Janie Gullickson, Executive Director of MHAAO, spoke to Oregon Live about the sudden and unexpected closure of the Lagunitas Community Room just 6 days before MHAAO’s first fundraiser, The Mad Hatter Tea Party. The fundraiser has been postponed until the first two weeks of January to allow MHAAO enough time to secure a venue for the event.
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Transcript of Eric Martin’s interview with MHAAO Executive Director, Janie Gullickson & Bridges to Change Executive Director, Monta Knutson about their two organizations exploring a merger to promote greater change in the peer movement!
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MHAAO Staff Share Their Self-care Rituals!
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MHAAO staff speak out about what it is like to be a peer worker, what it means to be in recovery, and what they do to maintain their wellness.
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Read the transcript of Cee Carver’s interview with Kris Wood on the “Self Care is Sexy” Podcast!
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Read Tony Vezina of 4D Recovery’s keynote speech at Peerpocalypse 2019 on the importance of peer-led systemic change in the behavioral healthcare system, such that recovery is the expected outcome.
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Multnomah County’s Behavioral Health Resource Center is coming together to provide mental health and addiction support for houseless individuals.
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This article examines the inherent correlations and contradictions between “recovery” and “mad pride,” and urges that the way forward is through re-framing the way we as a society view and treat mental health.
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Learn how our peer support specialists are making a difference for incarcerated individuals!
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It is very possible that you too will encounter someone in need of Naloxone. Are you prepared to save a life? Read this article to learn more about what you can do to equip yourself!
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Peer Support Specialist, Fawn Hakert, describes her work with peers through TC-911.
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MHAAO’s very own Kasey Edwards, Specialized Doula and Recovery Mentor, discusses her work for Providence Project Nurture. This program engages women in prenatal care and drug treatment during and after their pregnancy.
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“We know downtown is the very public face of homelessness, addiction, mental health crisis and other experiences that folks who have nowhere else to go are facing,” Gullickson said. “This gives a great place for those folks to be, and to provide for those folks. I look forward to what’s next for this.”
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My peer support specialist worked closely with me over 13 months. We worked together to build up a positive support system in my life and find permanent housing and a better job. His help with navigating the DHS child welfare system and with helping me learn how to advocate for myself and my children was invaluable.
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“My turning point was my fifth hospitalization, when the IMPACT team came into my room to see me. They were kind and supportive, just like the first time they met me.” - Brandy Fishback
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It’s nice to be able to remind people that it can be worse. Not to be a martyr, but this is a real life example of what alcohol can do to you. I call it winning the unlucky lottery.
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One of the things I love about being a peer support is getting to hold on to hope for people when they are in a state where they’re feeling really hopeless. I was lucky enough to have people in my life who have loved me and been there to hold on to hope for me when I felt really hopeless and I felt like there was nothing to live for.
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Program officials at GAO interviewed in selected states generally cited six leading practices for certifying that peer support specialists have a basic set of competencies and have demonstrated the ability to support others.
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Jessica Carroll is volunteering her time as a counselor to help people facing addiction and homelessness.
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Janie Gullickson, Executive Director of MHAO, was recently interviewed by Fox12 Oregon news about being asked by the governor to sit on this committee.
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