Partner Spotlight: Sgt. Eric Dotson | Clatsop County Sheriff’s Office

Eric Dotson’s favorite part of his job at a correctional facility in Clatsop County was getting to know the people there. “The benefit of working in a correctional facility is that you see the same people every day for weeks or months. You get to know them, hear their stories, and understand their struggles.”  As […]

Partner Spotlight: Fernando Peña | NW Instituto Latino

In February 2021, a dream that so many people had worked towards finally came to fruition: Northwest Instituto Latino opened their doors to their recovery drop-in center in Southeast Portland. The center provides a breadth of harm reduction and recovery services that are designed by and for Latinos recovering from substance use disorder in Oregon—the […]

Partner Spotlight: O’Nesha Cochran | Miracles Club

At The Miracles Club, “miracle” isn’t just in the name—it’s what they strive to achieve every day. The Miracles Club is a peer-led recovery center in Portland providing culturally-specific harm reduction and recovery services to Black and African American people and all people experiencing oppression. O’Nesha Cochran is senior director of outreach and development at […]