Oregon
Oregon Remembrance Project works on restorative justice in Grants Pass and Oregon City
A plaque exterior the Coos Bay Historical past Museum memorializes the lynching of Alonzo Tucker.
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Final yr, Coos Bay erected a marker commemorating Oregon’s solely identified lynching. It got here to be after years of labor by many members of the neighborhood, however the marker itself was simply the beginning of a strategy of restorative justice, says Taylor Stewart. He’s the founding father of the Oregon Remembrance Venture and is at the moment engaged on extra initiatives to recollect Oregon’s racist historical past and methods to maneuver ahead. Stewart tells us about efforts in Grants Cross and Oregon Metropolis.
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