The Safe From Hate Summit is back in 2025 and we are excited to re-engage with our community to move forward in our collective work to ensure all jobsites in our region and industry are safe and respectful for all workers, and freer from harassment, hazing, bullying, and retaliation.

The Safe From Hate Summit was born out of the work of the Safe From Hate Alliance, which came together following an incident from May of 2020 in which a noose was found on a downtown Portland construction site. Since that time, with leadership from the Metropolitan Alliance for Workforce Equity (MAWE), community, and industry, dozens of stakeholders have signed the Safe From Hate Jobsite Culture Pledge. The pledge commits signers to enforce a zero-tolerance policy when workers initiate or fail to report job site discrimination.

The vision is to address psychological safety as earnestly as the industry has addressed physical safety, through the development of respectful workplace programming as part of a comprehensive safety plan. The outcome is the active recruitment, retention, and mentorship of skilled workers.

More information about the 2025 Safe From Hate Summit will be coming soon...

To learn more about the Safe from Hate Alliance work and meetings, please email Anthony Samperio at: asamperio@worksystems.org

 

The 2025 Safe From Hate Summit Agenda

8:30 - 9:00     Registration & Networking

9:00 - 9:15     Welcome! Safe From Gate: the Genesis, the Pillars, and the Vision

9:15 - 9:45     Alphabet Soup: Decoding Regional Workforce Development and Retention Initiatives

9:45 - 10:30   Keynote: Josh Durham, Gamut Project Solutions

10:30 - 11:00 Break

11:00 - 12:00 Breakout Workshops:

-Contractor and Public Owner Breakout Session:  What Do Respectful Worksite Practices Look Like, and How Do Frontline Supervisors Effectively Implement Them?

-The Respectful Workplace Initiative: Cultivating Civility and Psychological Safety in Oregon’s Construction Industry

-Labor, Apprenticeship, and Pre-Apprenticeship: Labor Leaders creating resilient recruitment and retention practices together and by trade

12:15 - 1:00   Luncheon Keynote & Discussion: Dr. Roberta Hunte & Sista in the Brotherhood

1:00 -2:00      Tools for Respectful Workplace Initiatives

2:00 - 2:15     Break

2:15 - 3:15     Sector Based Organizing Steering Committee Breakout Workshops: Public Owners, Pre-Apprenticeship, Apprenticeship, Unions, General Contractors, Trade Associations

3:15 - 3:45     Closing Remarks

 

Safe From Hate Resources:

RISE Up Worker Orientation Video - PDXNext

Safe from Hate Alliance Pledge

2022 Tradesworker Equity Council Recommendations to Industry

Respectful Workplace Review Committee Recommendations Report

8 Tips to Create Greater Belonging Handout - Bill Proudman