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The Skanner, Feb. 25, 2016 Join activists and candidates for mayor of Portland at 6:30 p.m. March 10 for a public conversation about the social justice issues in Portland. Jules Bailey – candidate for mayor Israel Bayer – Street Roots Jo Ann Hardesty – NAACP – Portland Branch Sarah Iannarone – candidate for mayor Jason […]
Portland Mental Health Examiner, Oct. 1, 2014 As part of Mental Illness Awareness Week (Oct. 5-11, 2014), fEARnoMUSIC will perform an evening of chamber music written by composers with mental illness. The concert will be held Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014, at The Secret Society in Northeast Portland. Doors open at 7 PM; the show begins […]
Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, October 13, 2011 An “Out of the Darkness” community walk to raise money for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention will take place at 10 a.m. Saturday, meeting at the Main Street Plaza along the Eastbank Esplanade. Registration will last from 8:30 to 10 a.m. For more information on the walk, […]
By Jenny Westberg, Portland Mental Health Examiner On Thursday, Feb. 10, award-winning journalist Robert Whitaker, along with a panel of experts, will speak at a community forum titled, “Moving Mental Health Recovery Forward / Rethinking Psychiatry.” Whitaker’s previous visit to Portland on August 19, 2010, filled three venues to capacity, addressing some of the hottest […]
By Jenny Westberg, Portland Mental Health Examiner When Ron Coleman and Paul Baker blew into town last week to present a workshop titled,“Working with Voices,” they definitely stirred up some dust. Among the clinicians in the audience, there were a few raised eyebrows, but also many delighted smiles, as the two U.K. mental health workers […]
-By Jenny Westberg, Portland Mental Health Examiner A striking transformation could be in store at the Oregon State Hospital, according to the facility’s new leadership team, Supervisor Greg Roberts, MSW, and Chief Medical Officer Mark Diamond, DO, who spoke about the future Thursday evening at Oregon Health & Science University. Roberts and Diamond weren’t talking […]
After a string of deadly police encounters – most involving a person with mental illness, and most with an utter lack of consequence for the officers involved – many Portlanders have become wary of police. At a rally tomorrow in downtown Portland, residents will tell the City of Portland and the Police Bureau they want […]
Seattle author & “Mental Health Chaplain” Craig Rennebohm to speak at First Unitarian Church of Portland, June 5th & 6th For more information visit the First Unitarian Church Mental Health Action Group website. Reverend Craig Rennebohm, author, advocate and organizer from Seattle who works with people who have mental illness and are homeless, will be […]
Thursday, April 9 Mental Health Caucus, Rep. Ron Maurer, Chair 12:00 p.m.‐1:00 p.m., State Capitol, Hearing Room 343, Salem Teleconference number: 503‐378‐3313 Friday, April 10 Local Government Advisory Committee to the DHS Director 10:00 a.m.‐12:00 p.m., 500 Summer Street NE, Room 473, Salem
Join the Oregon Health Action Campaign for Health Action Day on Wednesday, April 8 in Salem! SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES First United Methodist Church – MICAH Building – 600 State Street NE, Salem 9 AM – Doors open at the MICAH Building 9:30 AM – Orientation, Lobbying 101 11 AM – Lunch, march to Oregon Capitol […]
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