What Is ACHIEVE
ACHIEVE (Action Communities for Health, Innovation and Environmental Change) Coalition is a group of partners in different sectors who have a collective vision of ending health inequities in chronic diseases for African-Americans and African immigrants and refugees in Multnomah County. The coalition is facilitated by REACH and Upstream Public Health and consists of community organizations, faith organizations, community members and others who have a vested interest in Black and African community health.
History of ACHIEVE
Formed in 2009, the coalition has worked to improve health outcomes for the Black and African populations of Multnomah County. We prioritize community engagement and work with our partners to create local policy changes that benefit our communities. ACHIEVE has worked to increase access to healthy foods and make streets safer for pedestrians, bikers, rollers, and families. The coalition has also worked in tobacco cessation programming and policy and breastfeeding support in the places people live, work, worship and study. ACHIEVE coalition accomplishments over the years include:
- Enacting community policy and environmental assessments in over 60 community settings across jurisdictions
- Working with Tobacco Free Coalition of Oregon (TOFCO) and other partners to help enact the flavored tobacco sales ban in Multnomah County
- Co-facilitating a locally-sourced, CSA program with Play Grow Learn that has served thousands of families
- Publishing the 2021 Traffic Safety Report that led to awareness of disparities in casualties among communities, and increased funding for traffic control initiatives in high-crash corridors
- Receiving the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) REACH grant three cycles in a row.
The ACHIEVE Partners
- African Family Holistic Health Organization (AFHHO)
- Albina Vision
- Black Parent Initiative (BPI)
- City of Gresham (COG)
- City of Portland (COP)
- DCHS: SUN Food Pantry Youth & Family Services Division
- Feed 'Em Freedom
- Ecotrust
- Ethiopian & Eritrean Community Resource Center (EECRC)
- Highland Haven
- International Refugee & Immigrant Community Organization (IRCO)
- Multnomah County Environmental Health
- Multnomah County: Healthy Birth Initiatives (HBI)
- Multnomah County Integrated Clinical Services
- Multnomah County: Women, Infant, Children (WIC)
- North by Northeast Community Health Center
- Oregon Walks
- Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT)
- Play, Grow, Learn
- The Rosewood Initiative
- Somali American Council of Oregon (SACOO)
- The Street Trust
- Urban League of Portland
Meeting Agendas
2025
January 2025 (no meeting)
July 2025 (no meeting)
2024
- January 2024 (no meeting)
- February 2024 (no meeting)
- Tài liệuMarch 2024 ACHIEVE Agenda (101.08 KB)
- Tài liệuACHIEVE Agenda April 2024 (136.98 KB)
- Tài liệuACHIEVE Agenda May 2024 (125.8 KB)
- June 2024
- July 2024 (no meeting)
- August 2024 (in person)
2023
July 2023 (no meeting)
November 2023
2022
- July 2022 (no meeting)
2021
- July 2021 (no meeting)
2020
- July 2020 (no meeting)
- November 2020 (no meeting)
Meeting Minutes
2026
2025
- January 2025
- April 2025
- June 2025 (no notes)
- July 2025 (no meeting)
November 2025
2024
- January 2023 (no meeting)
- February 2024 (no meeting)
- May 2024
- June 2024
- July 2024 (no meeting)
- August 2024 (in person)
2023
- January (no notes)
- June 2023 (in person)
- July 2023 (no meeting)
- August 2023 (no notes)
- November 2023 (no meeting)
2022
- July 2022 (no meeting)
- November 2022
- December 2022 (no notes)
2021
- February 2021
- July 2021 (no meeting)
2020
- March 2020
- July 2020 (no meeting)
- November 2020 (no meeting)
Get Involved
All ACHIEVE Coalition meetings are open for the public to attend. If you would like to receive event information for a future ACHIEVE meeting or just hear more about what the group is doing, feel free to contact either of the ACHIEVE co-facilitators:
- Haoua Dogo, Upstream Public Health, Organizing Director, haoua.dogo@upstreampublichealth.org
- Charlene McGee, 971.334.4381 (okay to text), charlene.a.mcgee@multco.us
If you would like to join the ACHIEVE Coalition or have suggestions for discussion topics at future meetings, submit an entry through our ACHIEVE Coalition email and meeting sign-up form.
Agenda Requests
You can fill out our ACHIEVE Coalition agenda request form in order to reserve a presentation slot at upcoming ACHIEVE meetings or to make a suggestion for discussion topics. We ask that you complete your form submission no later than the second Wednesday of the month prior to the meeting you would like to present at.