If you are a part of, or support the Naturopathic Medicine profession, please email the State of Oregon Dept. of Justice.
Dear Hardy Myers,
Thank you for protecting the investment I have been making in my education as a future Naturopathic Physician by stopping unqualified persons from using the title ND or Naturopath.
Sincerely,
Your Name
http://www.doj.state.or.us/releases/2007/rel092807a.shtml
Because it is important to ask for what we deserve and be grateful when we get it.
Queers and Allies
Last night was the first meeting of the newly formed Queers and Allies student group at National College of Natural Medicine (NCNM).
We are working towards creating awareness of queer health issues in the alternative medicine community. The meeting was good, and though I had to leave early there were some good things accomplished just in the hour I was there.
In addition to supporting LGBT medical students by providing a supportive educational environment, NCNM Queers and Allies also advocates for LGBT patients in the larger community by supporting the inclusion of queer health issues in medical school curricula and improving the quality of patient care through physician sensitivity. In another few years, the founding students of this group will be practicing Naturopathic physicians whose patient care goals center around holistic healthcare with awareness of and concern for the LGBT community.
Oregon Lobby Day
I had the opportunity to participate in OANP's lobby day over spring break. It was quite interesting and I truly hope that we do this again every legislative session.
My experience with participation in politics is so different. It usually involves me and a couple hundred friends, holding up signs and marching in a parade through traffic. This type of thing is great for coming together and building an understanding of what is on people's minds in the streets, but for getting specific goals accomplished...-Not so effective-
Laura from the OANP, Leah the NCNM-OANP rep., and the formidable Sue Yirku planned out a day of events. I got to meet with my own state Senator and Representative and explain to them why advancing the Naturopathic profession is good for all of us. The response was overwhelmingly positive. Almost everyone we talked with knew about our medicine first hand! The only one who didn't said that he had no issues with any of the bills or ideas that we were bringing to him. At the end of the day one of our bills made it through a house committee, and we were informed that one of the bills we were trying to block had been effectively killed.
Overall it was good experience with the political process and has me really excited to participate in a similar exercise in the national government (DC-FLI) in May.
My experience with participation in politics is so different. It usually involves me and a couple hundred friends, holding up signs and marching in a parade through traffic. This type of thing is great for coming together and building an understanding of what is on people's minds in the streets, but for getting specific goals accomplished...-Not so effective-
Laura from the OANP, Leah the NCNM-OANP rep., and the formidable Sue Yirku planned out a day of events. I got to meet with my own state Senator and Representative and explain to them why advancing the Naturopathic profession is good for all of us. The response was overwhelmingly positive. Almost everyone we talked with knew about our medicine first hand! The only one who didn't said that he had no issues with any of the bills or ideas that we were bringing to him. At the end of the day one of our bills made it through a house committee, and we were informed that one of the bills we were trying to block had been effectively killed.
Overall it was good experience with the political process and has me really excited to participate in a similar exercise in the national government (DC-FLI) in May.
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