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Three Grants Received to Improve the Community’s Response to Smoke Events

Mar 28, 20223 min read

Three Grants Received to Improve the Community’s Response to Smoke Events

Community partners came together to secure multiple sources of funding to improve monitoring, communication, and smoke mitigation in the...

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Legacy Orchard Leads the Way in COVID Safety for Migrant Workers

Judy Bankman

Jan 27, 20223 min read

Legacy Orchard Leads the Way in COVID Safety for Migrant Workers

This story was originally published by Columbia Community Connection. The story of how one orchard stepped up to protect its workers...

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Shelter for houseless more than doubles in TD and HR

Judy Bankman

Nov 12, 20213 min read

Shelter for houseless more than doubles in TD and HR

This article was originally published in Columbia Community Connection. You can access the original article here:...

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A closer look at the meaning of “wellbeing”: what role can cash assistance play?

Judy Bankman

Nov 10, 20214 min read

A closer look at the meaning of “wellbeing”: what role can cash assistance play?

This article was originally published in Columbia Community Connection. You can access the original article here:...

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MCCAC rolls out new strategic plan with a focus on equity & racial justice

Judy Bankman

Sep 29, 20213 min read

MCCAC rolls out new strategic plan with a focus on equity & racial justice

This fall, Mid-Columbia Community Action Council (MCCAC) released “MCCAC, A New Era”: the organization’s strategic plan for 2021-2024,...

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COVID does not affect all communities equally

Judy Bankman

Jul 16, 20203 min read

COVID does not affect all communities equally

This article was written by Judy Bankman and published by the Hood River News and The Dalles Chronicle on July 15th. Click here for the...

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Covid-19 Spurs Hispanic Center to Close Enduring Inequities Through Policy

Judy Bankman

Jul 2, 20207 min read

Covid-19 Spurs Hispanic Center to Close Enduring Inequities Through Policy

This piece was published by the American Communities Project on July 2, 2020. Click here for the original story. The impacts of Covid-19...

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Judy Bankman

Jun 18, 20202 min read

ACT IN SOLIDARITY

At the Healthy Gorge Initiative, we stand to voice our solidarity with Black Lives Matter and all people of color and we demand justice...

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Place, Connection, and Equity: A Q&A with Carolina Pfister, Executive Director of CultureSeed

Judy Bankman

May 14, 20209 min read

Place, Connection, and Equity: A Q&A with Carolina Pfister, Executive Director of CultureSeed

Can you tell me about your background? Where did you grow up, and what was your childhood like? What brought you to the US, and...

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Covid-19 Tests the Columbia Gorge’s Culture of Health

Paul Lindberg

Apr 17, 20205 min read

Covid-19 Tests the Columbia Gorge’s Culture of Health

This piece was written by Paul Lindberg, Collective Impact Health Specialist, for American Communities Project. This blog post was...

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Paul Lindberg

Apr 16, 20202 min read

Before People Become Patients

There can be no doubt that we need to protect and keep everyone in our community as safe and healthy as possible. Most of us see the need...

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Videos on Wearing & Caring for Cloth Masks during COVID-19

Judy Bankman

Apr 15, 20201 min read

Videos on Wearing & Caring for Cloth Masks during COVID-19

The Gorge Makers Collective has just released these two short videos, in English and Spanish, about how to properly wear and clean your...

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The Road to Becoming a Community Health Worker: Spotlight on Maria Peña

Judy Bankman

Mar 11, 20205 min read

The Road to Becoming a Community Health Worker: Spotlight on Maria Peña

The Columbia Gorge is full of passionate people dedicated to community health and health equity. This is the fourth in a series of...

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Addressing Housing Challenges in The Gorge: Spotlight on Karen Long

Judy Bankman

Mar 3, 20205 min read

Addressing Housing Challenges in The Gorge: Spotlight on Karen Long

The Columbia Gorge is full of passionate people dedicated to community health and health equity. This is the third in a series of...

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Born to Be an Activist: Spotlight on Janet Hamada

Judy Bankman

Jan 30, 20205 min read

Born to Be an Activist: Spotlight on Janet Hamada

The Columbia Gorge is full of passionate people dedicated to community health and health equity. This is the second in a series of...

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Check out our new Grant Writing Support Form

Judy Bankman

Jan 22, 20201 min read

Check out our new Grant Writing Support Form

The Healthy Gorge Initiative now has an online form available to individuals and organizations who would like to request support from...

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A Latinx Locale’s Strides from Food Insecurity to Bounty

Judy Bankman

Jan 14, 20206 min read

A Latinx Locale’s Strides from Food Insecurity to Bounty

This post was written by Sarah Sullivan, executive director of Gorge Grown Food Network, for The American Communities Project. Click here...

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Alicia Swift

Jan 13, 20202 min read

Are you All In?

When I started the Learning Specialist role there was a lot to learn, pun intended. But seriously, as I stepped into the role there was a...

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Judy Bankman

Jan 6, 20203 min read

Cultivating Compassion in the Gorge

Re-framing the way we think about mental health When people in our lives are experiencing a mental health challenge, oftentimes we may...

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Summer Swim Rx: A Community Success Story

Judy Bankman

Dec 17, 20193 min read

Summer Swim Rx: A Community Success Story

What’s one way to get your kid physically active in the summertime? Getting a “pool prescription” from the doctor’s office. In 2018,...

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