From The Oregonian, December 29, 2009, 7:00PM Drumming is part of the festivities at the New Year’s Eve Sobriety Pow Wow. New Year’s Eve Sobriety Pow Wow When: 1 p.m.-midnight Thursday Where: Oregon Convention Center, 777 N.E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., 503-235-7575 Admission: Free Web site: naranorthwest.org More than 3,000 people are expected at […]
From the Sacramento Bee, December 27, 2009 Thomas C. Gagen is CEO of Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento It was with great interest that I read “Mental-illness cases test cops,” (Our Region, Dec. 13). I fully agree that law enforcement staff and individuals with mental health needs are at risk. Our community should also understand that […]
From Willamette Week, December 22, 2009 The Portland police union’s push for better PR continues this month with a poll on public perception. Sgt. Scott Westerman (see photo), head of the Portland Police Association, says the union paid for a poll of hundreds of Portland residents this month to learn their opinion on public safety. […]
From Eugene Register Guard, December 21, 2009 Magnetic stimulation therapy added to psychiatry’s toolbox Tiffany Marable was taking nine medications a day, and the depression still would not lift. She could not get out of bed or stop crying. Holding a job was impossible. Just doing the dishes seemed overwhelming. “I felt doomed,” said Marable, […]
From OPB News, December 21, 2009 Recently, a video of Portland police officer Chris Humphreys arresting a 12-year-old girl by shooting her with a bean bag, highlighted a disconnect between members of the community and police officers. Kathleen Ris: “In my opinion, there’s obviously something that needs to change with that officer and he should […]
From the Portland Observer, December 18, 2009 Portland Police Chief Rosie Sizer spoke to the city’s Human Rights Commission’s Committee on Police and Community Relations last night. The Portland Human Rights Commission’s committee on police relations took up a high-profile use of force incident last night at its meeting. At the meeting, the term “the […]
Don Bray passed away at home surrounded by family after living with Alzheimer’s since 2003. He was born August 28, 1930 and died December 3, 2009. He was born in Pratt, Kansas, first son of Dorothy and Harold Bray. He attended Kansas State University, where he was a member of Beta Theta Pi. At age […]
From Examiner.com Portland, December 14, 2009 Will Hall’s past was a nightmare of forced hospitalizations, mind-numbing drugs, and nights wandering the streets. Today, Hall is a controversial reminder that recovery is possible. Hall lives and works in Portland. He manages his schizoaffective disorder with a combination of natural methods, including diet, yoga and acupuncture, plus […]
From EdLabor Journal, December 10, 2009 Today at 11:00 am Eastern, U.S. Reps. George Miller (D-CA) and Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) will hold a press conference to introduce new legislation to protect all children in schools from misuse of restraint and seclusion. Miller is the chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee and a […]
From The Oregonian, December 10, 2009 The City of Portland intends to seek a change of venue for next year’s federal civil rights trial stemming from a lawsuit filed by the family of James Chasse Jr. , the 42-year-old mentally ill man who died in police custody more than three years ago. The trial also […]
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