Karen James speaks with Juan Chavez, attorney with Oregon Justice Resource
Center’s Civil Rights Project. The Oregon legislature has ended its 2021
session and while there were some disappointing defeats, legislation was
passed transforming Oregon’s criminal legal syste...
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Aliza Kaplan, Director of the Criminal Justice Reform Clinic, shares her
expertise about the history of the death penalty in Oregon, recent changes,
and the current status of the law. This was one in a series of programs in
2021by the Beaverton City Library’s One Book, O...
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In April, Partnership for Safety and Justice, Oregon’s leading public
safety and criminal justice reform organization, discussed bills currently
before the Oregon legislature. We’ll hear excerpts from their webinar
“2021’s most transformative policies: the bills to watch...
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CAHOOTS or Crisis Assistance Helping Out On The Streets, provides mobile
crisis intervention 24/7 in the Eugene-Springfield Metro area. Each team
consists of a medic (either a nurse or an Emergency Medical Technician EMT)
and a crisis worker with at least several years’ ...
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The Family Preservation Project (FPP) helps connect incarcerated mothers with
their children at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility, Oregon’s only
women’s prison. On March 2, 2021, FPP joined with Dream Corps Justice to
convene Oregon's Day of Empathy. We’ll hear from wo...
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The Family Preservation Project (FPP) helps connect incarcerated women with
their children at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility, Oregon’s only
women’s prison. On March 2, 2021, FPP joined with Dream Corps Justice to
convene Oregon's inaugural Day of Empathy.
Oregon’s ...
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Karen James speaks with Amy Davidson, Partnership for Safety and Justice
Crime Survivor Program; and Alexxis Robinson Woods, executive director of
Call to Safety, Portland's domestic and sexual violence crisis line. They
discuss what crime survivors of color need after ...
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National Day of Empathy is an opportunity to uplift and amplify voices of
people impacted by the criminal legal system. Oregon’s Day of Empathy is at
noon, Tues, March 2nd. Oregon’s virtual event will include women directly
impacted by our criminal legal system who will...
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Karen James speaks with Zach Winston, Policy Director with Oregon Justice
Resource Center, an organization that promotes civil rights and improves
legal representation for underserved communities. Zach Winston discusses
OJRC’s priorities for the 2021 Oregon legislative ...
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Karen James speaks with Malori Maloney, Minister of Information, with the
Washington County Justice Initiative (WCJI). WCJI was formed in 2020 by
public defense providers to advocate ending racial, economic, and systemic
violence in the Washington County criminal legal ...
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