FIGHTING FOR WHAT’S FAIR SINCE 2014

Fair Shot Activist Summit, 2019

Fair Shot for All is an economic justice coalition of grassroots organizations and labor unions working together to build power with our communities, to create opportunities for all working families to thrive, and to dismantle historic and systemic economic inequities for Oregonians who identify as Black, Indigenous, and/or people of color (BIPOC); women; immigrants; and/or LGBTQ+. Fair Shot’s work centers racial and gender equity that seeks to address inequalities through organizing and concrete policy change.

We envision an Oregon in which BIPOC community members, immigrants, LGBTQ+ people, individuals with disabilities, and working families are united in wielding our political, electoral, and community power to claim economic justice. We believe in using our shared power to hold systems of governance accountable to ending systems that have favored the few over the many through exploitation of people and land as resources and to build systems that provide all living in Oregon economic stability, as well as the ability to inform the economic policies that impact their lives.

OUR WINS TOGETHER

We created our coalition to build on our strengths around the table—each coalition member brings time, people, and resources to our fight against economic, racial, and gender inequality. Together, we win. Since 2014, we have...

2015—2016

  • Expanded access to paid sick days

  • Established a secure way to save for retirement (OregonSaves)

  • Banned the box to create job opportunities for people with prior convictions and arrests

  • Raised the minimum wage

2017—2018

  • Provided health care for every Oregon child (Cover All Kids)

  • Passed the most progressive reproductive health equity law in the country (RHEA)

  • Ended legal profiling based on race, gender and sexual orientation

2019—2020

  • Provided paid family & medical leave to every Oregonian

  • Protected renters from no-cause evictions and extreme rent increases

  • Secured driver’s licenses for all

  • Passed the Student Success Act, a historic investment in our students and schools

2021—2022

  • Updated Oregon’s Sanctuary Promise Law to better protect immigrant and refugee Oregonians

  • Made Oregon’s public child care system more beneficial and equitable for parents and providers

  • Created the Healthy Homes Repair Fund for low-income renters and homeowners

  • Began to transform Oregon’s justice system by reducing unnecessary interactions with law enforcement that increase risks of excessive force and violence, improving success for people on probation and parole, and funding services that reduce racial disparities prevalent in Oregon’s criminal justice system (SB 1510)

  • Created universal legal representation for Oregonians facing deportation (SB 1543)

  • Ensured Oregon farmworkers are paid for the overtime they’ve earned (HB 4002)

2023—2024

  • Stable Homes for Oregon Families (Rental Assistance and Eviction Reform)

  • Indigenous Language Justice ($1M for access to interpretation)

  • Addressed the Public Defense Crisis (SB 337)

  • Protected Reproductive & Gender Justice (HB 2002)