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Tell the Portland City Council to Withdraw from the JTTF

Take Action: The JTTF entangles local officers in surveillance and police practices that violate the state laws that protect Oregonians from being targeted based on our political, religious, or social views, or based on our real or perceived immigration status.

November 8, 2017

Students Have the Right to #TakeAKnee

Last month, a group of football players at Westview High School in Beaverton were publicly berated by their coach at their game for kneeling during the national anthem. The coach said he thought their act of protest was disrespectful to the country and to the military.

October 27, 2017 Youth & Student Rights Free Speech

Cruel Conditions at Douglas County Jail

In May, we teamed up with the Lewis and Clark Criminal Justice Reform Clinic to file a lawsuit on behalf of Terri Carlisle, a 60-year-old woman who was denied medication and subjected to foul conditions and cruel treatment in the Douglas County jail. Terri shares the story of her incarceration.

October 12, 2017