Episodes

Mental Health Peer Focus Group 

Help Inform Peer Workforce Planning in Oregon! The Oregon MH Consumers Assoc. & peerNetworks are hosting a focus group to amplify peer worker voices for OHA peer workforce planning. Make your voice heard! Nothing About Us Without Us!

06/09/25 - peerNetworks Team (9AM -11AM)

Peer Manager’s expertise on: direct service, de-escalation, houseless services, and what it means to lead teams

6/02/25 - Vialante Vieira, Peer Manager of MHAAO, at The BHRC (Behavioral Health Resource Center)

Unexpected paths to becoming a pillar of the community

5/19/25 Laura Von Tosh, Founder of the Mental Health Policy Roundtable (1st hr)

5/19/25 Daya Shakya, Peer Support Specialist serving The Newar (Nepali) community in Portland (2nd hr)

OHA Behavioral Health Insights

5/12/2025 Lynnea E. Lindsey and Ally Linfoot, OHA Behavioral Health Division

Navigating a Mental Health Journey through the Arts

5/05/2025 Lindsay Morrison Grant, The Empowerment House Creative Media

Putting Lived Experience to Action through Advocacy

4/28/2025 Reina Bower, Director of EVOLVE at MHAAO, and Julie Dodge of ReThink Resilience

Addressing the whole person through peer work

04/21/2025 Denna Feldes - Dual Diagnosis with Transcending Hope

Holistic wellness practices and self-care

4/07/2025 Christopher Bonnichsen - Acupuncturist & Healer

FolkTime’s Peer Respite Journey

3/24/2025 Peter Starkey - Executive Director of FolkTime

Keeping your head above water while at the helm of a culturally specific peer organization

3/17/2025 Julia Mines - Executive Director of The Miracles Club