New Developments in Cuts and Checks
Our Cuts and Checks barbershop blood pressure program continues to grow with some exciting new developments! We launched our second Community Health Training for Student Barbers at Champions Barbering Institute in July. Champions is now requiring all their barbering students to go through NxNE’s training, and we’re thrilled to reach even more of Portland’s future barbers through this unique partnership. The Influential Grooming Lounge (below left) joined our Cuts and Checks program last…
A Welcome and a Farewell
In July we said goodbye to our longtime Medical Assistant, Tiara Williams. Tiara joined NxNE in 2016 as a part-time MA, part-time student at Portland State University, Army Medic in the National Guard and mom to an energetic two-year-old! She leaves NxNE with a Bachelor’s Degree in Health Science/Spanish and as the mom of a kindergartener, headed to the Middle East on deployment. Our staff and patients will miss her big laugh, her persistence and thoroughness, and her honesty, but we’ll see…
Community Supper Celebration
What a night! What a community! What a family! Thank you to all who came out and supported North by Northeast Community Health Center at our third annual Community Supper on May 18. Thanks to the generosity of our sponsors and hundreds of individuals, we raised over $180,000! At this year’s Community Supper, we had the privilege of sharing the stories of the many partners in our work. Community Care Director Sharetta Butcher highlighted the partnerships with our Cuts & Checks barbershops,…
Celebrate With Us!
Presented by Providence Health Plan, North by Northeast’s 2019 Community Supper celebrates the generous and devoted community of North by Northeast. With music, storytelling, great food and loving company, this is our night to say together that Black Health Matters. We’re bringing back some favorites from last year, like the wine wall, mystery bags and Heads + Tails raffle, and we have some exciting new additions, like brand new North by Northeast swag for sale and a community art showcase.…
Safe Homes! Healthy Homes!
When Metro approached North by Northeast in 2018 about doing a series of events for community members and patients focused on safe disposal of old medications and used needles, we didn’t have to think twice before saying “Yes!” We’d partnered with Metro since 2017 providing input for their 2030 Regional Waste Plan, and from day one we saw that Metro truly considered our patients experts in their community. Fast forward a few months, and after a busy summer of planning alongside Metro…
Get to Know Daisha and Marlet
In 2015, North by Northeast had the great privilege of welcoming not one, but two, new staff members to our family. Four years later, Marlet Hurst and Daisha Tate are going strong, and we thought you should get to know them! How did you end up at North by Northeast and what was your first impression of the clinic? Marlet: The job notice was emailed to me by a friend, and I immediately applied; it was what I needed. I was impressed that North by Northeast was in the heart of the community, and…