The Environmental Center

Community Connections: Meaningful Investment in Indigenous Communities
2021-11-09 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
Learn about efforts to sustain and preserve tradition, provide mutual support, and promote equitable and effective philanthropy in Native communities.
Featuring:
Erik R. Stegman (Carry the Kettle First Nation – Nakoda) – Chief Executive Officer, Native Americans in Philanthropy
Paul Lumley (Yakama Nation) – Chief Executive Officer, Native American Youth and Family Center (NAYA)

Inequity in Healthcare: Seeking Mental Health Dharma Cortes Services after Experiencing Healthcare Discrimination
2022-03-03
Professors Cortés and Progovac will provide an overview of their work and guide the audience through one of their cornerstone research projects. Their research seeks to understand how experiencing healthcare discrimination impacts peoples’ preferences for and willingness to seek mental health services as well as how that prior discrimination can impact their current dialogue with providers. Cortés and Progovac will share patient and provider narratives and discuss one of the essential elements to equitable healthcare: respect.
*FREE and OPEN to the public. Registration opens 1.10.22
