Pint of Science Festival: Rethinking Crisis Response – Portland Street Response and Deflection in Practice
May 19 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
$2
How should communities respond to homelessness, mental health crises, and substance use? This panel explores Portland Street Response as an alternative to policing and examines Oregon’s new deflection programs, which aim to divert people from arrest to treatment—asking what works, for whom, and why.