Partnership for Safety and Justice

Another BIG GIVE DAY thanks to Willamette Week's Give!Guide! 🎉✨ Donate $10 or more today for a chance to win a Central Oregon getaway! 🌲🏞️ This prize includes: 🚣♂️ A half-day tour for two from Wanderlust Tours, a local Bend tour operator committed to fun in the outdoors, sharing the natural and cultural history of Oregon, and protecting our beautiful corner of the world. Choose from their lava caves, canoeing, kayaking, or snowshoeing tours! 🌋🛶❄️ 🏨 After your tour, head over to Wall Street Suites for a relaxing one-night stay, just a stone’s throw from the Deschutes River. 🌊💤 Psst: You’ll find Wall Street Suites ranked second on Oregon Business Magazine’s 100 Best Fan-Favorite Destinations in Oregon! 🌟 Give at https://lnkd.in/g5rh-Q57 🌟

🌹Celebrating 25 years of planting seeds for change! 🌹 🌹We’re proud to look back at one of our first statewide campaigns: the Rural Prison Organizing Project. By partnering with students, activists, faith leaders, and local communities in Lakeview and Madras, we fought new prison construction and amplified the call for better solutions. 🌹 In the same year, we also advocated to restore $9 million in funding for essential prison programs, including education, health care, and substance abuse treatment. 🌹 We're proud to continue advocating for effective solutions that center survivors of crime, people convicted of crime, and the families and communities of both.

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Only a few days to get your ballot in. Get the facts about Ranked-Choice Voting and don’t miss your chance to make a difference for our communities. Learn more including how to fill out your ballot at bit.ly/pdx-votes. Remember Election Day is Tuesday, November 5: VOTE! #PDXReadytoRank #PDXVotes #PortlandElections #RankedChoiceVoting

🌟 Partnership for Safety and Justice is thrilled to be featured in this year’s Willamette Week Give!Guide alongside 251 impactful nonprofits in Portland, Oregon! 💪 We’re kicking the campaign off with a BIG GIVE DAY! 🎉✨ 🎁 Today only: Donate $10 or more for a chance to win: 🎫 TWO P-1 tickets to see Billie Eilish at the Moda Center on December 8! 🏨 A one-night stay at Jupiter NEXT Hotel after the show. 🍽️ A $100 gift card to Hey Love, a restaurant inside Jupiter NEXT Hotel. Give at https://lnkd.in/g5rh-Q57 💚

What's on your ballot? 🗳️ The 2024 election is almost here! It's essential to recognize how each position on this  year's ballot affects criminal justice reform and shapes our communities.🌍 We envision a criminal justice system that emphasizes  healing instead of punishment. 🌟 Discover how local offices on your ballot influence public safety policies. https://lnkd.in/gA_d7p_A

Join Partnership for Safety and Justice tonight on KBOO's Prison Pipeline at 6:30 PM! 🎙️ Host Karen James welcomes Shannon Wight, deputy director, and Babak Zolfaghari-Azar, senior policy manager, as they share our advocacy plans for the upcoming 2025 Oregon Legislative session and our 25th anniversary celebration! Listen on 90.7 FM in Portland, 104.3 FM in Corvallis, and 91.9 FM in Hood River.

Did you know? 🌹 In 2000, we launched a regional movement for criminal justice reform, uniting activists across OR, WA, ID, MT, WY, UT, and NV. Together, we set priorities, tackled challenges, and built collective power for meaningful change. 📸 This photo from 2000 shows a rally in Portland’s Pioneer Square with our ally partners, protesting Oregon’s extreme sentencing laws.

🌹 As we celebrate 25 years of impact, we honor the journey that began with Arwen Bird and crime survivors. 🌹 Founded in 1999 by Arwen Bird — an activist and crime survivor — the Survivors Advocating for an Effective System (SAFES) emerged in response to a criminal justice system that was more focused on punishment than on helping survivors like her heal and rebuild their lives. 🌹 Recognizing the critical need for an alternative voice, SAFES amplified the voices of survivors of crime and violence who sought a system focused on prevention rather than increased incarceration. They empowered survivors to advocate for better solutions centered on accountability, rehabilitation, and healing. 🌹 We're proud to continue advocating for effective solutions that center survivors of crime, people convicted of crime, and the families and communities of both. 🌹 Stay tuned as we continue to share our history and the work rooted in Partnership for Safety and Justice! #throwback #25years #25thanniversary

🌹 In honor of 25 years, we’re reflecting on our roots and vision. Founded in 1999 as the Western Prison Project by Brigette Sarabi — a lifelong activist, survivor of violent crime, and mother whose child had been recently incarcerated — our organization emerged from a deep commitment to accountability, justice, and healing. When Brigette tried to support her child’s path to accountability and repair the harm, she found that the system was designed to punish and isolate, not help and heal. She and a handful of community members and activists began organizing to advocate for criminal justice reform and support incarcerated people, including their loved ones. From there, the Western Prison Project was formed. 🌹 We're proud to continue building on this work and will share more about our history.