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BLACKHISTORYMONTH QR code for Portland Observer Online ‘City of Roses’ Volume XLV Number 7 www.portlandobserver.com Wednesday • February 17, 2016 Established in 1970 Committed to Cultural Diversity photo by A ndie p etkus Dr. Alisha Moreland-Capuia of Portland (center) is honored for her work to bring better health outcomes to communities of color, especially mental health services, during an Oregon Historical Society reception in her honor. She draws support at the event from Self Enhancement founder Tony Hopson and Kay Toran, president and chief executive oficer of Volunteers of America Oregon. Making History, Impacting Change Doctor works to improve mental health services o liviA o liviA t he p ortlAnd o bserver With every generation, African Americans celebrate new victories at the forefront of intellectual, political, ar- tistic and social frontiers. Here in Portland, Dr. Alisha R. Moreland-Capuia, is one such leader and a game-changer in the ield of medicine. by Dr. Moreland is the irst Oregon-born African American woman to become a board certiied and licensed psychia- trist. Her work has been recognized for changing the way mental health is provided and accessed by people of color. The Oregon Historical Society presented her with a “Making History, Impacting Change” award last week for addressing mental health care needs for diverse popula- tions as it relates to work on issues of criminal justice, community and education. “We are in the heart of criminal justice reform and health care transformation, and one of the things that connects those two is mental health,” Dr. More- land-Capuia says. C ontinued on p Age 5
