by Liz Baxter | Apr 10, 2008 | Learn, We Can Do Better - News
We Oregonians are known for blazing our own trail. Did you know that in 1907 Oregon was the first state to elect a US Senator by a direct vote of the people? Prior to that, only state legislators could elect our Senators. We value the process of public input and make...
by Liz Baxter | Feb 26, 2008 | Learn, We Can Do Better - News
I first heard John Kitzhaber speak about transforming the way we approach health care in the fall of 1989 at Emanuel Hospital in Portland. It wasn’t until October of 2005 that I had an opportunity to meet Governor Kitzhaber. As I learned about his ideas for...
by Liz Baxter | Jan 23, 2008 | Learn, We Can Do Better - News
Chris DeMars of the Northwest Health Foundation shared some recent research from Lake Research Partners, a firm hired by the Herndon Alliance to help them craft effective messages regarding health reform. These are the specific words and phrases that (based on this...
by Liz Baxter | Jun 29, 2007 | We Can Do Better - News
My son and I went to an event at Wieden and Kennedy on June 13th called “A Conversation About the War, Part 2”, a followup to an event W&K held four years earlier when the war started. Jelly Helm, who works for W&K (and had helped us with this...
by Liz Baxter | Dec 3, 2006 | Archimedes Archive, Blog
In our early days we used a website that was primarily focused on interactive blogging and comments to develop a set of principles and a framework for approaching reform. This link will take you to an archived copy of our blog through...
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