Oregon Senate Bill 97 has a vote in the Oregon House on May 19th at 11:00 AM.  We are urging bipartisan support for SB 97 that will start a conversation on Cultural Competency continuing education for Oregon's health professionals.  SB 97 has brought together 50+ community based organizations and health industry stakeholders, and passed the Oregon Senate on a bipartisan 22-7 vote.

Endosed by:

AARP Oregon

African Partnership for Health

African Women’s Coalition (AWC)

American Association of University Women of Oregon

Asian Health and Services Center

Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon (APANO)

Basic Rights Oregon

Black Parent Initiative

Cambodian American Community of Oregon (CACO)

Care Oregon

Cascade A.I.D.S. Project

Cascadia Behavorial Health

CAUSA - Oregon’s Immigrant Rights Coalition

Central City Concern

Children First for Oregon

Children’s Community Clinic

Chinese American Citizens Alliance Portland Lodge

Coalition for a Livable Future

Coalition of Community Health Clinics

Collecting Health Advocacy for Rooted Latina/os and Africans (CHARLA)

Conexiones and The Center for Trauma Recovery

Connecting Communities Coalition

Consuelo Saragoza

Dr. Tina Castañares

Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon

Family Forward Oregon

Health Care for All Oregon

Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization

International Center for Traditional Childbearing (ICTC)

Janus Youth (Village Gardens)

Jill Ginsberg, MD MPH

Leda Garside, RN, BSN

LGBTQ Health Coalition of the Columbia-Willamette

Lisa Ladendorff, LCSW, Transire Counseling Services

Mano A Mano Family Center L.L.U.S.

Maria Michalczyk. MA RN.  

Men’s Health Project

Metropolitan Allicane for Common Good

Michelle Chu, MSN, NP-C, Providence Portland Medical Center

Michelle Gaines

Mid-Valley Health Care Advocates

Mujeres Luchadoras Progresistas (Women Fighting for Progress)

Multnomah County Democrats

Multnomah County Healthy Birth Initiatives (HBI)

Nation of Islam

National Action Network of Portland Beaverton Oregon

National Association of Hispanic Nurses – Portland Chapter

National Association of Social Workers – Oregon

Native American Youth and Family Center

Noelle Wiggins, EdD, MSPH

North by Northeast Community Center

North/Northeast Business Association

Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board

Nuestra Communidad Sana (A Program of The Next Door Inc.)

OHP Works

Oregon Action

Oregon Alliance for Retired Americans

Oregon Center for Christian Values

Oregon Commission on Asian Affairs

Oregon Commission on Hispanic Affairs

Oregon Commission on Black Affairs

Oregon Health Action Campaign

Oregon Latino Health Coalition (OLHC)

Oregon Law Center

Oregon League of Minority Voters

Oregon Medical Association

Oregon Nurses Association

Oregon Pacific Area Health Education Center

Oregon Primary Care Association

Oregon Psychological Association

Oregon Reproductive Health Foundation

Oregon State Board of Nursing

Oregon State Council for Retired Citizens

Oregon Students of Color Coalition

Oregon Women’s Rights Coalition

OSPIRG

People of Color Health Equity Collaborative

People-Places-Things LLC

PISA (Pacific Islander Student Association)

Planned Parenthood Advocates of Oregon

Planned Parenthood Columbia Willamette

Portland African American Leadership Forum

Portland Allies of People of Color

Portland Chapter - Social Welfare Action Alliance

Portland Community Reinvestment Initiatives, Inc.

Portland Jobs with Justice

Professor Sunil Khanna, Oregon State University

Providence Health and Services

SEIU

Sisters of the Road

Steve Baker Colorectal Cancer Alliance

The Archimedes Movement/ We Can Do Better

The Center for Intercultural Organizing

The Gay and Lesbian Medical Association

Honorable  Edwin J. Peterson, Former Chief Justice Oregon Supreme Court

The Oregon Bus Project

The Urban League of Portland

THE-TREE Institute

TsaiComms

Tuality Healthcare

UFCW Local 555

United Seniors of Oregon

Upstream Public Health

VOZ Workers’ Rights Education Project

Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic