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include 18 organizations that have put resources,
staff and funding toward achieving health equity
for the queer community. The conference, in its
Cascade AIDS Project when she resigned April 16
as executive director.
The Oklahoma resident moved to Portland
third year, has served as a place where providers
two years ago after leading Regional AIDS Inter
community Network in Oklahoma City.
“My nephew and niece came to live with me
in January, and my partner and I never anticipat
ed we would be parents,” said Van Krevelen. “I
find myself trying to be a good parent and a good
director, and I don’t feel I can do both of them
well right now.”
can receive information on the best practices to
effectively serve sexual minorities community and
is an opportunity for social service organizations
to come together to strategize and effectively ad
dress community health.
The eighth annual Public Health Heroes
awards ceremony recognized the contributions of
community members like Lashua who have pro
tected and promoted the health of Multnomah
County residents.
In conjunction with the National Public
Health Week theme, “Climate Change: Our
Health in the Balance,” Bradbury’s presentation
focused on how climate change affects Orego
nians. Trained by former Vice President Al Gore,
Bradbury promoted policy solutions to global
warming.
CAP Executive Director Resigns
Jean Ann Van Krevelen surprised her staff at
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Van Krevelen wrote about a resurgence of
AIDS activism as a guest columnist in Just Out’s
April 4 issue. She said, “We are the right people in
the right place at the right time to be the start of a
new chapter in the movement that ends AIDS.”
Van Krevelen told Just Out she will stick
around CAP until mid-May while the board
searches for an interim executive director. She
plans to start a consulting agency in Portland.
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Initiative Petition 146. The secretary of state will accept comments on this initiative through
April 22.
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