“As more Americans call for the destruction or reformation of the criminal legal system, we should voice full-throated objections to policies and practices that increase the likelihood of entry into the carceral system through health care institutions.”
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Communities Devastated By COVID-19 Prepare to Outsmart Second Wave
National guide created by and for Black, Indigenous, Latinx, POC and LGBTQ communities to…
Voting is Not Enough
This year, my daughter turned 19. For the first time in her life, she’ll…
We Are the Flare
The house erupted faster than it should, but that’s the trouble with dancing on somebody else’s hurt.
¿Quién es quién? En la política de Oregón 2020
Las elecciones son importantes porque los políticos crean leyes que ayudan o perjudican a nuestras familias. Ya sea que se trate de gentrificación, violencia policial o la lucha continua por los derechos de los inmigrantes, los líderes electos están tomando decisiones sobre qué tipo de Oregón escuchamos y quiénes son bienvenidos aquí.
These Black and brown Americans explain why not voting is their chosen act of resistance
“I refuse to vote for someone just because they’re not Trump.”
Nosotres nos cuidamos mutuamente
Una guía por y para las comunidades de raza negra, indígenas, Latinxs, gente de color y LGBTQ sobre cómo comprender y sobrevivir la pandemia del COVID-19.
We Keep Each Other Safe
A new COVID-19 resource created by and for our communities. Forward Together worked with our partners The Committee of Interns and Residents and Last Mile to create this guide to acknowledge the uneven and unsafe structures that we must navigate every day when seeking healthcare.
Who’s Who? in Oregon Politics
Elections matter because politicians create laws that help or hurt our families. The policies that shaped Oregon—theft of Native lands, our formation as a whites-only state, and laws discriminating against non-white immigrants—continue today. Whether it’s gentrification, police violence, or the ongoing fight for immigrant rights, elected leaders are making decisions about what kind of Oregon we live in and who is welcome here.
5 Black women imagine what true justice for Breonna Taylor would look like
“How have these institutions — which detain, surveil, and brutalize Black women and children just like Taylor and Jones — become our measurements for justice?”