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The candidacy of Donald Trump poses a serious threat to people with mental illness and in recovery from addiction. Many people with our illness are supported by government programs and science to reduce our symptoms is entirely dependent on government funding. Trump’s inexperience and disinterest in the work of the Federal government could cause direct […]
Join the Portland Alano Club and top ultra-runner and fellow recovery member, Yassine Diboun of Wy’east Wolfpack, for a special FREE 4-week Running + Recovery Series. Every Sunday in September we will meet at the Leif Erickson gate in Forest Park at 10 AM, where Yassine will give a brief talk on a specific aspect […]
WHAT: BEARING WITNESS: James Chasse – a celebration & conversation about the life of James Chasse Jr. on the 10th anniversary of his death WHERE: CERIMON HOUSE – 5131 NE 23rd Avenue, Portland – MAP IT WHEN: Saturday, 9/17/16 – Film screening @ 5:00 PM, Community Conversation @ 7:00 PM HOW: Reservations: bearingwitness.brownpapertickets.com On Saturday, […]
We consider this stall a failure on the part of all parties to the settlement of US DOJ v. City of Portland to understand, consider or care about the needs of people with mental illness who are harmed by police. – Eds. 60-Day COAB Recess and Cancellation of August Executive Committee Meeting This note was […]
Sent by board members of the Mental Health Association of Portland to Auditor Mary Hale Caballero, IPR Director Constantin Severe, Police Chief Mike Marshman, Portland City Commissioners, allies and colleagues – from the board of directors of the Mental Health Association of Portland. In response to CITY AUDITOR PROPOSES CHANGES TO PORTLAND’S POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM, […]
The Register-Guard, Aug. 22, 2016 At White Bird’s Chrysalis Behavioral Health clinic, clients who battle substance abuse meet with people who share similar struggles in group counseling sessions. Others get help in one-on-one meetings with a mental health professional. And these same clients also may be found doing something a little less expected on their […]
By Greg Walden – U.S. Representative, Oregon August 19, 2016 Across Oregon, I’ve talked with many families who are struggling with mental illness and drug addiction. These touch every segment of our communities, no matter where you live or what you look like. Tragically, they often carry with them a major stigma in society, and […]
The Oregonian – August 16, 2016, by Steve Duin Two discouraging e-mails crossed my desk this week, and both are best understood in the daunting light of the other. The first was written by Patty Cooper, her “final thoughts” on retiring after 29 years with Oregon’s Department of Human Services. She doesn’t go quietly. “I […]
KBOO’s Karen James interviews Clackamas County Jail Commander Captain Lee Eby. Captain Eby spoke recently at a NAMI Clackamas event about the new Transition Center across from the Clackamas jail that is providing services and programs for people as they release from custody. The County used some of the justice reinvestment funds (HB 3194 passed […]
SENT BY EMAIL August 12, 2016 Jonas Geissler, Senior Trial Attorney, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. Adrian Brown, Assistant United States Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Portland, Oregon Mayor Charlie Hales Commissioner Nick Fish Commissioner Amanda Fritz Commissioner Steve Novick Commissioner Dan Saltzman Tracy Reeve, City Attorney Ellen Osoinach, Deputy City […]
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