September 17th, 2012 – 5:30pm to 8:30pm
Multnomah County Building, Board Room #100 at 501 SE Hawthorne Blvd., Portland. OR 97214
Everyone is invited ~ All Ages ~ Spanish Translation ~ Child Care
PROGRAM
5:30pm -welcoming Reception with refreshments/Latin food & !Cuba y Que! music. HCAO Photo Petition
6:15pm: Legislative Forum Theatre: theatre as politics created in 1992 by Augusto Boal inspired on Paulo Freire and his Pedagogy of the Oppressed. The community and members of audience become Spect-Actors changing the situations of oppression performance, and with the guidance of the Joker-Artist Sandra Hernandes, Ph.D.
8pm: Occupy Your Mind: a nationwide storytelling about Occupy One Year in connection with The Civilians, New York.
The Community as Policymakers: Audience make policy proposals to address all issues that are preventing Equity in Oregon.
Collective Board : JoAnn Hardesty (HCS), Liz Baxter (WCDB), Dr. Peter Mahr (PNHP), Shafia Monroe (ICTC) and invited legislators deliberates Audiences’ proposals for policy changes
8:30pm: Evaluation – group photo – HCAO Photo Petition and survey



Health Equity Dialogue, at Capitol Salem, June 13 2011
Community partners of CHARLA, Collective Health Advocacy & Rights of Latinas/os, Africans & Allies:
.International Center for Traditional Childbearing, Portland
.Portland Job with Justice
.Mano a Mano Family Center, Salem
.LUS, Latinos Unidos Siempre, Salem
.Nuestra Comunidad Sana, Hood River
.Mujeres Luchadoras Progresistas, Woodburn
.Health Care for All-Oregon
.Mad as Hell Doctors, Corvallis
.Physicians for National Health Program, Corvallis
.Occupy Portland
.Portland Community Media, Youth Club
!Gracias! to our sponsors: Meyer Memorial Trust & Northwest Health Foundation
More information: please contact us at info@thetreeinstitute.org or at (503) 901-6285