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The candidates we support are proven advocates who fight to reduce incarceration and invest in crime survivors’ healing.

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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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November 8, 2024

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

September 25, 2024

What our endorsements mean (and what they don’t)

How and why SJO selects candidates.
July 31, 2024

A Step Towards Equity: Multnomah County DA Eliminates Discriminatory Jury Practices

June 7, 2024

He Isn’t the DA Yet, but Nathan Vasquez Already Secured More County Money for Drug Prosecutions

Organizations like Safety and Justice Oregon say criminalizing addiction when court cases are routinely thrown out due to the public defender shortage, is a waste of taxpayer dollars.
e oppose Deputy District Attorney Nathan Vasquez’s request to the Multnomah County Commission for an additional $1 million in funding to ramp up prosecutions of people who are suffering from addiction
June 6, 2024

Joint statement opposing DDA Nathan Vasquez’s request for funding to prosecute addiction misdemeanors

Statewide organizations submitted a letter on the morning of June 6, 2024 to Multnomah County Chair Jessica Vega Peterson denouncing Deputy District Attorney’s request for funding to prosecute addiction misdemeanors.
June 6, 2024

DDA Vasquez’s backroom funding request to prosecute addiction misdemeanors is inappropriate, uninformed, and short-sighted 

A statement from Shannon Wight, deputy director, and the full letter from statewide organizations
May 1, 2024

May 2024 Primary Endorsements for Safety and Justice in Oregon!

Check out the inspiring slate of candidates who share our public safety values and understand the need for holistic, cost-effective solutions to crime.
April 19, 2024

Innovating Community Safety in Multnomah County: Vanessa Timmons on Protection for Crime Survivors

Vanessa Timmons delves into Senate Bill 897, highlighting the District Attorney’s stance in protecting crime survivors. She also highlights the importance of understanding and addressing the needs of survivors.
April 19, 2024

Innovating Community Safety in Multnomah County: How can we keep advancing community safety?

Community safety leaders provide recommendations on how the county, and the state as a whole, can keep advocating for a non-punitive criminal justice system that centers healing, accountability, and community safety.
April 19, 2024

Innovating Community Safety in Multnomah County: Charlie Peirson on STEP Court and Measure 11

Charlie Peirson, a public defender, shares his insight on STEP Court (Strategic Treatment and Engagement Program) for eligible Measure 11 crimes in Multnomah County, community accountability, and healing.
April 19, 2024

Innovating Community Safety in Multnomah County: Terrence Hayes on SB 819 and accountability

Terrence Hayes discusses his experiences with the criminal justice system and SB 819, accountability and restorative justice, and healing and community safety.
April 19, 2024

Innovating Community in Multnomah County: Shaylie Pickrell on Restorative Justice

Shaylie Pickrell, restorative justice facilitator and equity-informed mediator, discusses the process of restorative justice, accountability, and repairing harm.