It has been nearly a year since Portland City Commissioner and Mayoral Candidate Rene Gonzalez ordered Portland to stop offering tents to homeless people. During the third week of January Portland experienced a historic deep freeze in which at least fifteen people died of exposure-related deaths. In October Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler announced a resumption of the camping
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Why the first in-person gathering for many US Jews may not be so celebratory
Debates over the crisis in Israel may not be the most desirable way to start in-person gatherings. But it will be a hard topic to avoid. An Israeli soldier takes cover as an Iron Dome air defense system launches to intercept a rocket from the Gaza Strip, in Ashkelon, southern Israel, Tuesday, May 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
May 14, 2021
(RNS) It was supposed to be the first COVID-free holiday American Jews could celebrate in person a joyous return to synagogue and a celebration of at least some semblance of normalcy.
Oregon s Day of Empathy Centers Women, Dignity, and Criminal Justice Reform
The national event aims to shine a light on individuals impacted by the criminal legal system.
By
Gabriel Granillo
3/1/2021 at 3:30pm
The Day of Empathy in Oregon event, March 2, aims to question the effectiveness of punishment, emphasize the rights of incarcerated individuals, and rethink our criminal justice system.Â
2020 was the year of police reform. The protests that erupted in the wake of George Floydâs murder sparked a nation-wide push to rethink law enforcement and community policing. ButÂ
2021 could be the year of criminal justice reform. At least, thatâs the hope of the organizers of the National Day of Empathy in Oregon. Jessica Katz, founding director of the Family Preservation Project, says March 2 will be the first time Oregon has participated in the national Day of Empathy event which gathers individuals directly impacted by the US criminal justice system with lawmaker