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Advocacy leader Kristi Jamison named recipient of 2014 Spirit of Portland Award

October 17, 2014
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By Jason Renaud and Jenny Westberg Kristi Jamison, a Portland leader in mental health and disability advocacy – as well as a genuinely wonderful person, whom we proudly call our colleague and friend – has received a prestigious and highly deserved city honor: a 2014 Spirit of Portland Award. City Commissioner Amanda Fritz will present […]

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Portland on track to hire a federal police reform monitor by August, city claims

June 16, 2014
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The Portland Mercury, June 16, 2014 Portland’s national search for a federal police reform monitor—on hiatus for almost three months after mental health advocates demanded a bigger role in the process—is apparently back on track, according to interviews with city officials and documents obtained by the Mercury. The city began soliciting applications over the winter. […]

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Text of Kristi Jamison’s testimony given at Fairness Hearing

February 24, 2014
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Spoken testimony delivered by Kristi Jamison at the Fairness Hearing, Feb. 18, 2014 “Honorable Judge Simon, members of the court: my name is Kristi Jamison and I am the Executive Director of Empowerment Initiatives, a peer-managed wellness program active in Portland for nearly a decade. I thank you for the opportunity to be heard. I […]

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Fliers being posted in neighborhoods around the city are ‘hate speech,’ says PCOD

August 14, 2013
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By Jenny Westberg, Portland Mental Health Examiner, August 13, 2013 Anonymous fliers being posted around Portland, with messages threatening to reveal the names of neighborhood residents who receive disability benefits, qualify as “hate speech,” according to the Portland Commission on Disability (PCOD). As of today, the PCOD says it has received 75 reports of the […]

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Peer-delivered services draw capacity crowd at statewide conference

January 14, 2013
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By Jenny Westberg, Portland Mental Health Examiner, Jan. 14, 2013 “My life and the lives of others depend on it.” That’s how Amy Anderson describes peer-delivered wellness services. So it’s not surprising that peer services — a key part of the CCO (coordinated care organization) model used in health care reform — were on the […]

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Jim Whipple Interview with Kristi Jamison

January 12, 2012
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From Spotlight on Recovery Issue 28 – 12/13/11 I have been fortunate to get an interview with Kristi Jamison, the executive director of Empowerment Initiatives (EI). Her answers to my simple questions are profound. 1. If you had a free hand and unlimited resources to promote mental health recovery, what would you do? I would […]

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