Thank you to Providence Health, Robin Henderson and Tyler Norris for inviting me to come tell my story and talk about how the Keep Oregon Well movement came to be at the launch of their new, national Institute for Mental Health and Wellness. It is an honor to be creating this new world with all of you!

And thanks to my advocacy partner / chosen sister Sheila Hamilton for always sitting in the front row when I do this public trauma response routine. You can watch her video of me addressing the crowd here:

And here are a handful of photos from our time in the Bay:

Our episode of PDX Spotlight premieres this Sunday and then plays for the next month on Comcast Cable TV and Xfinity Digital in Portland.

For those of you living outside of Portland (or inside Portland with no cable) you can watch the full show online, too. Go to www.PDXspotlight.com to make it happen, or click play below:

…and this one that got cut because we went over time! Read the rest of this entry »