The coalition members about the Divest Oregon campaign

OUR COALITION

We are a statewide grassroots coalition of individuals and organizations representing unions with PERS members, racial and climate justice groups, youth leaders, and faith communities with the goal of calling the Oregon State Treasury to account for its funding of climate devastation rather than prudent investing in a sustainable future. We are part of a national movement; a member of the Climate Safe Pensions Network and the Stop the Money Pipeline coalition. 350PDX was the founding member of Divest Oregon in mid 2021 and the campaign formally launched in September 2021. A brief history of Divest Oregon's wins can be found here.

We are an open-membership, all-volunteer, non-partisan coalition. Volunteers contribute to workgroups and roles. We do not endorse candidates.

Expandable List of Coalition Partners

AAUP Oregon
Active Bethel Community
AFSCME Local 88
AFT-Oregon (American Federation of Teachers)
BeachNecessities.com
Beyond Toxics
Black Unity PDX BFSC
Breach Collective
Cascadia Climate Action Now
Cascadia High Speed Rail Company
Cedar Action
Church Women United (Lane County)
Climate Action Cottage Grove
Climate Change Recovery
Climate Justice League, University of Oregon
Climate Reality, Portland Chapter
Coast Range Association
CODEPINK Women for Peace
Columbia Riverkeeper
Community Rights Lane County
Consolidated Oregon Indivisible Network (COIN)
Corvallis Interfaith Climate Justice Committee
Dayenu: A Jewish Call to Climate Action
Democratic Socialists of America Portland Chapter
Douglas County Global Warming Coalition
Earth Guardians 350 South
EcoFaith Recovery
Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon
Elders Climate Action – Oregon Chapter
Electrify Corvallis
Electrify Now Portland
Environment Oregon
Eugene-Springfield Democratic Socialists of America
Eugene Raging Grannies
Eugene Springfield Interfaith EarthKeepers
Eugene Springfield Solidarity Network
Families for Climate
First Unitarian Church of Portland – Community for Earth
Forest Web
Fridays for Future Portland
Greenpeace Portland Volunteer Action Pod
Human Rights Human Stories
Independent Party of Oregon
Indivisible Cedar Mill
Jewish Federation of Greater Portland
Kalikasan Solidarity Organization
Medford Congregational United Church of Christ
Mobilizing Climate Action Together
Mosquito Fleet
Multnomah County Democratic Committee
NAACP – Corvallis/Albany
NAACP – Eugene/Springfield
NAACP Portland Branch 1120B
Newberg Sustainable Solutions Group
No More Freeways
NWGSD.org (Nasty Women Get Shit Done)
Oregonizers
Oregon Education Association
Oregon Environmental Council
Oregon Interfaith Power and Light
Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility
OSPIRG University of Oregon
Our Children’s Trust
Our Climate
Our Revolution Oregon
Pacific Climate Warriors PDX
Pacific Green Party of Oregon
Partners for Sustainable Schools/Our Future Student Leadership Network
Portland Community College Federation of Faculty and Academic Professionals
Portland Harbor Community Coalition
Portland Jobs with Justice
Portland Raging Grannies
PSU AAUP
Portland State University Faculty Association (PSUFA 3571)
Portland Youth Climate Strike
Prescient Transmission Systems
Rogue Climate
Rural Oregon Climate Political Action Committee (ROCPAC)
Rural Organizing Project
Salem-Keizer Interfaith Network
Sierra Club - Oregon
Southern Oregon Climate Action Now
Stand.earth
Sunrise Beaverton
Sunrise Eugene
Sunrise Movement PDX
Sunrise Rural Oregon
Sustainable Cottage Grove
Third Act Oregon
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Corvallis (UUFC)
Unite Oregon
Washington County Democrats
We All Rise Consulting
We Keep Trees Standing
XRPDX
350 Corvallis
350 Deschutes
350 Eugene
350 PDX
350 Salem
350.org Washington County
History of the Divest Oregon Coalition

May 2021: A Climate Activist Q&A with Treasurer Tobias Read was sponsored by 350PDX and many other sponsoring organizations around the state.

June 2021: Treasurer Read was interviewed by Dave Miller on OPB’s Think Out Loud in an interview called “Will Oregon Divest from Fossil Fuels.”

July 2021: Initial coalition workgroups were formed.

August 2021: A Public Records Request was made to the Treasury for all holdings. On Dec 9, 2021, the holdings were finally released.

September 2021: The formal campaign launch of Divest Oregon occurred with 30 coalition organizations which quickly expanded to 80 organizations around the state by December 2021.

November 2021: A Washington Post article titled, “Liberal Oregon resists dropping controversial investments” (carried in most Oregon media outlets), exposed the lack of transparency of the Treasury and their inability to get rid of troublesome private equity assets.

December 2021: Op-Ed was published about the Treasury Transparency Bill by Co-Chief Sponsors Pham, Holvey & Golden, stating that Oregon must disclose and divest from fossil fuels.

Jan-March 2022: HB 4115 Treasury Transparency Bill is introduced in the Oregon Legislature and runs out of time, opposed by the Oregon Treasury.

April 2022: "Risky Business: Oregon Treasury's Fossil Fuel Problem" report published. Many media outlets released reports about the significant fossil fuel holdings by the Oregon State Treasury.

July 2022: Treasury released highly redacted Climate Risk Assessment report after intense pressure from Divest Oregon.

November 2022: "Oregon Treasury's Private Investment Transparency Problem" report published.

November 2022: Divest Oregon's Right to Know campaign is launched.

January 2023: HB 2601- Treasury Investment and Climate Protection Act is introduced in the Oregon Legislature.

April 2023: Divest Oregon publish report entitled, "Oregon Treasury’s ESG Investment Failure" highlighting the PERS Fossil Fuel Investments that Fund Human Rights Violations, Community Destruction, and Climate Chaos.

Summer/Fall 2023: Treasurer Roundtables regarding Net Zero Plan

Feb 2024: Treasurer Read released Oregon Net-Zero Plan. One of the first in the US.

March 2024: The COAL Act (HB 4083) passed legislature, supported by the Treasurer, and signed by Governor Kotek. The 3rd state legislature to pass a divestment law.

April 2024: Oregon Treasurer Candidate Forum had largest gathering of Oregonians to listen to candidates discuss the Oregon Net-Zero plan and other topics.