KATU News, Sept. 16, 2016 It’s been nearly 10 years since James Chasse, a man with paranoid schizophrenia, died in police custody after Portland officers beat him. An advocate for the mentally ill says despite many reforms, justice is still not served. Portland’s police chief told KATU Friday the bureau has come a long way […]
From The Lund Report, May 27, 2016 Once the Unity Center opens later this year, people in crisis will have a calmer, more patient-focused option for care – possibly starting with a ride in an ambulance rather than a police car. Describing a friend in crisis who spent more than 40 hours without care in […]
Jenn Chavez of Five Quadrants of Portland and XRAY.FM interviews Jason Renaud of the Mental Health Association of Portland, discussing issues and politics facing Portlanders with mental illness. Jason Renaud co-organized and co-moderated a recent Mayoral Forum on Social Justice, during which candidates Ted Wheeler, Jules Bailey and Sarah Iannarone discussed police accountability, homelessness, mental […]
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 […]
Chicago academics suggest Portland police survey those they’ve had contact with, particularly mental health consumers – Oregonian, October 13, 2015 The only way to accurately measure whether Portland police are improving their encounters with people who have mental illnesses is to survey the people themselves, says a team of Chicago-based academics hired by the city […]
Two longtime community and social justice activists, Jason Renaud of the Mental Health Association of Portland, and Kathleen Saadat of the Chicago-based Rosenbaum & Watson LLC “Compliance Officer/Community Liaison,” hired by Mayor Charlie Hales to oversee the city’s response to United States v. City of Portland, appeared on local Portland radio in the last few […]
Portland, the DOJ and the slow moving gears of mental health services – Street Roots, May 7, 2015 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 […]
MHAP volunteer Jason Renaud gave a wrap-up interview reviewing DOJ v City of Portland and commnting on the community response to the Portland City Council’s 4 – 0 decision to appeal the newly settled federal lawsuit to news director Jenka Soderberg on KBOO Community Radio’s Evening News In Depth program, October 22, 2014. Listen here […]
From the Portland Mercury, October 22, 2014 The legal drama over police reform in Portland—seemingly put to rest in August, when a federal judge finally approved the city’s nearly two-year-old settlement agreement with the US Department of Justice—has been revived. On Wednesday, October 22, Mayor Charlie Hales and Commissioner Amanda Fritz will ask their colleagues […]
From the Portland Mercury, October 17, 2014 The legal drama over police reform in Portland isn’t quite over yet. Mayor Charlie Hales and Commissioner Amanda Fritz are going to ask their colleagues to consider pushing back at one of the more contentious elements of a federal judge’s decision to accept a package of police reforms […]
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