Director

In an intimate and boisterous ceremony this week at Portland State University’s Smith Memorial Student Union, nine graduates received Community Safety Worker certificates that represented two years of challenging structured training and applied learning in a first-of-its-kind program to professionalize...

The program creates a consistent pathway for people on probation and post-prison supervision to earn a reduction in their sentence through good behavior and compliance

Join the Portland Office of Violence Prevention (OVP) for Wear Orange 2026 on Sunday, June 7, from 12–3:00 p.m. The event is in collaboration with Moms Demand Action, Dream Big City, Community Service...

As part of Gun Violence Awareness Month this June, Crime Survivors Speak will host a powerful national webinar led by Aswad Thomas, bringing together a panel of Black men who have survived gun violenc...

Learn about HJRA's efforts to promote a care-first approach to substance use, including advocacy for Measure 110, which infused hundreds of millions of dollars into overdose prevention and recovery se...

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Kwaneta Harris has missed every single Mother’s Day with her 19-year-old. That means walking on eggshells, icy politeness and the occasional mom joke.

We’re building the roadmap for safety in 2026 and beyond. The movement for safety and healing remains more urgent than ever. This year, our priorities are: Advocating for No New Prisons or Detention Centers Protecting and Stabilizing Culturally Specific, Healing Services Expanding Alternatives to Arrest and Prosecution Protecting Progress from Harmful Rollback If you want to get involved, visit www.safetyandjustice.org/together2026.

A coal mine was the first to wreck the land. Now activists want to keep another extractive industry from taking root there: prisons.

Saturday, April 25th 2026 10AM-1pm Latino Network Location - La Plaza Esperanza, 16515 SE Oak St. Please fill out this form to register for the upcoming event.

In partnership with Shaking the Tree Theatre and local author, Michelle Ruiz Keil, Call to Safety is hosting a writing workshop for survivors of sexual assault. This is a small intimate group setting,...

Join Shannon Wight, Deputy Director, and Babak Zolfaghari-Azar, Senior Policy Manager, for an insider’s look at the 2026 legislative session and the road ahead for safety and healing in Oregon. We’l...