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
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