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L u t h e r K in g J r .
January 13, 2010
2010 sp ecia l edition
o f Martin I
Clinic helps those who have the least
J ake T homas
T he P ortland O bserver
by
Dr. Jill Ginsberg, a family phy
sician, rem em bers reading a
newspaper article about a local
pastor who was clothing, feed
ing, and housing H urricane
Katrina evacuees shortly after
the storm ravaged parts of Loui
siana and Texas in 2005.
Ginsberg called up the pastor,
Mary Overstreet Smith of Power
House Tem ple C hurch, and
asked if she could lend a hand
But Smith, who is known af
fectionately as “Pastor Mary,”
had an ambitious and unexpected
proposal for Ginsberg: a health
clinic that would serve the unin
sured residents of north and
northeast Portland free of charge.
“I’ll see what I can do,” re
plied Ginsberg, who w asn't ex
pecting such a bold proposal.
and didn’t know where to start.
But ab o u t a y e a r la te r,
Ginsberg and Smith opened up
the doors to the North by North
east Community Health Center
just off of North Williams Av
enue to help out uninsured resi
dents with chronic problems that,
if untreated, could develop into a
costly trip to the emergency room.
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TriMet is com m itted to providing
high quality tran sit services to
com m unities
of color,
One of the biggest
helping
barriers to
people
employment is
transform
transportation, so
opportunities
when you start fixing
into jobs,
transportation, you
healthcare,
start fixing a lot of
schools,
issues.
events, social
Dr. Robert Bullard
E n v i r or» rn e n t a 1R e s o u rce
services and
Justice Center (ejrc.cau.edu)
Atlanta magazine. March 2007
more.
Transit brings opportunities to all.
T R I@ M E T
See where it takes you.
___
The journey
toward freedom
began with a
bus ride.
photo by J ake
T homas /T he P ortland O bserver
Dr. Jill Ginsberg, volunteers at the North by Northeast
Community Health Center on Martin Luther King Jr.
Boulevard, a community clinic for low income residents
that she helped found in 2006.
MLK Concert at
AME Zion Church
A musicial celebration of the legacy and life of Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr. will take place Sunday, Jan. 17 at 4 p.m. at
Com munity A. M. E. Zion Church, 3605 E. 13th St. in
Vancouver.
Theevent will feature the Unity in Praise choir under the
direction o f Elder W alter L. Smith Jr.
For more information, call 360-693-4566 or 360-82-
5944.