Many of us are surprised to find ourselves in an America where masked, armed, federal paramilitary roam our streets and neighborhoods snatching residents and community members and deporting them, sometimes to prisons, with no due process. The issue at stake is not primarily about public safety since only 5% of ICE detainees have violent criminal records.
Call to Action The campaign has begun to secure a place on the November 2026 ballot for the Equal Rights for All constitutional amendment. Equal Rights for All (IP 33) supports all Oregonians by making it clear that equality language in our state constitution protects sexual orientation and same-gender… Read More »Equality, Equity, and Equal Rights For All
The Clackamas County Equity Coalition held a workshop on January 28, 2025 focusing on the recently release social justice report: Cultivating Belonging in Clackamas County. The report, published by the Coalition of Communities of Color, examines the needs, truths, and desires of communities of color… Read More »Equity and Belonging in Clackamas County
We speak much about equity in education, but do people understand what we are saying? We ask that all children have equal opportunity to participate in and benefit from our educational system. If a child is hungry, they can not focus on learning, so we… Read More »School Policy to Stop Racism and Bigotry
Across our land, regressive individuals and coalitions are actively seeking to deny historical facts and push our country backward in time to an era when discrimination was the widely accepted norm. Part of their focus is on eliminating public and private efforts to promote diversity,… Read More »Clackamas County Equity and Inclusion Office is Under Threat
Rural Organizing Project is a state-wide organization that supports a multi-issue, rural-centered, grassroots base in Oregon. They work to build and support a shared standard of human dignity: the belief in the equal worth of all communities, the need for equal access to justice and… Read More »What is the Rural Organizing Project?
The Oregon School Boards Association (OSBA) has recently reviewed a policy on: Accommodation for Religious Instruction and Cultural Observance. The suggested policy is not mandated and will be considered for adoption by individual school boards. The original policy was prepared by the Jewish Federation of… Read More »Religious and Cultural Holidays
West Linn Alliance for Inclusive Community is forming a new study group to delve deeply into the issues raised in Resmaa Menakem’s book My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies. Key to this book is the perspective that… Read More »My Grandmother’s Hands
Public Statement Regarding Women’s Rights