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Peer Advocates Who Made Things Happen in Oregon
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He gave written testimony to the Oregon Legislature’s Joint Committee on Oregon State Hospital Patient Care.
He took leadership roles with the Oregon Consumer/Survivors Coalition, the Oregon Peer Response Network, and the Oregon Competitive Employment Project Leadership Council.
BECKIE CHILDBeckie Child is one of the first Oregon peer advocates to earn a PhD in the mental health field.
She was named Mental Health Advocate of the Year by the Mental Health Association of Portland in 2019.
She said, “Every single hospital I was in was involuntary.”She began in Oregon by working in the Peer Bridgers program at Oregon State Hospital.