Education + Advocacy + Action = CHANGE!
The Mental Health Association of Portland provides educational and advocacy opportunities for people with mental illness and addiction.
From the classroom to the courtroom, from the statehouse to the bedside, supporters of the Association educate the community and advocate for improvements in the public health system, the criminal justice system, the public housing system, and the path between – the mental health system.
The Association supports four enduring projects; the Law & Mental Health Conference, the Alternative Mobile Services Association, and the Mental Health Alliance, and the Public Housing Conference. The Association is a member of or in alliance with several organizations, including the Albina Ministerial Alliance for Justice and Police Reform, the Oregon Council on Behavioral Health, the Disability Rights Oregon, the Oregon Justice Resource Center, the Homeless Alcohol and Drug Intervention Network, The Policing Project of New York University Law School, and the Center for Innovations in Community Safety at Georgetown Law School.
The Association is peer-led, independent and impartial. It is not a government contractor, and receives no contract funding from governments. The Association maintains a large advisory council of both peers and professionals who are community leaders or subject matter experts.
The organization is nonpartisan and makes no endorsements. The organization will provide a private intensive briefing by subject matter experts in mid-November for all those elected in the Metro area on how the mental health and addiction system operates. This Forum is not supported by the City of Portland’s Votes 2024 Grant Program. The Portland Peace Team will be in attendance.
The Mental Health Association of Portland Candidate Foru m will have a live audience at The Old Church, be live-streamed on YouTube, and available to watch on YouTube afterward. The streaming link will be available on this site after August 27 (candidate filing deadline). District sessions will be 90 minutes each. The mayoral session will be 60 minutes.
All candidates are welcome to participate but MUST register before August 28. All candidates have been sent registration information via email. Over 55 candidates have registered to participate.
Forum Schedule
9 AM – District One Candidates, facilitated by KC LeDell, JD
10:30 AM – District Two Candidates, facilitated by Barbara Diamond, JD
Noon – Mayoral Candidates, facilitated by Hon. Juliet Britton
1:30 PM – District Three Candidates, facilitated by Emily Cooper, JD
3 PM – District Four Candidates, facilitated by Juan Chavez, JD
The Mental Health Association of Portland Candidate Forum is sponsored by Albies & Stark PC, Levi Merrithew Horst PC, Creighton & Rose PC, The Law Office of James O’Rourke, Kafoury & McDougal, the Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, anonymous, International Association of Machinist & Aerospace Workers, district W42, and Teamsters Local 223.
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Oregon Insane Hospital & the Lone Fir Cemetery
Recent Publishing by the Mental Health Association of Portland
Oxford House Hendrick – in Clark County, Washington
Media Guide: Your Language Matters When Writing About Mental Illness
Unity Center Archive – 2015-2018
Advisory Committee Member’s Bill of Rights – September 2022
Communicating with people who think differently – advice for members of the Portland Police Accountability Commission, November 2022
Funding for the Mental Health Association of Portland comes from Charles & Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies, and from the Microsoft Corporation.
