OUR HISTORY

Oregon Just Transition Alliance was founded in 2017 by OPAL Environmental Justice Oregon to help build a powerful statewide movement for a just transition.

In 2017, OJTA organized the first Just Transition Assembly to bring organizations together across the state to talk about what a just transition. means and what it should look like in our communities. For the next three years, OJTA organized webinars and just transition retreats with frontline-led community organizations and allies, to build a shared analysis about the ecological crises we face, as well as share strategies for a just transition. 

In 2019, members of OJTA came together to put forth a draft platform for an Oregon Green New Deal, recognizing that it was a living document that needed further community input. 

In 2020, OJTA launched the Frontline Organizers Rising cohort, which organized a statewide Oregon Green New Deal Listening Tour. These were virtual listening sessions across the state to inform our next iteration of the Oregon Green New Deal. 

In August of 2020, OJTA spun off from OPAL to become an independent statewide alliance. The OJTA Steering Committee endorsed the Energy Democracy campaign as our first joint campaign as an alliance.

In June of 2021, OJTA and our coalition led and won the Oregon Clean Energy Opportunity campaign, the first frontline-led statewide campaign in Oregon’s history. With a strong coalition of rural and urban frontline community members, community-based organizations, ally environmental organizations and lawmakers, we furthered energy justice in Oregon by passing three groundbreaking laws: 100% Clean Energy for All, Energy Affordability and the Healthy Homes Act.

We look forward to continuing to grow in our collective power and invite you to join us in building a powerful movement for a just transition in Oregon.