Beyond Prison: What are we doing in Oregon about Criminal Justice Reform?
Tue, Apr 09
|Subud Center
Time & Location
Apr 09, 2019, 7:00 PM
Subud Center, 3185 NE Regents Dr, Portland, OR 97212, USA
Guests
About the event
Beyond Prison: What are we doing in Oregon about Criminal Justice Reform?
Tuesday, April 9 at Subud Center, 3185 NE Regents Drive, Portland. Doors open at 6:45 for 7:00 program.
It’s time for to us re-imagine and transform our criminal justice system. So say the dynamic leaders of the Oregon Justice Resource Center, three of whom who will speak at this meeting. Don’t miss the chance to hear them!
At this forum, you will learn about the Oregon Justice Resource Center’s groundbreaking work addressing criminal justice reform in our state. The speakers will also discuss what we can do to change racial and other inequities in the system—with particular attention on the experiences of women and youth—plus policy reforms currently before the Oregon State Legislature.
Speakers will include: —Bobbin Singh, attorney and founding Executive Director of OJRC. —Julia Yoshimoto, attorney and Project Director with the OJRC Women’s Justice Project. —Trevor Walraven, a formerly incarcerated youth offender and now Director of Public Education and Outreach for the OJRC Youth Justice Project.
Please join us for this lively program! And plan to stay afterward for chatting and refreshments.
The Oregon Justice Resource Center is a nationally innovative civil rights organization, providing direct legal services and policy initiatives for underrepresented communities in Oregon’s justice system since 2011. This unique organization administers five statewide projects: (1) Civil Rights Project, (2) Immigrant Rights Project, (3) Oregon Innocence Project, (4) Women's Justice Project, and (5) Youth Justice Project.