Guided by the values and expertise of healthcare and public health, Oregon PSR works to protect human life from the gravest threats to health and survival by striving to protect our climate, end the nuclear threat, promote peace, and advance justice.
We are an organization of health professionals and public health advocates working collaboratively with community partners to educate and advocate for societal and policy change that protects human health at the local, state, national, and international level.
We seek a healthy, just, and peaceful world for present and future generations. Our current work involves bringing a scientific and public health perspective to the following issue areas:
Protecting Our Climate - The work of our Healthy Climate Program includes:
Fossil Fuels
Clean Energy
Clean Air
Nuclear-Free Northwest
Mass Incarceration & Public Health
Promoting Peace & Nuclear Disarmament - The work of our Peace Program includes:
Nuclear Disarmament
Immigrant Justice
Greenfield Peace Scholarship
Gun Violence Prevention
Health Effects of War
Police Violence