Host Karen James speaks with Shannon Wight, Deputy Director, and BabakZolfaghari-Azar, Senior Policy Manager, with Partnership for Safety & Justice and Safety and Justice Oregon. They discuss their advocacy work plans for the 2025 Oregon Legislative session and past accomplishments as they prepare to celebrate 25 years of challenging the status quo and transforming Oregon's criminal legal system.
Partnership for Safety and Justice is Oregon’s leading public safety and criminal justice reform organization. It partners with advocates to advance public safety solutions that invest in accountability and healing—not isolation and punishment—so that people can recover from trauma, families can safely stay together, and communities can thrive. Their impact has helped reduce mass incarceration and ensure accountability, racial equity and healing.
