Since acquiring JREP funding and having the support of Northwest Health Foundation and Latino Coalition for Community Leadership, Oregon Washington Health Network (OWhN) has created successful programs, offered in both English and Spanish, led by team members Asuzena Ochoa, Luis Ibarra, and Jesus Rome.
Meet The UPRISE Collective, a nonprofit organization that serves BIPOC, Queer/Trans and Disabled community members by centering intrinsic community knowledge, power and survivance. Founded in 2018, UPRISE was dreamed into existence by two Disabled, Queer, BIPOC social workers who were frustrated by always being an addendum to curriculum, systems, policy and programming.
