White Bird Mutual Aid
White Bird Clinic is a nationally recognized, people-centered non-profit organization providing trauma-informed healthcare and social services in Eugene, Oregon for over 50 years.
Host Hana Francis speaks with employees and volunteers of White Bird Clinic and other community-centered organizations about how they work, why they matter, and how you can get involved. Hosted, written and edited by Hana Francis. Theme music by Eugene local musician Kiki Soda. For more information about White Bird Clinic, including what services we offer, how to access them, or how to donate or volunteer, visit whitebirdclinic.org.
Episodes
18 episodes
Veterans at White Bird Clinic
Three of White Bird Clinic's IT Systems Administrators, Eric O'Toole and Jonathan Ross served - and Eric DeVall is still in service of - the US military. This episode we talk about their stories, how social work can bring people across so...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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39:18
Cleveland Chicken at Oregon Country Fair 2023
The annual Oregon County Fair is a summer celebration held in Veneta, Oregon. White Bird Clinic has a barbecue fundraiser called Cleveland Chicken at the fair every year that has been running for almost as long as the clinic itself. <...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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24:24
Internal Collective Work at White Bird Clinic with Al Ullman
It can be difficult to understand how White Bird Clinic's departments are connected and how they interact. This episode explores some of the complexity and depth of the Clinic as a whole. We get to know Al Ullman, WBC's IT Systems Administrator...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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36:54
86'ing Hunger with Acorn Community Cafe
Acorn Community Cafe in Eugene is a place where anyone can go to get nourishing food when they are hungry, even if you can't pay for it. There is a different special every week that is free of charge for any who ask for it. There is also a pay-...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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41:22
White Bird Clinic through the years with David Zeiss
David Zeiss has played many roles at White Bird Clinic. He has been a volunteer and a crisis worker, he recently retired from being a board member and he managed CAHOOTS for its first 25 years of service in Eugene. Zeiss tells us a...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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26:48
Part 2 with Olatorera Adeniji
In this episode Lane County Public Health's Olatorera Adeniji talks about what the new Community Partnership Program does with our communities. For more information visits the
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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22:56
How Community Partnerships Can Improve Public Health with Olatorera Adeniji
Public health concerns a lot more than visits to the doctor. Folks like Olatorera Adeniji are part of a movement of public health modernization to address public health in a more wholistic sense. This episode, Ola Adeniji, from Lane Cou...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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26:04
Addressing Food insecurity with Burrito Brigade
This episode we speak with three people in three cities who all work or volunteer for Burrito Brigade. This grass-roots organization was started in an effort to get food to people who need it, while building community. Jennifer is the current h...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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34:43
Chrysalis Behavioral Health Outpatient Services with Hilary and Tom
Hilary and Tom are both counselors at white bird clinic's Chrysalis department. They talk about how they came to find the Clinic, the department's holistic approach to behavioral health, challenges the department faces, and the value of peer su...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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37:05
CAHOOTS Act with Senator Ron Wyden and Executive Coordinator Chris Hecht
In 2021, the CAHOOTS Act was passed as a part of the American Rescue Plan, and as its own act. The Act was made to fund crisis response models, like CAHOOTS, around the ...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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31:42
Shelter Care with Michelle Hankes
Shelter Care in an organization that works to provide people with housing in Eugene, Oregon. CEO Michelle Hankes, talks about how she got into this work, why it is essential in the community, and what makes their services unique. F...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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26:27
Front Rooms department with Farmer
Former Front Rooms Department Coordinator, Alex Farmer, shares about the department, its role in the social service network and some of the values that he learned working there. Front Rooms Department is the department ...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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26:21
End of Life Counseling with Amy May
Amy May, the founder of the End-Of-Life Counseling department at White Bird Clinic, speaks about her life working with death, and the importance of talking about death in our lives and with loved ones.
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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28:00
Crisis Department with Jose and Cypress
The Crisis Line at White Bird Clinic has been hot continuously since the 1970's. How is that possible? Jose Soto-Gates and Cypress Kappeyne van de Coppello both share their experience of working for the Crisis Line: How they got there, how it w...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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46:35
NEST part Two
NEST (Navigational Empowerment Services Team) works to provide people with assistance to navigating available resources. Nicole and Theresa speak about their work and some of the systemic issues that they deal with daily. This episode con...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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27:02
NEST
NEST (Navigational Empowerment Services Team) works to provide people with assistance to navigating available resources. Nicole and Theresa speak about their work and some of the systemic issues that they deal with daily.
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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27:22
