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Advocacy by and for people with mental illness: The DIY Guide

COMMENTARY | What you can do to make a difference When we are out and about, meeting and tweeting, connecting with people in their first years of recovery from mental illness, invariably they want to do something. Something big! Something political and ar ...

12 Dec 2015 - Jason Renaud an...
Ignore the gunman behind UCC shootings? Just the opposite

COMMENTARY | Let's get the uncomfortable facts on the table In the days since the Umpqua Community College mass murder, communities grieve, mourners weep, survivors twist in anguish, and we — all of us — grope for answers. “How will we get through to ...

15 Oct 2015 - Jason Renaud an...
Portland, the DOJ and the slow moving gears of mental health services

In 2013, the city agreed to create a mental health center in its settlement with the Department of Justice over police use of force. Two years later, what that would look like is all still a matter of perspective. Local hospitals are going full steam ahea ...

7 May 2015 - Christen McCurdy
Our newest, not-so-new police directive: Just walk away

The Portland Police Bureau recently made a stunning and unprecedented discovery — but, sadly, no one noticed. Probably because most of us knew it all along. Their non-breakthrough was this: Sometimes, the right police action is no action at all. After a d ...

19 Jan 2015 - Jason Renaud an...
Director of Oregon’s psychiatric review board says she welcomes change

On the desk in Juliet Follansbee’s downtown Portland office is a thick book of Oregon laws. It contains only a few sentences that grant the state agency she operates tremendous power over the lives of hundreds of Oregonians. In May, Follansbee was made in ...

12 Apr 2014 - Jake Thomas
Oregon prepares for $20 million mental health roll-out

Oregon’s mental health care systems gained attention and new money from the 2013 legislative sessions-- and more is on the way. While this is good news for Portlanders, especially those experiencing homelessness, mental health problems or addiction, it’s ...

18 Nov 2013 - Jasmine Rockow
Leave the patients to us: Is Nevada unloading its mentally ill in Oregon?

They were given a bus ticket along with a few days worth of medication and food. They traveled long distances to cities in California where they arrived as strangers. Their journeys have sparked outrage and lawsuits. Now there are calls to find out if it ...

4 Oct 2013 - Jake Thomas
Group calls for investigation of patient dumping from Nevada psychiatric hospital

The Mental Health Association of Portland is asking Oregon's Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum to inquire into a Nevada state psychiatric hospital that has been accused of dumping patient's in surrounding states. Below is the letter written to th ...

16 Sep 2013 - Street Roots Staff
Navigating the inequities of mental health system

Navigating the inequities of mental health system By Jenny Westberg, Contributing Columnist Keaton Otis died on May 12. We know police shot at him 32 times. We know the other victim, Officer Christopher Burley, and we know he’ll survive. We know so much a ...

15 Jul 2010 - Street Roots
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Extra! Extra! One minute it’s warm and sunny, the next it’s cold, foggy and grey. It’s tough to know what to wear these days. But you always know what to read! And starting tomorrow, you’ll have a fresh copy of Street Roots to keep your mind warm and toas ...

18 Feb 2010 - Street Roots