Portland Occupy Health Fair
January 28th, 2012
11am until 4pm
4867 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Portland Occupy Health has organized an Occupy Health Fair to empower the community to reclaim their health. This unique event is meant to create dialog between Healthcare Organizations and Communities, provide information on alternatives to the current profit-driven insurance model of care, and educate on broad-spectrum health.
This is a grass roots organization of citizens and professionals dedicated to empowering communities to take control, and positively transform their health and the healthcare system.
Confirmed Organizations and Speakers:
The Patient Physician Co-op, ppcpdxcoop.org
Mercy & Wisdom Community Health Clinic, mercyandwisdom.org
Oregon Midwifery Council, oregonmidwiferycouncil.org
Alternative Medical Choices, altmedchoices.com
Returning Veterans Project, returningveterans.org
Healing Arts Resource Project, pdxharp.org
Jobs with Justice, jwjpdx.org
Sierra Club: Beyond Coal Campaign, beyondcoal.org
Rethinking Psychiatry, RethinkingPsychiatry.org
Dr. Paul Gorman from the Physicians for a National Health Program and Mad as Hell Doctors to present Health care reform; Ten Myths About Healthcare in the US. pnhp.org/states/oregon, madashelldoctors.com
Occupy Portland Healthcare Committee, Info. On Single Payer. https://sites.google.com/site/opdxhealthcare
Sabrina Gogol, Toxics Reduction expert from Metro, will explain why many common cleaning products aren’t the safest options, and what affordable, safer products can “green clean” your home. www.oregonmetro.gov/greencleaners
Nathan Horek, ND to speak on easy, inexpensive, at-home tools to increase health and wellness. nathanhoreknd.com
Additional Speakers TBA.
We are bringing awareness to the community about solutions to the current broken model of healthcare and educate them on solutions available to them currently. Many uninsured and underinsured do not know that there are alternatives to a costly trip to the ER or waiting until you are seriously ill to seek help. Moreover, there is a need to educate the community on ways to stay well and keep not only their body healthy but the surrounding community.