Topic: martin luther king

Esmin Green died untreated on the floor of Kings County Hospital in New York, and six employees were disciplined. She joins Edith Isabel Rodriguez who died last year at Martin Luther King Jr. - Harbor Hospital in Los Angeles. The difference? At least the other patients in Los Angeles tried to get help for the victim....

Officials hear plenty from a crowd of 100 who want the Garlington Center to stay open from the Oregonian, July 1, 2008 Northeast Portland's Garlington Center, a community cornerstone that serves nearly 600 people with mental illnesses, may avert closure thanks to pressure from a standing-room-only crowd Monday. The clinic at 3034 N.E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. faces shutdown because of the...

The new Planned Parenthood building that is supposed to go up on NE Martin Luther King Ave. has had it's share of protesters. Apparently, there are enough of them to scare away Walsh Construction, according to The Oregonian: The construction company that was set to build a Planned Parenthood clinic in Northeast Portland has pulled out of the project because of pressure from anti-abortion...

And this time it ain't my fault! I wondered why I was getting comments again on these old posts, and then a friend and fellow blogger (thanks Stephanie!) sent me a link to this story in today's Oregonian:Portland shop defends its Dixie flags Belmont Street neighbors support protesters who covered up flags with Martin Luther King Jr.'s image; owners call it vandalism It's a great article—well...

An invitation to a public meeting was emailed to some community individuals on June 25. + + + + Members of the Cascadia Consumer/Survivors Advisory Council invite you to be part of an open public conversation, sponsored by the Northwest Health Foundation. We’ll discuss the future of local community-based mental health. Obviously one Garlington Center meeting room will not have room for many...see you next Monday, June 30, 11 AM to 1 PM, at the Garlington Center large meeting room, 3034 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, Po...

Interesting story. The Confederate flag raises hackles everywhere, but I am surprised that this comes up in Sunnyside. Since segregationists adopted the flag as a symbol for the resistance against civil rights, the meaning associated with the flag has been permanently changed. In The Oregonian's story the head of the Louisiana State history department says people have forgotten the other things...came by in the middle of the night and covered up the rebel flags with big tin signs depicting Martin Luther King Jr. with the inscript...

A long-delayed piece on the food cart lot in Sellwood finally ran in today's Oregonian. The article (attempts) to address some of the regulations that food carts have to deal with, and complaints that the rules are unclear, unevenly applied, and unfairly enforced. Essentially, enforcement happens as a response to a complaint. Meanwhile, vendors can get the go-ahead to open and...been so busy he figured it had already run. Sorry Mike. Finally, the saga of life on Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard contin...

This corridor of MLK very much needs this development. It is unfortunate that the timing of these projects came on line when the economy took a down turn. Having The Heritage Building foreclosed and sold off would be a serious blow to the effort to improve this area. I think PDC is doing the right thing by helping secure the new loan. This area needs the support through this slow economy. When...

Miss Anita Smith, proprietress of Hannah Bea's Poundcake and More, has earned a fair share of media coverage in the seven-plus years she ran her business on Northeast Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, here in Portland. It will close this weekend, in debt. But in the past several days, what might have been a swan-song round of coverage instead turned ugly. S. Renee Mitchell, a Metro...

Ah, Belmont. Following yesterday's Martin Luther King/Dixie protest, a half-naked mud wrestler decided to throw himself through the window of Stumptown Coffee yesterday afternoon. PHOTO: 100% ACCURATE REPRESENTATION OF ACTUAL SITUATION... "Two guys had been messing around in their back yard sitting in a kiddy pool or something, and then it turned into mud wrestling, and I guess they...