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You’re Invited to Community Supper!

Join us!

Saturday | May 11, 2024 | 5:30PM
AVENUE
631 NE Grand Avenue

While we’ve loved celebrating with you over the past few years in creative ways that helped keep our community safe, from our 2020 and 2021 virtual gatherings to 2022’s outdoor (rainy) Community Supper in North by Northeast’s parking lot, we’re excited to be back for a full-blown Community Supper party.

Community Supper is our annual gathering of friends and family to support the life-saving and joyful work of North by Northeast Community Health Center. This event celebrates our heart and resilience, and advances health equity for the African American/Black community. We’ll tell stories, dance and sing of course, share what’s ahead for NxNE, and ask you to support our work. Get your ticket now to to join us in saying Black Health Matters!

Click below for all the details about Community Supper 2024 and to buy your tickets and tables!

COMMUNITY SUPPER 2024 WEBSITE

 

We’re in Give!Guide!

There are lots of ways to contribute to North by Northeast’s work in our community, and one of the most fun is Willamette Week’s Give!Guide. We’re thrilled to be included again in this city-wide campaign to raise funds for – and draw attention to – the good work of local nonprofits and to encourage philanthropy among young Portlanders!

Here’s how it works:

Step 1: Browse the Give!Guide website and read up on the great work being done by the more than 200 Portland nonprofits included this year.

Step 2: Donate to as many of those organizations as you can, including NxNE. The minimum donation is just $10.

Steo 3: Reap the benefits! As a thank you for your donation, Willamette Week will send you a few freebies from some awesome local businesses, and our friends at Nothing Bundt Cakes will sweeten the deal with a Bundt cake coupon. Even better, make a donation on a special Big Give Day, which are sprinkled throughout the campaign, and you’ll be entered to win a prize, like a Powell’s shopping spree, Atlas Tattoo session or Portland staycation.

Join us at Safe Homes! Healthy Homes on May 11

Please join us in the NxNE parking lot on May 11 from 1 - 4 pm as we celebrate community, share safety and health resources, and honor our Patient Wellness Council!

 


2022 Fundraising and Finance Report

NxNE ended another year in a strong financial position, and we’re grateful to every person who gave, family whose foundation supported us, business who held a fundraiser to benefit us, company who sponsored our fundraiser, and foundation who awarded us a grant. We could not stay afloat and do what we do without each and every one of you. Scroll down for a full list of 2022 supporters as well as detailed annual financial statements. And peek below for a summary of our revenue in 2022 and budget growth over the past five years.


INDIVIDUAL DONORS

Diana Aby-Daniel
Miriam Agisim and Stuart Zeltzer
Michael and Nancy Alexander
Mandy and Nate Allen
Kris Alman and Mike Siegel
Pétra Anderson
Ray Anderson
Sharon Anderson
Ben and Michael Anderson-Nathe
Aline André
Ann Anthony and Jeffrey Weeks
Anonymous
Judith Arcana
Sherry Archer and Robert Grossman
Baruti Artharee
Nikia AsahniiRuff
April Aster
Katherine Au
Ray and Jean Auel
Roger Auerbach and Devorah Lieberman
Don and Gaile Baack
Michele and Ashkan Babaie
Heather Bacon-Shone
Grover Bagby and Susan Pound Bagby
Marguerite Ballard
Bev Balliet and Ruth Szilagyi
Kate Haas and Bruce Barbarasch
Hillary Barbour
Christine and Dale Bateman
McPherson Beall and Jennifer Heldmann
Marcia Bechtold and Brian Carroll
Andrea Beck
Keri and Robb Beck
Rheannin Becke
Sage Bedell
Leon Bell
Alvin Benjamin
Teletha Benjamin
Nevaeh Bennett
Brandon and Heidi Benson
Brian Benson
Athena Bettger
Margaret Bignell
Joyce Blacknall
KerriAnn Boanca
Jerry Bobbe
Suzanne Bonamici and Michael Simon
Sirius Bonner
Alcena Boozer
Gloria Borg Olds and Michael Olds
Nathan and Kaori Bowser
Marshawn Boyd
Damien Bradley
Marcella Brady
Kimberly Brandt
Josefine Brasser and Amnon Gibly
Jane and John Braunger
Matthew Breeze and Katherine Kondylis
Henry and Mary Breithaupt
Jared and Stephanie Britcher
Carolyn Brown
Robin Brown
Norman Buccola
Luke Buffardi
Robin and Eric Busch
Sharetta Butcher
Molly Butler
Laura Byerly
Nina and Nevin Byrd
Robert Byrne and Jean Eilers
Tana and David Cahill
Ramona and Bruce Cahn
Kristin and Tom Calhoun
Chelsea Cambron
Claire Cambron
Tom Cambron
Alex Campbell
Maurine Canarsky
Steven Cantor
Aurelius Capellan and Heidi Bertman
James Carey
Dean Carson
James Chasse
Sandra Childs
Peter Chism-Winfield
Esther Choo
Brinton Clark
Chelsea Clark
Don and Corrie Clark
Marci Clark and James Bartroff
Aaron Clark-Ginsberg and Olivia Wilkinson
Elijah Clark-Ginsberg
Scott and Leslie Clement
Janelle Coburn
Daniel Cogan and Danielle Pacifico-Cogan
Stanley and Cynthia Cohan
Casey Cole
Emily Cole and James Shields
Toni Cole and Michael Patterson
Vonnie and Joe Condon
Sean Conlon
Sonia Connolly
Larry Conrad and Topaz Faulkner
Janet Conway
Thomas Cook
Mark and Susan Cooksey
Gregory Cote
Dan and Kathy Crawford
Raina Croff
Barbara and Robert Crooke
Megan Crowe
Derwin Cunningham
Donna and Robert Cynkar
Nina Dabit
Tia Dahl-Holmes
Kathryn Dailey-Deaton and Daniel Eisenbeis
Mike Dana and Scott Keller
Darcell Dance
Christine DAngelo
Susan Danielson
Howard Davis
Penny Davis
Alena Dawson
Trilby de Jung and Nancy Rosenbloom
Paul DenOuden and James Moore
Dana Devin-Clarke
Robert and Maxine Dexter
Robert Difranco and Barbara Gibbs
Thelma Diggs
Jerry and Linda Dinan
Sarah Dinger
Barbara Dirks and Allan Hoag
Matthew DiVeronica
Norma Dody
April Doll
Julia Doty
Ella Douglas-Durham
Elisa Dozono and Tom Turner
Jasmine and Dylan Drier
Marcia Dunham
Lisa Dunitz
Renee Dversdal
Andrew Dworkin and Sarina Saturn
Roberta Dyer and Robert Durand
Kristen Eberlin and Evan Bowers
Lori Eckel
Kay and Danny Edelman
Bryan Edington and Tara Knierim
Ken and Ann Edwards
Elizabeth Ehrlich
Lakeitha Elliott
Karen Erde
Christopher Evans
Neil Falk and Janet MacDonell
Steve Fallon
Judith and Paul Fardig
Farrah Fatemi
Shannon Fay
Wendy and Josh Fedderly
Edward and Jeanette Feldhousen
Susan Ferguson
Chantell Fitz-Amado
Robinette Fitzsimmons
Cheryl Ford
Karla Forsythe and Jim Crane
Gabrielle Foulkes
Ronald Fox
Jennifer Fraley
Elizabeth Franke
Jeana Frazzini and Collin McFadyen
Esther Freeman
Ann French
Sam Friedenberg and Sandra Tetzloff
Amy Fuller and Frank Wilson
Tess Gallagher
Michelle and Brian Gallego
Patricia and Frank Galluzzo
Katrina and Ian Gates
Mako Gedi
William Gefell and Carolyn Banas
Stephen Gerrard
Christopher Ghormley
Nick Gideonse
Jeff Gierer and Jesse Beason
Jamillah Gilbert
Joe Gillock
Jill Ginsberg and Louise Clark
Diana Glidden
Steve and Marian Gold
Emerald Goldman
Ralph Goldstein
Jennifer and David Gonnella
Tim Gooding and Sara Tam
Avel Gordly
Timothy Graham
Mark Grashow
Belinda and Michael Green
Rebecca Greenidge
David Groff
Alison Grossblatt-Wait
Gina Guillaume
Constance Guist
Nilana Gunasekaran and Eran Klein
Susan Gurley
Audrianna Gurr
Julia Hagan and Michael Murphy
Debra and Steve Haines
Morgan Hakki
Stephanie Halvorson
Edward Hamilton
Kathy Hammock and David Miles
David Hanna
Rich and Seana Hannah
Andrew Hansen
Kendal Hansen
Shaynen Hanson
Fred and Amelia Hard
Anthony Harden
Josephine Harden
Ellie Harmon and Luke Olbrish
David Harper
Tracy Harris and Douglas Levene
Anna Hartshorn
William and Elizabeth Hathaway
Dawn Hayami
Robert Hazen and Joanne Mulcahy
Sue Hennessy and Marcus Wood
Helen Henry
Rebecca Hervey
Elise and Randy Hewitt
Gary and Janie Hibler
Helen Hill
Tom and Deb Hilleary
Michael Hoeye and Martha Banyas
Rem Hoffmann
Andrea Hollingshead and Matt Talavera
Ginny Holm and Terrence Wellen
Courtney Holmes
Andrew and Kelly Holtz
Lisa Horowitz and Maura Roche
Nancy and Brad Horton
Sheryl Horwitz and Larry Knudsen
Richard Hunter
Linda Hurst
Trudy Hussmann
Emily Hutson
Anna Huttel and Eric Chow
Heather and Tom Ibsen
Joe Ichter
Joan Irwin
Markrid Izquierdo
Jeff Jackson and Sandy Moses
Lyn Jacobs and Juvencio Argueta
Jessica Jacobsen
Karin Jacobson
Ula Janik
Susan Janowitz
Chris and Lacy Jeffreys
Claire and Garland Jeffreys
Grey Jeffreys
Suzy Jeffreys and Lukas Sherman
Maureen Jemison
Florence Jenkins
Farahnaz Joarder
Martha and Jeff Johansen
Denise Johnson and Hernandez Williams
Susan Johnson
Bette and Jim Johnsrud
Jessie Jonas
Sada and Steven Jonas
Sonnet Jonker
Rachel Joseph
Dolores and David Judkins
Frida and Jimmy Kagan
Bettie Kareko
Emily Katz
Rachael Lizio Katzen Kurynny
George and Veda Keels
Brenda Keene
Liz Keever
Brian Kelly and Diane Ruminski
Erika and Rob Kelly
Ann Kendellen and Jonathan Harker
Christine Kendrick
Heather Kennedy
Julie Kern Smith
Rhea Kessler and Robert Atkinson
Aaron and Helen Kilber
John and Susan Kiley
Molly and Jung Kim
Nat Kim
Rosemary King and Kristin Hibler
Cynthia Kirkpatrick
Sara Kirschenbaum and Margaret Berroth
Kerry Kirstein
Bonnie Kittleson and Russ Hoeflich
Jennifer Kleinbaum and Ernie Gremillion III
Sara Kleinbaum
Sharon Kleinbaum and Randi Weingarten
Mark and Pilar Kleinman
Sarah Knudsen
Patricia Koehler and Kathleen Krider
Vicki Kolberg
Jill Kolek
Teresa Kraemer
Michael and Kathleen Krall
Patricia Kullberg
Anna Kurnizki and Juan Caez
Rachael LK and Justin Kurynny
Candice and James Kutz
Derek Labar
Dan and Ginny LaFerriere
Stephen Lamb and Nancy Cheng
Mitchell and Paula Lang
Amy Lawrence
Coley Lehman and Seth Engelhard
Kristin Lensen and David Whitaker
Deborah Lev and Ted Brunner
Esther Lev
Jacqueline Levene and Tyler Petersen
John Lewis
Karletia Lewis
Nnenna Lewis
Rodney Lewis and Valerie Fisher
Sophia Lichenstein-Hill
Wendy Lichtenbaum
Michael Lieberman and Susan Hanson
Susan Lienhart and Noel Holley
Allison Lindauer and David Spencer
Jonathan Lindgren
Grant and Gail Lindquist
Debra Lippoldt
Philip Longenecker
Hermilo Lopez
Reese Lord and Jennifer Marfori
Katherine Lossi
Emma Lott
Mimi Luong
Frances Lynch
Mary Lyons and Laurence Daane
Kyra MacIlveen
Lynn Mangum
Jeanette Manning and Donald Nacoste
Linda Marchant
Tess and George Marino
Jennifer Marsicek and Jason Roberts
Lisa and Scott Massinger
Luke Mattheis
Charlotte and Thomas Matthews
Jean Maurer
Marnie Maurina
Alberta Mayo
Sara Mayo
Holly McFarland
Teresa McGrath
Anne McLaughlin
Sharon and Jon McNeill
Katie McRae and Roger Ikert
Marietta Mears-Haskell
Richard Meeker and Ellen Rosenblum
Kim Melton
Victor and Toinette Menashe
David and Elaine Milhouse
Thomas Millbrooke and Jonie Garrett
Eva Miller
Joseph Miller
Nicholas Miner
Pam and Julie Miner
Margaret Mitchell and Mitchell Johnson
Ben Moorad and Stephanie Barr
Charles and Frances Moore
Melanie Moore
Sara and Mike Morris
Jonquil and Erik Moser
Marnella Mosley
Dawn Mott
Dennis and Kathleen Mounts
Judith Mowry
Martha Muldoon
Nora Mullane and David Halllberg
Heather and Steve Murch
Denise and Peter Musacchio
Tatiana Narvaez
Caroline Natwick
Susan Near
Suvi Neukam
Lawrence and Renee Neville
Sally Newton
Mary Nolan
Lucy Nonnenkamp
Dia Norris
Lauren Norris
Kathy and Dan Norton
Ingrid Nylen and Mark Meininger
Bob Olds and Bonnie Weber Olds
Beth Outterson
Jane Pansky
Beth Parmenter
Sara Pascoe
Mary Catherine Pasquesi
Pamela Patterson
Audie Paulus
Jennifer Payne and Dan Haskins
Mary Peterman
Rose Peterman
Dorthea Petersen
Randie and Mark Peterson
Valerie Peterson
Krista Pettis
Angela Peyer
Madeline Peyton
Nancy and Lorin Phelps
Paul Pierce and Joanne Fuller
Kevin Piro
Rene and Donald Pizzo
David Pleiman
Sandy Polishuk
Joscelyn Polk
David and Kay Pollack
Amy Pombo
Aaron Poplack
Melissa Porter and Jon Cruz
Gwen Porus and Terrence Conlon
Leesha Posey
Catherine and Eldon Potter
Ronald Potts and Karen Eddleman
Cary Pratt
Natisha Pratt
Naomi Price
Jessica and Andrew Prochniak
Levi Query
Keith and Laurie Raines
Ken and Mary Rait
Abbie Rankin and Scott Witscher
Gina and Brandon Rebbetoy
Ellen and Vance Reeser
Sara Reinhardt
Jacob and Betty Reiss
Jamie Repasky
Ellen and Jim Reuler
Laura and Jonathan Richardson
Dave Riley
Drewallyn Riley
Patricia Riquelme and Sui Ping Cheung
Michelle Ritter and Janet Anderson
Lydia and Erik Robbins
Kristen Roberts
Ray and Carla Robertson
Kamesha Robinson
Margaret Robinson and Scott Exo
Chrisse Roccaro
Anna Rockhill and Mark Ulanowicz
Denise Rodgers
Robert Rope
Charles Rosenblum
Eve and Alan Rosenfeld
Kelli Roseta
Jennifer Ross and David Blindheim
Joy Rothschild and Angus Goodbody
Richard and Jill Rubinstein
Mary Ellen Rudden
Tracy and Shelly Runge
Rose Rustin
Linda Ruswinkle
Martha Ryan and Dan McDonald
Brittney Réaume and Devin Trainer
Kitt and Butch Dyer
Ruth Sachter and James Lorentz
Martine Sacks
Brian Sallay
Mary Sanders
Raj Sarda
Evan Saulino and Brenda Brischetto
Denise Schacter
Kayla Scheafer
Martha Schrage
Jonna Schuder
Carrie Schultz
Lauren Scott
Karen and Phillip Seder
Rebecca Semper
Lisa Serrano
Natalie Sheldon
Isabel Sheridan
Jill Sherman
Rob and Carol Shoemaker
Ellen Silva and Wilson Gibbins
Ellen Singer and Eamon Molloy
Kelsey Skrudland and Cailin Green
Andrea Smeraglio
Arvie and Julie Smith
Becky Smith and Jody Luth
Betty Smith and Peter Korn
Toni Smith
Tracy Smith
Tim and Jamie Snider
Jill and Arthur Spencer
Christina and Franz Spielvogel
Donn Spight and Michelle Vega-Spight
Natasha Spoden
Adrianne Stach and Kent Meisel
Janet Stein and Chris Rauschenberg
Mark Stein and Jill Kleven
Naomi Stein
Joseph Stenger and Kathleen Hardie
Priscilla and Jerry Stewart
Fred and Barri Stiber
Rachael Strauch and James Smith
Daniel Striplin
Melinda Strnad
John Sturman
John and Jennifer Sutter
Sam Swaim and Kristin Steele
Elizabeth Swanson
Eric Swehla and Janet Range
Camden Swita
Walt and Sue Swita
Thomas Syltebo and Judith Fisher
Virginia and Mark Systma
Timea Szell
Carly Tabert
Daisha Tate and Deone Gates
Mandrill Taylor
Gilah Tenenbaum
Joseph Thaler and Ariel Stone
Chris and Emily Thomas
Jacob Thomas
Jess Thompson and Chris Luedtke
Mary Thompson and William Scott
Michelle Thompson and Pete Loffler
Jeanie Thornburg
Roey Thorpe and Tiffany Harris
Signe Todd
Stephanie and Jason Tol
Willow Toth and Martha Zanger
Beverly Trover
Anne Udall and Tillie Clark
Jacobsen Valentine
Dan and Joanna Valliere
Gary and Patsy VandeVenter
Katherine Vardanega
Chloe Vaughn
Kevin and Suzanne Veaudry Casaus
Jessica Velazquez
Kathryn Venator
Alexandra Verdieck
Holly and Brian Vetrone
Veronica Vichit-Vadakan
Benjamin Ward and Mary Daly
Ben Waterhouse and Deanna Oothoudt
Gina and Dow Webber
Savannah Weber
Virginia Weeks and Margaret Lamb
Karen Wells
Jennifer Welnick and Evan Haas
Daniel Werle
Shelbi Wescott Sherman and Matthew Sherman
Leann West
Linda White and Junichi Furukawa
Mary Beth and Nathan White
Jonanna Widner
Art Williams
Chuck and Geri Willis
Christy and Sam Wilson
Lora and Mike Wilson
Joseph Wolf
Jeana Woolley
Robin Woolman
Raghav Wusirika
Allison Wykhuis
Jacqueline Yerby
Duncan and Sarah York
Monica Yoshinaga
Rebecca Youngstrom and Ronald Atwood
Susan Zeidler and Leo Frishberg
Lieselotte Zorn and Mary McCarty

CORPORATE AND FOUNDATION DONORS

AbbVie Foundation
Aetna
Albina Rotary Club Foundation
American Federation of Teachers
Amsted Industries
Artisan Auctions
Beneficial State Bank
Bright Funds
Brink Communications
C8 Charitable Fund
Cambia African American Employee Resource Group
Cambia Health Foundation
Cambia Health Solutions Fund of The OCF
CareOregon
Champions Barbering Institute
CHC: Creating Healthier Communities
City of Portland
CommuniCare
Community Development Partners
Crooke Family Charitable Fund
DASH Fund of Oregon Community Foundation
Deacon Family Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation
Direct Relief
Dutch Bros Coffee
Dutch Bros Foundation
Edwards Lienhart Family Foundation
Exquisite Indulgence Desserts
Forge Hot Yoga & Pilates
Frogsong Farm
Grover and Susan Pound Bagby Fund
Harbor Oaks Foundation
Health Share of Oregon
Heart Flow Massage
Hennessy Wood Fund of Oregon Community Foundation
Hibler Franke Foundation
HPI
Intel Foundation
Kaiser Permanente
The Lang Family Fund
The Larson Legacy
Legacy Health
McDonald Jacobs
Medical Teams International
Merchant Maverick
Metro
Meyer Memorial Trust
Michael Alexander Charitable Fund
Mo Better Wellness, Connection & Facilitation
Moda Health
Mt. Olivet Baptist Church
Multnomah County Health Department
Multnomah County Office of Commissioner Susheela Jayapal
Multnomah County REACH
New Relic
New Thought Center for Spiritual Living
Nick and Sandra Snell Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation
Nike
Northwest Health Foundation
OHSU Department of Medicine
OCF Health System Access to Care Fund
Oregon Health Authority
Planned Parenthood Columbia Willamette
¿Por Qué No? Taqueria
The Portland Observer
Providence Health & Services
Providence Health Plan
Providence Milwaukie Family Medicine
REACH Community Development
Richard and Mary Rosenberg Fund
Russell Colgate Fund
Sally Rosenfeld and Andrew Frank Fund of the Oregon Jewish Community Foundation
Scudder Family Foundation
She Bop
Sisters of Providence Emilie Gamelin Mission Fund
SK Near Charitable Gift Fund
The Standard
Swaim Strategies
The Timothy C. Shepard and Andra Georges Philanthropy Fund
Tisbest Philanthropy
Trail Blazers Foundation
Vlach/Yasskin Family Donor Advised Fund
Walgreens
Westminster Presbyterian Church
OCF Joseph E. Weston Public Foundation
Wilken and Company, PC, CPAs
Walter E. and Ruth K. Wright Charitable Foundation

We’re in Give!Guide!

We’re feeling pretty lucky to be included in this year’s Willamette Week Give!Guide again! This year’s Give!Guide is 232 nonprofits on a mission together to make Portland a better city for all of us. North by Northeast’s part in this great collective mission is to say Black Health Matters…and then to walk our talk by providing high-quality healthcare that puts our Black patients and community members at the center.

You can join us in our mission by donating through the Give!Guide between November 1 and December 31, 2022. Here’s how it works:

Step 1: Browse the Give!Guide website.

Step 2: Read up about the good work being done by all 232 Portland nonprofits featured in this year’s Give!Guide.

Step 3: Do good! Donate to as many of those organizations as you can, including NxNE! (The minimum donation is $10.)

Step 4: Reap the benefits! As a thank you for your donation, Willamette Week will hook you up with a bunch of exclusive freebies like two weeks of yoga at Flex & Vlow, a free taco from our friends at ¿Por Qué No? Taqueria, a free bagel with cream cheese at Henry Higgins Boiled Bagels and more!

Step 5: Reap more benefits! This year there are eleven Big Give Days. If you give on one of these days during the campaign you’ll be entered in a raffle to win a BIG prize. An e-bike, $500 shopping sprees at Powells and New Seasons, and two Oregon vacation packages are just a few of this year’s Big Give Day prizes. Like and follow us and the Give!Guide on social media by clicking the buttons below to be notified of Big Give Days and other Give!Guide news and events:

North by Northeast:     

Give!Guide:     

Click on the logo above to give now!

This year we’re especially pleased to give you TWO more great reasons to give to North by Northeast!

Providence Health Plan will match the first $5,000 donated to NxNE through the Give!Guide.

Nothing Bundt Cakes is giving a coupon for a mini Bundt cake to every North by Northeast donor.

Thank you to our generous partners!
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Community Supper Joy!

Black Health Matters. And we want to thank each and every friend of the clinic who helped bring healing, hope and equity to our community with your gifts and presence (whether in person or virtual) at our annual Community Supper earlier this month.

Together, we raised $164,000, exceeding our goal of $150,000, to advance health and racial equity for Portland’s Black community and beyond.

If you missed the event, it’s not too late to catch up on all the fun, stories, fundraising and more.

Click here to watch the whole program from start to finish and below to scroll through pics from the event.

Community Supper 2022

Check out the NxNE staff’s newest music video, Healthcare Affair:


Get out the tissues and watch a moving tribute to retired Medical Director, Dr. Jill Ginsberg:


Learn about our building owner, Hasan Artharee, and how we supported each other during the pandemic:


Special thanks to everyone who helped make Community Supper possible: Erica’s Soul Food, Everybody Eats, Nana’s Exquisite Confections, Assembly Brewing, ChefStable, Nothing Bundt Cakes, Hedges Family Estate, North East Production, DJ Deena B, The AV Department, Flowers in Flight, Swaim Strategies, Tom Cooke Photo, and last but not least, Life Change Church and St. Andrews Catholic Church for coming in at the last minute with tents to keep us dry!

A Letter from Kilaa Slaughter-Scott, our Board Chair

Dear NxNE family,

There is no place like home! At the start of 2022 I had the great privilege of saying “Yes!” to serving as the next Board Chair of North by Northeast Community Health Center. I couldn’t be more honored to serve in the place that I call home. I am a true Northeast Portland native – born and raised here, attended school and started my career and family here, and now proudly serving my community here at North by Northeast.

I’ve seen lots of changes around Portland throughout the years. Many neighborhoods look drastically different now from when I was growing up. It’s not just about how things look; these changes have had a big impact on how we engage as community members too. One thing I can point to that’s stayed the same is the heart and mission of North by Northeast. In case you haven’t heard it in a while, this is our mission statement:

North by Northeast Community Health Center is the only medical clinic in Oregon devoted to African American/Black health. We exist to improve health outcomes and advance health equity by offering primary care services and health education and promotion focused on the African American/Black community.

I can’t think of a better time for me to assume this role of Board Chair, as I start my 17th year in my career in healthcare, with Cambia Health Solutions, and as North by Northeast has appointed our first Black Medical Director, Dr. Gina Guillaume. I am grateful to have had incredible mentors over the years who have helped prepare me to lead as your new Board Chair. Thank you especially to North by Northeast’s founding Medical Director Dr. Jill Ginsberg, Executive Director Suzy Jeffreys, and previous Board Chair Dr. Donn Spight for your support.

The COVID-19 pandemic has shown us that healthcare is core to who we are as individuals, families and a community. We all deserve care of the highest quality, in a setting where we feel affirmed and celebrated. North by Northeast takes pride in both of these things, and our patients feel it the minute they walk in the door. As we move safely back into some of the activities and patterns of our pre-pandemic lives, I am excited about the opportunities for new pathways to increasing health equity for Black Portlanders, in leadership with Dr. Guillaume and Suzy.

It is a true blessing to help transform healthcare while serving my beloved home community here in Portland.

With gratitude,

Kilaa Slaughter-Scott
Board Chair

“My life’s work is in healthcare, my heart is in community, and my commitment is to service.”

©2024 NxNE Community Health Center