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2010 s p e c ia l ed itio n
In the Footsteps o f Martin Luther King Jr.
continued
from page 28
Since then, the clinic has
steadily grown, and offers even
more services to those that need
it the most at a new location.
Martin Luther King Jr. be­
lieved that a society should be
judged by the condition of its
le a s t-w e ll-o ff
m em b ers.
Ginsberg explained that theclinic
applies the same principle to
community health.
“The community is only as
healthy as those who have the
least," she said.
Smith said that she routinely
encountered people, including the
Katrina evacuees, who had ail­
ments that went untreated be­
cause they couldn't afford a
doctor. She knew diabetics who
went with out insulin, and others
who hadn't seen a physician in
over five years.
“ I thought, if we had a free
clinic this w ouldn't be a prob­
lem,” she said.
After Smith floated her pro­
posal, Ginsberg asked her em ­
ployer, Kaiser Permanente, if
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continued
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W ashington /T he P ortland O bserver
Pastor Mary Overstreet Smith (right), the co-founder of the North by Northeast Community Health Center, chats
with Suzy Jeffreys, the clinic manager.
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Civil Rights Era Leaders:
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Lola Hendricks (1932-): activist, local leader in Birmingham
Campaign
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Julius Wilson Hobson (1919-1977): organizer, agitator, re­
searcher, plaintiff
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Myles Horton (1905-1990): teacher of nonviolence, pioneer
activist
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Jesse Jackson (1941-): clergyman, activist, politician
June Jordan (1936-2002): writer, poet, civil rights activist,
feminist
Proud Host of the
Coretta Scott King (1927-2006): Martin Luther King’s wife
and fellow civil rights activist.
Electrical Workers
Minority Caucus
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968): clergyman, SCLC co­
founder and president, activist
20 th annual conference
January 1 4 -1 7 , 2010
Portland, Oregon
Leaders of Diversity in the
Construction Industry
James Lawson (1928-): teacher of nonviolence, activist
Bernard Lafayette (1940-): SCLC and SNCC activist and
organizer
Joseph Lowery (1921-): SCLC leader, activist
Clara Luper (1923-): Sit-in movement leader, activist
Ihurgood Marshall (1908-1993): an eminent American jurist,
best remembered tor his legal policies in the fields of criminal
procedures and civil rights
James Meredith (1933-): independent student leader and self­
starting activist
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