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Month: September 2020

Federal & State Oversight Fault Unity Center – Again – Following Complaints, Failure To Protect Patients

September 30, 2020
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From the Lund Report, September 28, 2020 State and federal authorities have launched a new crackdown at Unity Center for Behavioral Health in Portland following complaints that the psychiatric emergency hospital has failed yet again to keep fragile mental health patients safe. The latest list of issues is long: Sexual encounters in a bathroom. An […]

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The Mental Health Association of Portland Opposes Measure 110

September 25, 2020
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The Mental Health Association of Portland, one of Oregon’s most active advocates for people with mental illness, addiction, and alcoholism urges a NO vote on state Ballot Measure 110. The organization has never taken a position on a statewide ballot measure before. DOWNLOAD – the text of this opposition message (PDF) The ballot measure is […]

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In Place of Police: The Oregon Experiment

September 23, 2020
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From the New York Review of Books, September 20, 2020 Eugene, Oregon—Every call that is dispatched through the radio, twenty-four hours a day, to the CAHOOTS crisis responders is a tiny mystery, a staticky, incomplete assemblage of details. “White female in her thirties, brown hair, black mid-length shirt, last seen on Sixth, yelling and running […]

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SNAP is a blessing for vulnerable Oregonians — if they can use it

September 19, 2020
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As COVID-19 keeps some folks at home, grocery delivery and pickup should be available to people who receive food benefits Published in Street Roots, September 18, 2020 I’ve got a dilemma shared by thousands of poor, senior and disabled Oregonians. Like many Oregonians with a disability, I receive SNAP benefits. You may remember them as […]

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Governor’s High-Level Behavioral Health Group Ends With Disappointment

September 16, 2020
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The Lund Report – September 15, 2020 A high-powered governor’s council for behavioral health has ended its work, leaving members disappointed in the group’s failure to devise meaningful recommendations to move the needle on the state’s mental health crisis. Gov. Kate Brown’s Behavioral Health Advisory Council, created in October 2019, was a 35-member group with […]

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Clancy Imislund – AA Speaker Meetings

September 1, 2020
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| Advocacy

Clancy I – AA History #1, Stateline Retreat 2009 Clancy I – AA History #2, Stateline Retreat 2009 Clancy I – Speaking on steps 1, 2 & 3, Stateline Retreat 2006 Clancy I – “The Invisible Boat” 1983 LEARN – about the Midnight Mission in Los Angeles. Clancy’s Obituary, Los Angeles Times September 1, 2020 […]

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