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North by Northeast’s growth since 2006, the year Pastor Mary and Dr. Jill founded North by Northeast, has been responsive to the community and intentionally gradual to ensure longevity. Several years ago we began looking ahead to celebrating our 20th year in 2026…and wondering what the next 20 years of North by Northeast could look like. We enlisted the expertise of one of our Board members, Sirius Bonner, to lead our Board, staff, patients and community in a year-long Strategic Planning process.

We’re thrilled to announce that on February 13, 2026, our Board adopted our new 2026–2030 Strategic Plan, and we’re even more thrilled to share it with our community, so you know what is driving us over the next five years.

North by Northeast has a strong foundation and a unique role to play. It was the first and is still the only independent medical clinic in Oregon devoted to Black health. At the same time, healthcare is changing. Costs are rising, funding for Medicaid is being cut, and there is more demand for culturally-specific care.

This plan will help us make clear choices during a difficult, ever-changing time, while standing by our mission and identity. It is guided by commitments that will make sure we grow without losing our identity, including celebrating Blackness, building trust-based relationships, remaining adaptable and carefully stewarding all of our resources.

Over the next five years, the following five Strategic Priorities will guide our expansion and growth:

- Grow our patient population through targeted expansion, increasing access to care without compromising trust or place-based identity.
- Deepen connections with community through education, communication, and engagement, closing visibility gaps and strengthening relationships across generations. 
- Advance integrated mental health and Social Drivers of Health models, supporting whole-person care that reflects how people actually live.
- Invest in Black healthcare workforce development, strengthening recruitment, retention, leadership pathways, and long-term capacity
- Ensure financial sustainability and infrastructure readiness, positioning NxNE to remain viable, adaptable, and values-aligned in a shifting healthcare landscape.

This plan is both practical and principled. It does not promise certainty in an uncertain time, but it does offer a clear orientation: NxNE will continue to serve Black communities in Portland with care that is rooted, trustworthy, and responsive — today and into the future.

Thank you to our Strategic Planning committee, led by our incredible guide, Sirius Bonner of Sirius Bonner Consulting: Sharetta Butcher, Derwin Cunningham, Suzy Jeffreys, DeVora Jones, Marnella Mosley, Tee Price, Kamesha Robinson and Asani Seawell.

To read the plan in its entirety, click below:

Strategic Plan 2026-2030

We have been deeply troubled watching the havoc and torment wreaked on the residents of Minneapolis over the past month by Immigration & Customs Enforcement. And we were devastated to hear about and watch with our own eyes the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by ICE officers. Renee and Alex were doing what so many in Minneapolis are braving the cold weather and serious risk to do every day – preserve the sanctity of their community and protect their neighbors, friends, family members and, in many cases, complete strangers.

Pursuing protection and care for our neighbors is a job for all of us, and it is not a job that should result in being murdered in the street.

Portland experienced our own crackdown by the Trump administration’s federal troops during the Black Lives Matters protests of the summer of 2020. At that time, we wrote, “Our community is in pain – suffering in a very public way at the hands of a nation that inflicts violence against Black Americans, usually without consequence. This is unacceptable and should cause outrage and action in us all.” That suffering and violence is being inflicted publicly and brazenly on immigrants, assumed immigrants, Black and Brown individuals, and those who would shine a light on and testify to the violence. And again, it is unacceptable and should cause outrage and action in us all.

One immediate action you can take here in Portland is to visit the Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition website and sign up for an ICE response training or make a donation to support their work.

To provide support to Minnesotans, visit Stand with Minnesota for a directory of mutual aid opportunities, crowdfunding needs, and direct service and legal organizations on the ground.

In solidarity,

The staff of North by Northeast Community Health Center

It’s that time again: Williamette Week’s Give!Guide! This year, we are one of 276 nonprofits in the Give!Guide, the most ever! We’re so proud to be in this collection of organizations working to protect and enrich the lives of Portlanders, keep our natural surroundings clean and pristine, care for our animal companions, fill the gaps in federal funding for food and other basic necessities, and much, much more.

Click below to browse all the organizations and make your gifts!

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Please join us on April 3 for North by Northeast’s annual Community Supper! This event is more than just a fundraiser. It’s an opportunity for us to bring our community together, share stories, and put a spotlight on our mission and future.

This year’s Community Supper includes a cocktail hour, dinner and engaging program featuring a live auction, paddle raise, raffles, and inspiring testimonies from our patients.

We are proud that so many individuals believe that our work is life-changing, and this is our opportunity to celebrate with them…and you!

Click below for more information and to buy tickets (sales open February 12, 2025):
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Thank you to everyone who joined us for Community Supper on May 11….and to all of you who have supported us in the past. We raised over $185,000 to advance health and racial equity for Portland’s Black community and beyond! We are thrilled to share that these funds will directly contribute to offering our patients mental and behavioral health services in 2024.

If you couldn’t attend the event, it’s not too late to catch up on all the fun, stories, fundraising, and more. Click on the photo below to look through all the pictures and scroll down to watch three new videos!

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.