Our Big Announcement
We are so excited to announce that Gina Guillaume, MD, will be joining North by Northeast Community Health Center as our new Medical Director in November 2021. Dr. Jill will be stepping aside as Medical Director but staying on to support Dr. Guillaume during the transition as well as in whatever way is helpful going forward. A little bit about Dr. Guillaume: Raised in the Bahamas, Dr. Guillaume received her medical degree from Howard University and completed her Family Medicine Residency at…
Community Supper Success!
Thanks to all who made our virtual Community Supper and 15th Anniversary Celebration on May 1 a success! Hundreds of donors and corporate sponsors helped us raised over $150,000 for Black health. If you weren't able to join us, don't worry - you can still watch the full recorded program, including messages from special guests Nikole Hannah-Jones and Aldis Hodge, and make a donation at avcast.me/nxne.
Cuts & Checks on HealthChangers Podcast
We were thrilled to record an epidode of the HealthChangers podcast a year ago (pre-pandemic) with Cambia Health Solutions, and we're even more thrilled to unveil the episode now! Cambia Health Solutions has been a long-time supporter of North by Northeast, and we couldn't be more pleased to have partnered with them to share some of our Cuts & Checks stories with them, and now with you. We're especially grateful to Kilaa Slaughter-Scott, NxNE board member and Cambia employee, for hosting the…
Taking Barbershop Health National…and Virtual
In October we held our first of three virtual convenings with folks doing barbershop health work all over the country. We were joined by 27 barbers, barbershop owners and program coordinators from Baltimore, Philadelphia, Denver, Oakland, Jackson, Nashville, Los Angeles and the Bay Area. While we were disappointed not to be able to welcome all these incredible barbers to Portland in person as planned, it was thrilling to hear about the unique ways each program is engaging barbers in community…
In Memoriam: Kevin Howard (1952 - 2020)
In October we lost one of North by Northeast’s greatest champions, Mr. Kevin Howard. Mr. Howard first came to NxNE as a patient in 2011, then joined our Patient Wellness Council along with his wife, Ms. Carla Howard, and finally served as a board member from 2015 – 2019. While many people love North by Northeast and the work we do, no one expressed it more frequently or with more passion than Mr. Howard. When we moved into our current home at the corner of NE 7th & Alberta, he said,…
2020 at North by Northeast
One of the challenges of 2020 is that we’re each experiencing it differently. We’ve had to work together to meet the challenges while going through so much alone and while keeping our physical distance. We each have a unique perspective on the year, so we asked some of our staff to share what they want you to know about North by Northeast right now, as we head into the end of 2020: Dr. Jill Ginsberg, Co-founder and Medical Director: What a year this has been! I am so proud that we have been…