Klamath Falls Herald and News – October 2016 Two former therapists for Klamath Basin Behavioral Health claim they were fired last year after blowing the whistle on illegal mental health hold practices and have sued their former employer. William Dowling and Ashley Meilahn filed separate suits Oct. 7 in Klamath County Circuit Court against KBBH […]
East Oregonian, August 12, 2016 Two months ago, Vanessa Logman’s mind jumped the tracks. The Pendleton woman has bipolar disorder. Until everything blew up on that day in June, Vanessa (with the help of doctors) had controlled her symptoms with medications. Dan Logman describes his wife as a private person and a kind and loving […]
East Oregonian, October 14, 2016 What if you could improve mental health in our nation while saving millions of dollars? This seemingly improbable scenario might be entirely possible. The key, say believers, is starting early with children — diagnosing and treating mental illness before it gets a significant foothold. Strategies include embedding counselors in schools, […]
Oct. 19, 2016 The U.S. Department of Justice yesterday filed a point-by-point assessment of the extent to which the City of Portland and its police bureau have satisfied the requirements of the agreement that settled DOJ’s lawsuit against the City. U.S. v. City of Portland was filed in September 2012, after an 18-month DOJ investigation […]
Sent October 10, 2016 prior to annual ‘status conference’ between parties and amici in US DOJ v. City of Portland. Dear Judge Simon, This letter is in reference to US DOJ v. City of Portland. Since 2003, the Mental Health Association of Portland has been working to bring issues of institutional harm affecting people with […]
This is a permanent repository of the publicly distributed papers created by the Community Oversight Advisory Board (COAB) / Community Oversight Community Liaison (COCL) meetings, 2014 – 2015. The documents are roughly in reverse order with the newest items at the top. The COCL / COAB was a result of US DOJ v. City of […]
The Oregonian, Oct. 10, 2016 UPDATE: This story has been updated with new information — including from the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries, which found that former employee Sharmin Rahman hadn’t proven discrimination. A woman of Islamic faith who was hired as a case manager at Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare has filed a $1 million […]
Mr. Mayor and Commissioners, We write today at the urging of our fellow social justice advocates asking you to not approve the proposed labor agreement between the City and the Portland Police Association. We appreciate Mayor Hales’ zeal to eliminate the 48-hour rule, but there is so much more to do, so the time is […]
Police Contract Undermines Public Trust – Portland Observer A failure to make police accountable By Mary Hull Caballero and Constantin Severe | 10/11/2016 Mary Hull Caballero is the City Auditor and Constantin Severe is the director of Portland’s Independent Police Review Board. (Editor’s note: The following public letter from the City Auditor and Director of […]
How Portland and Oregon Have Historically Dealt with Mental Illness—and What It Means for Us Today The Portland Mercury, Oct. 5, 2016 One of the oldest mental hospitals in the US is the still-standing Friends Hospital in Philadelphia. Founded in 1813 by Quakers, the institution did not always have such a brief name. It was […]
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