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This post will contain articles, documents and information about the unionization of Unity Center, Legacy Health’s psychiatric Emergency Service. For more information about Unity, use the search box on this page. Unity Center Nurses Allowed to Hold Union Election Portland Mercury, June 12 2019 Unity Center nurses get go-ahead for union election Portland Business Journal, […]
Communities all over the US and Canada are learning how to replicate Eugene’s CAHOOTS. Here are a set of documents, articles and videos to whet your appetite to know more. CAHOOTS is available by contract to provide technical assistance and training to agencies and governments. Contact Tim Black, CAHOOTS Operations Coordinator at White Bird Clinic, […]
A conversation with Bob Joondeph & Nigel Jaquiss of the Willamette Week, October 24, 2018 Without Bob Joondeph, many of the 700,000 disabled Oregonians would be worse off. Joondeph, 68, started work at the federally funded civil rights watchdog group Disability Rights Oregon in 1986 and became the group’s executive director in 1991. DRO led […]
READ – Motion for Amicus Curiae Status by the Mental Health Alliance In December 2012, the US Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the City of Portland, alleging improper use-of-force by the Portland Police Bureau against members of a protected class. The US Attorney’s Office and the DOJ Civil Rights Division sought injunctive and […]
The Peer Recovery Services team of the Oregon State Hospital has won the annual Oregon Advocacy Award. The Peer Recovery Services team supports people at Oregon State Hospital through their lived experience with trauma, mental health and addiction challenges. Team members use a collaborative process based on each individual’s strengths, personal choice, and the sharing […]
Nominate a mental health or addiction advocate for the Oregon Advocacy Award here. The Oregon Advocacy Award is given annually to a great advocate for people with mental illness and addiction in Oregon. The Advocacy Award is given by the Mental Health Association of Portland at the Oregon Law & Mental Health Conference. The winner […]
State of Oregon web site, August 14, 2017 When Michael Hlebechuk was 15, he won a Portland regional chess championship. His grade point average was nearly perfect, and he scored higher in math achievement than any other student at his high school. But no matter how well he performed, Hlebechuk worried he wasn’t good enough. […]
CAHOOTS-Metro has new, increased hours of operation beginning April 1st, 2017 We are pleased to announce that White Bird Clinic’s CAHOOTS-Metro program (“Springfield CAHOOTS”) is growing. As of April 1st, 2017, CAHOOTS-Metro will be available from 9am to 3am; that’s 16 hours per day—everyday. Thanks to a federal grant to Lane County for mobile mental-health […]
“A man of enormous heart, he touched the lives of so many, he will be missed, never forgotten.” William “Bill” Palo passed away on February 26th, 2017 as a result of congestive heart failure. Born on June 10, 1944 in Great Falls, Montana, he grew up in cattle country, graduating from Simms High School and […]
During a break in a public hearing on US DOJ v. City of Portland on October 25, 2016, justice activist Roger David Hardesty was tackled and arrested by security guards in the courtroom of Federal Judge Michael Simon and before his clerk Mary Austad. Arrest occurs at 1:30 in the file above. There is no […]
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