MIKE Program and MIKE’s Community Health Network launched the Beyond the Rhetoric Series, bringing healthcare professionals together to learn and discuss some of the work being done to address health disparities. The series looks to provide healthcare workers with a platform to share ideas, concerns and innovative solutions that can improve the health of people in their communities.

Join MIKE in thanking the following grant funders for supporting our mission during the Fiscal Year 2024-2025.

Youth in the Rosemary Anderson High School CHI Summer program, combine basketball and nutrition for some impactful lessons on the court.

MIKE hosted health education summer camp sessions for youth at Rosemary Anderson High School this summer.

MIKE is proud to partner with some amazing teachers. This month, we’re featuring Tony Melson, health teacher at Rosemary Anderson High School-East Campus.

When MIKE developed an advocacy project for students to address health issues in their communities, the activity sparked interest far beyond the classrooms in Portland. Students are able to express their ideas, concerns and solutions about health through their posters. From the first round just a few years ago, the poster contest has inspired students in Oregon and in Nigeria.

MIKE’s Executive Director Justin Zellinger was thrilled to accept a generous donation from the team at IQ Credit Union in Vancouver, Wash.

MIKE’s partnership with the Oregonian Media Group helps build awareness and support for youth.

MIKE Mentor and 4th-year student doctor Madeleine Duncan was awarded a prestigious scholarship by the NW Osteopathic Medicine Foundation.

Join MIKE’s Back-to-School Fundraiser to help support programming for Fall 2023.

Jordyn Lacey and Michelle Riedel, medical students at Western University of Health Sciences, COMP-NW, presented a wide range of healthcare career options for Sweet Home High School students to consider.

MIKE mentor Sam Cravens honored with Warner Pacific University’s Leadership in Nursing Award for 2022.

MIKE’s newest pilot program at David Douglas High School aims to address the underrepresentation of diverse populations by expanding pipelines to a variety of healthcare professions in Oregon.

MIKE is highlighting the support of the Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation for the way they partner with the nonprofits, like MIKE.

MIKE’s annual event brought back together our community in support for healthy youth.

After Western University of Health Sciences medical students with the Oregon campus hosted a live demonstration for preparing overnight oatmeal, Sweet Home High School students were so impressed that they hosted an oatmeal breakfast buffet in the classroom the very next day.

MIKE Program is partnering with Warner Pacific University Department of Nursing to bring their students into the classrooms of ninth graders.

MIKE takes notice of what’s happening in our communities. We recently embedding a module on social justice and health using the Oregon Public Housing Directory.

Medical Students at Western University of Health Sciences-NW COMP look to prescribe another year of engaging health for students at Sweet Home High School.