Salem Area Solutions Alliance
Connecting Leaders. Inspiring Solutions. Building the Commonsense Infrastructure.
Restoring Commonsense in Salem
Salem’s families work hard, but leadership stopped listening.
Costs rise, safety slips, and too many good people are left to fend for themselves.
We deserve better — leaders who serve, not lecture.
It’s time to bring accountability back, rebuild trust, and return power where it belongs: to the people.
Commonsense built this community. Commonsense will save it.
Who We Are
The Salem Area Solutions Alliance exists to turn frustration into action and restore leadership that serves the people again.
We are a movement of local organizations built on integrity, collaboration, and commonsense — proving that when neighbors unite, solutions will follow.
We connect community groups, small business owners, and community leaders with one shared mission: to bring accountability back and make local leadership work for everyone, not just the political elite.
Our Shared Mission:
To build the commonsense infrastructure that unites our community and powers real solutions — so the next generation inherits a Salem that’s stronger, safer, and more free.
We don't compete for influence — we coordinate for impact.
Our Focus
Our work centers on three pillars that create real, lasting change for people who believe in Oregon's future. Together, they form the foundation of our civic renewal — where connection replaces division, and clarity leads to action.
Civic Leadership Luncheons
Connecting Leaders, Inspiring Solutions
Gatherings that bring together community, faith, and business leaders to connect, gain insight, and engage with the ideas shaping Salem's commonsense renewal.
Where leadership and community meet.
Leadership Academy
Preparing Tomorrow's Leaders Today
Equipping emerging leaders in the Salem area for civic and community service grounded in balance, vision, and integrity.
Developing the next generation of problem-solvers.
Building the Commonsense Infrastructure
Restoring the Foundation of Trust
Strengthening the relationships, institutions, and civic culture that make good governance possible
Laying the foundation for leadership that lasts.
Civic Leadership Luncheons
Connecting Leaders, Inspiring Solutions
Gatherings that bring together community, faith, and business leaders to connect, gain insight, and engage with the ideas shaping Salem's commonsense renewal.
Where leadership and community meet.
Together, these efforts connect people, sharpen insight, and rebuild trust — turning frustration into focus, and ensuring that together, we lead Salem toward its best days ahead
Leadership Academy
Preparing Tomorrow's Leaders Today
Equipping emerging leaders in the Salem area for civic and community service grounded in balance, vision, and integrity.
Developing the next generation of problem-solvers.
Building the Commonsense Infrastructure
Restoring the Foundation of Trust
Strengthening the relationships, institutions, and civic culture that make good governance possible.
Laying the foundation for leadership that lasts.
Restoring Leadership, Rebuilding Trust
When families struggle, when small businesses close, when hope feels distant — the issue isn't luck. It's leadership.
Every challenge — high costs, declining safety, weak schools — points back to decisions made by those who stopped listening.
Real change begins when we raise up leaders who serve with humility, responsibility, and courage — not leaders who hide behind politics, but leaders who listen, act, and serve.
That's why the Salem Area Solutions Alliance exists: to unite organizations and leaders who are turning frustration into focus and rebuilding the civic strength of Oregon's capital region.
It's already happening — and together, we're proving that common sense still works.
Every generation faces a choice about the kind of leadership it's willing to accept. Salem doesn't need louder voices; it needs steadier hands, leaders guided by truth and by the people they serve. That's how we rebuild trust and that's how we restore common sense.
— Jonathan Castro Monroy
Co-Chair, Salem Area Solutions Alliance
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Stand with the people rebuilding Salem's future.
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