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Page 4 April 22, 2015 2015 In memory of Joyce Washington and Charles Washington for their tireless work in the Portland Community. Come join us on May 16, 2015 at SEI, 3920 N. Kerby, Portland, OR 97217 Featuring many top athletic talents from Portland high schools, in match-up basketball games girls. Excellent ad rates are available for our ad sponsors. Ad deadline is May 5th, 2015. Contact us TODAY for the best ad rates and placement. Joyce Washington Classic For more info: Mark Washington -- email: markw@portlandobserver.com or Phone: (503) 288-9443 Talunaka Washington -- email: talunaka@yahoo.com SPONSORS: photo by O livia O livia /T he P ortland O bserver Margaret Zebroski, a certified physician’s assistant (left) and Sarah Lopez, a clinic associate, are happy to bring free nights to their ZoomCare Healthcare on Demand clinic in the Mississippi neigh- borhood. Keeping Healthy Free service hours come to neighborhood clinic O livia O livia T he P ortland O bserver A neighborhood health clinic has started offering free service hours once a month to reach people without access to healthcare. ZoomCare Healthcare on Demand is a Portland-based by chain of same-day clinics that was established in 2006with offices throughout Oregon and Washington. Trying to give back to the communities where it started, the clinic at 3872 N. Mississip- pi Ave. now offers free health care one night each month. “Many people unfortunate- ly have limited to no access to healthcare in their own neighborhoods,” said Dr. David Sanders, ZoomCare co-founder. “We plan to mo- bilize our resources, partner with other non-profit organi- zations, and involve Zoom- Care customers to keep our neighborhoods healthy.” The Mississippi location offers illness care, injury care, and primary care, all of which is free of cost the second Wednesday of every month. “I love working here,” said associate Sarah Lopez. “We see so many different kinds of patients and we want them to feel like we are part of this neighborhood too.” The next free health care night will be held on Wednes- day, May 13 from 6 to 9 p.m. For more information, visit zoomcare.com. Activist Named Emerging Leader The Oregon Public Health In- stitute has honored Portland civil rights activist LaKeesha Dumas as an emerging leader and named her to the group’s board overseeing community health projects. In case you don’t remember, Dumas and her wife, O’Nesha Co- chran-Dumas, were the first black lesbian couple married in Oregon last May and have been active in the Portland LGBT activist community, including as members of the Port- land Black PFLAG chapter. “My commitment is to the health and wellness of my com- munity in all aspects,” she said. Dumas has worked as an advo- cate for reducing disparities in her community and brings her experi- ence from working as a member of the board of the Oregon Commu- nity Healthy Worker Association. She also sat as chair of the Tradi- tional Health Worker Commission LaKeesha Dumas (center) receives an emerging leader award from Brian Johnson and Alissa Leavitt of the Oregon Public Health Association. and led several other community advisory councils. In 2014, the Oregon Public Health Institute nominated her for the Oregon Public Health Asso- ciation Emerging Leader Award. The institute is an independent non-profit organization.
