OJTA in the news
Oregon Just Transition Alliance is a diverse and powerful alliance of groups across Oregon by and for frontline communities of color.
If you’re with the media and would like to speak with a member of OJTA, contact Communications Manager Ally Harris.
2024 press highlights
Register Guard: Homes for Good begins converting former hotel into permanent supportive housing
This article shows photos of Eugene’s Homes for Good converting a former Red Lion Inn & Suites into permanent supportive housing. In one of the photos, OJTA Executive Director and Homes for Good Commissioner Joel Iboa takes a sledgehammer to a wall to signify the beginning of the project.
OPB: Oregon drafts a reboot of the state’s flagship climate program
This article talks about Oregon’s Climate Protection Program open comment period. Members of the Coalition for Climate and Economic Justice are quoted in OPB, including OJTA member Xitlali Torres.
OPB: Oregonians most vulnerable to climate change still bear its brunt…
OPB reports on a new a report that highlights the connection between climate change and health, quoting Executive Director Joel Iboa about the need for landmark climate legislation in our state.
KEZI: Affordable housing legislative package passes Oregon Legislature
In the 2024 legislative short session, we helped pass Healthy Homes funding in a larger affordable housing bill package. In this interview, Executive Director Joel Iboa talks about its significance for low-income Oregonians.
OPB: As Oregon cleans up from deadly storm, the state is still ‘awakening’ to extreme weather…
As extreme weather becomes a norm in Oregon, OPB shouts out the fact that our organization has been working alongside member organizations to pass Community Resilience Hubs to keep us resilience.
The Oregonian: Editorial: Oregonians must build a culture of resilience
After the January winter storm, The Oregonian wrote an editorial mentioning Community Resilience Hubs. We’re grateful they recognize the transformative impact of Community Resilience Hubs during moments of crisis and panic.
2023 highlights
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“Impacted communities should have a say in whether or not resources such as lithium should be extracted..."
Executive Director Joel Iboa in OPB’s Portland State professor to study effects of energy transition on hardest-hit communities
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“Community Resilience Hubs gives communities the resources they need to prepare and build their networks well in advance of disaster..."
Representative Khanh Pham in Oregon Capital Insider’s Oregon lawmakers salvage climate change legislation
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"Heat pumps are the fastest and increasingly becoming the cheapest to get both heating and cooling fast.”
Executive Director Joe Iboa in KGW8’s Oregon lawmakers tout package of environmental bills aimed at building efficiency