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Portland, OR. For Immediate Release Media Advisory: Audit of Enhanced Services Districts

August 13, 2020 Western Regional Advocacy Project, Sisters of the Road and Right To Survive Media Advisory Audit of Enhanced Service Districts PDF ESD Release – WRAP Position Paper PDF Enhanced Service Districts Report PDF On August 13, 2020, the…

Portland, Or. Sisters of the Road stands against this violence and in solidarity with Black and Indigenous people of color fighting for justice.

We need radical change that fully respects life. Police and state violence against Black and Brown people, the kind that led to the murder of George Floyd, happens everywhere, everyday. Sisters of the Road stands against this violence and in…

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Essay: What I learned about police while homeless

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When I lost my sublet and joined the community of people living at a fixed address, I found that police perceived me as a danger.

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This guy's story is all too common, but one part of it that's not mentioned is what happened to his 6th Amendment right to counsel from the time of his very first court date? Seems that competent counsel could have prevented this horror from the beginning, and it's a fact that right to counsel failures are systemic all across the country, especially in the context of indigent people being brought up on petty and even unconstitutional charges.