Episode 42: Mike Schmidt of Urban League of Portland and “The Schmidt Show PDX”
Kip S “First of all, being out of office is great, I highly recommend it. There are bittersweet aspects of it, you know. I spent 4 years building some things. And we…
Episode 41: Liz Starke and Justine Ziegler
“(the Outside In model) is a Housing First model. If there were more models like that, that would be incredible. The success rate of transitioning those on-site youth to stable…
Episode 40: City Hall Update and Ramblings on the National Insanity
“Share it (this podcast) with people you don’t like” – Kip No interview this time, just a check-in on what’s happening with the City Council, including the potential ban of…
Episode 39: Valdez Bravo, President of Health Care For All Oregon
“We could go from the system we have now… to having truly everybody in and nobody out, which is our motto at HCAO – and save over $800 million dollars…
Episode 38: Mark Douglass- Addiction Counselor and Program Manager
“What I’ve seen and what I kind of trust about people is that when they are given the opportunity to connect to other human beings, when they feel safe, when…
Episode 37: Blair Stenvick with Basic Rights Oregon
“Sometimes people want obviously some good news, and even if the good news is literally just ‘oh there are other people with the same emotions as you have and you…