Wild Life & Refuge

on the range. Give thought to organizational strategies, and change advocates’ operating environment, if you can get past a militia’s Continue reading →

Walking While Black

– Seemingly insignificant racism in the crosswalk can produce significant consequences. Once in court or a hospital, racial disparities magnify. Continue reading →

Trojan Horse of Police Reform

Federal ‘police reform’ has, in Portland, Oregon, qualitatively reduced public involvement in police oversight. A ‘self-defeating accountability system’ was left Continue reading →

A Sign of Things to Come?

We acknowledge police departments are taking innovative steps in building community trust. Chief Cam McLay thinks holding his men accountable Continue reading →

Anatomy of the Grand Jury Process

England abandoned our Grand Jury process. Why shouldn’t Multnomah County? We appreciate that concerns grow, nation-wide, for police accountability. We Continue reading →

Color of Change & Cogent Police Reform Demands

Assess this list of demands for reform. We owe it to those bringing heat to police accountability, to offer up Continue reading →

City Rejects Public Input … Again

Local authority engages in patterns and practices of refuting public involvement, as it fails to hold police accountable. That public Continue reading →

The Road to Veterans Day

Leadership change often follows institutional failure. We assess reform language, offered by the nation’s latest Secretary of Veterans Affairs. It values change in Continue reading →

Human Rights Come Out as New Chief Comes In

The City of Portland, Oregon has a new Police Chief. Instead of employing a change agent from outside a Bureau that’s in patterns Continue reading →

BE the Media

Jo Ann Hardesty, recently honored by the National Newspaper Publishers Association, responded to an invitation to address the Pacific Northwest Social Continue reading →

Tweet This

Four and a half years after their complicity in killing Aaron Campbell, an unarmed African American in the act of submission during Continue reading →

Call for an Independent Police Commission

Portland Oregon has an office of Police Commissioner. Entering the phrase in the City’s web site doesn’t bring up anything Continue reading →

Fiddling with the Numbers

When cops want City Hall to approve of some shenanigans, we often see the Chief’s request portrayed as if it arises from Continue reading →

Film the Police!

Portland has arrived at an interesting nexus, forming the basis of an important, structural element that will reform police engaged Continue reading →

City Plans to Deny Justice

Racial oppression continues in Portland because those in power lack humane, internalized and comprehensive value structures. Click the audio bar, Continue reading →

Prodded into $265,000 No-bid Contract

The City of Portland stands accused of violating The People’s civil rights. The DoJ pivoted away from racial profiling and unconstitutional Continue reading →

Going By the Numbers

When tackling racial justice, we find statistics the province of policy makers. We realize emotionally grappling with the psychological damage Continue reading →

How Do We Care?

Chemical dependency professionals have long tussled with the conundrum of accurately assessing presenting symptoms. Dual-diagnoses address both substance abuse and Continue reading →

UN on US Police Practices

On 28 March the United Nations’ Human Rights Commission (HRC) released concluding observations, regarding the United States’ compliance with a major Continue reading →

Cops Taking Names & Delivering Health Care

In order to avoid trial for civil rights violations in use-of-force by Portland Police (PPB), the City of Portland and Continue reading →

Happy in Our Work

Twice in the past week Jo Ann Hardesty has been acknowledged for her role in seeking police accountability … as Continue reading →

City Club Prodded

The Partners at Consult Hardesty joined the City Club of Portland with the specific intent of helping promote their participation in Continue reading →

Walk Two Blocks in These Shoes

Consult Hardesty was an active participant at the ACLU NW Civil Liberties Conference panel on ‘Can We Have Police Accountability?’ a week or Continue reading →

To Keep in Mind

Jo Ann Hardesty, having helped the AMA organize a Portland march to commemorate Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King’s 1963 ‘I Continue reading →

Hunt Lessons Learned

In September 2012, Consult Hardesty took up demands by the Albina Ministerial Alliance Coalition for Justice and Police Reform, regarding Continue reading →