SALEM, Ore.—At the close of the 2023 Oregon Legislative Session today, Fair Shot for All, the state’s economic justice coalition, celebrated the passage of its priority policy agenda:
$2.5M for Indigenous Language Justice - SB 5506
Reproductive Health and Access to Gender Affirming Care—HB 2002
Stable Homes Homelessness Prevention Package—SB 611, HB 2001, and HB 5511
In Defense of Humanity—SB 337
Fair Shot for All Coalition Director Heather Stuart issued the following statement:
“The Fair Shot Coalition set out to do big things in the 2023 Legislative Session and we were successful in advancing all four of our policy priorities and securing the funding for many of the priorities in the People’s Budget. Addressing the public defense crisis, protecting renters from skyrocketing rents that contribute to homelessness, securing funding for indigenous language interpretation, and protecting reproductive rights and life-saving gender-affirming care are major victories for Oregonians. The Fair Shot coalition is proud of those results and the intersectional and collaborative work it took to get there.
“At the same time, in a session marred by a 42-day Republican-led walkout that upended our democracy, many important policies to advance equity and shared prosperity in our state were left behind due to the lost time and chaos caused by the walkouts. We’re holding space for those losses and calling on legislators to make destructive walkouts a thing of the past.
“There is more work to do to ensure every Oregonian has access to food, housing, child care, health care, and justice, and to strengthen our workforce through fair wages, benefits, and protections. We will continue to work together to advance community-led solutions to address Oregon’s biggest challenges and increase community resilience in every corner of the state. We will keep fighting for racial, gender, and economic justice to be centered in all our institutions, governments, and laws in the state. We will not stop until every Oregonian has a fair shot.”
About Fair Shot for All
Since our launch in 2014, Fair Shot for All has been committed to taking on discrimination and inequality through policy, organizing, and action. Our coalition’s work is centered on ideas and input from those who bear the burden of Oregon’s broken systems, especially those who are Black, Indigenous, and/or people of color (BIPOC); women; immigrants; and/or LGBTQ+ people.
Fair Shot for All includes ACLU of Oregon, Adelante Mujeres, AFT Oregon, Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon, Basic Rights Oregon, Cannabis Workers Coalition, Children's Institute, Coalition of Communities of Color, Community Alliance of Tenants (CAT), Family Forward Oregon, Health Care for All Oregon, Innovation Law Lab, Latino Network, Pro-Choice Oregon, NAYA Action Fund, Next Up Action Fund, Northwest Workers' Justice Project, OPAL Environmental Justice Oregon, Oregon AFL-CIO, Oregon AFSCME, Oregon Center for Public Policy, Oregon Consumer Justice, Oregon Education Association, Oregon Just Transition Alliance, Oregon League of Conservation Voters, Oregon Student Association, Partners for a Hunger-Free Oregon, Partnership for Safety and Justice, PCUN, Planned Parenthood Advocates of Oregon, Portland Jobs with Justice, Rogue Action Center, Service Employees International Union (SEIU), United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), Unite Oregon, Urban League of Portland, and the YWCA.
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