Minority & Small Business Week
September 28, 2005
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Doctor’s Business is Helping People
N aturopath helps her com m unity
A fter leaving Bastyr, she finished her
residency requirem ents at the N ational
C ollege o f N aturopathic M edicine in
Portland, the oldest accredited naturo
pathic college in N orth A m erica.
At N C N M , she w orked w ith O u tsid e
In, the d o w n to w n o rg a n iz a tio n th at a d
v o cates fo r the h e a lth c are o f h o m eless
y o u th .
T ip p e n s said she had som e d if f i
by N icole H ooper
T he P ortland O bserver
She has w orked to build an HIV clinic
in K enya. She is a vital reso u rce for
ho m eless y o uth in P o rtlan d and serves
young people at Mt. O liv et B aptist
C hurch, the historically A frican-A m eri
can c o n g re g a tio n in north P ortland.
Kimberly Tippens is ju st 29-years-old,
but she is already using her skills as a
d o c to r o f n a tu r o
pathic m edicine and
expert in acupuncture
and oriental medicine
to help her com m u
n ity an d p e o p le
around the world.
She first attended
UCLA where she re
ceived a degree in
p sy c h o b io lo g y and
th o u g h t som e day
- Kimberly Tippens, doctor of naturopathic medicine
she would work in the
field o f neuroscience.
But after becom ing a lab technician culty e n te rin g the n a tu ro p a th ic fie ld as
she found that the work was gruesom e. an A fric a n -A m e ric a n w om an, but it
"It daw ned on here that it did not make w a sn ’t as d iffic u lt as she th o u g h t it
sense to kill anim als to cure diseases,” w ould be. She b e lie v e s that a tte n d in g
she said.
the NCNM in a " lib e ra l” c ity like P o rt
She m ade the tra n sitio n to n a tu ro land help ed to ease the tra n sitio n from
pathic m edicine at B astyr U niversity
u n dergrad to m edical student.
in S eattle w here she received a D o c to r
She strived not be the type o f person
ate in N atu ro p a th e tic m edicine and that would let som eone e lse ’s negative
M asters in A cupuncture and O riental
continued
on page M 2
M edicine in 2003.
My goal is to
take care o f my
community.
photo by N icole H ooper /T he
P ortland O bserver
Kimberly Tippens is one o f the few African-American naturopathic doctors in the state of Oregon.
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ban League and NA ACP Legal
Defense Fund are urging fairness
for African Americans and Katrina
survivors in recovery spending.
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Bush and congressional leaders to
be”inclusive” in federal expendi
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color be given priority for jobs,
reconstruction and contracting.
Their joint letter expressed con
cerns about provisions in the emer
gency A ppropriations Act that
would reduce opportunities for the
socially and economically disad
vantaged.
An appropriations bill passed
by Congress would exempt federal
contracts below $ 10 million (up from
the existing $5 million limit) from
coverage under the Small Business
Act mandating such inclusive hir
ing practices.
"We believe the Congress land
this Administration) should con
tinue pre-existing federal policies
that seek to assure that minority
business enterprises are regularly
selected as federal contractors,”
the civil rights leaders said. “It is
only through the continuation of
these federal policies that persons
of color w ill have a full and equal
opportunity to serve as participants
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graduate degree in business with
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