Working Class Acupuncture in Portland

Working Class Acupuncture's mission is to use acupuncture to create social change in health care. We provide, and advocate for others to provide, accessible acupuncture and wellness resources for working class patients; we support acupuncturists in being social entrepreneurs; and we share our business model for natural health care that empowers patients, builds community and breaks down class divisions. Acupuncture is one of the oldest, most commonly used systems of healing in the world. Acupuncture is simple, safe, and sustainable healthcare. As acupuncture has moved more toward the mainstream in America, it has become prohibitively expensive for most people, but this trend does not have to continue. Acupuncture does not need to be expensive to be effective. Acupuncture can be part of the solution to the soaring cost of healthcare – if it is affordable and accessible to everybody. Working Class Acupuncture makes this possible. We are located at 3526 NE 57th Ave in sunny Portland, Oregon. We are open for appointments 9am-7pm Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday; 8am-8pm Wednesday; and on Saturday 9am-12noon and again from 2pm-6:30pm. Our phone number is (503)335-9440. Call us and make an appointment today! (Sorry, we are usually unable to take walk-ins!)
http://www.myspace.com/working_class_acupuncture

Ithaca Free Clinic

Our mission is to provide access to healthcare based on need, not on ability to pay, where the talent and generosity of our healthcare community come together to provide mainstream medical services, Complementary Alternative Medicine and Social Advocacy to establish healthcare as a human right and not a privilege
The Ithaca Free Clinic, which opened its doors to the public on January 23, 2006, offers totally free integrative health & wellness services, combining complementary / alternative and mainstream medicine. IFC is located at 225 South Fulton Street, Suite B in Ithaca, NY.
The clinic is a whole health center offering:
walk-in clinic hours:Mondays 2-6pmThursdays 4-8pmfor preventative and immediate primary care
professional services provided by our volunteer staff of doctors, herbalists, acupuncturists, massage therapists and others
the Ithaca Health Alliance health resource library is available for you to browse and borrow books right from our waiting room
nutrition and educational programs
facilitated enrollment into state programs
lifestyle education (body mechanics, movement therapy, organic food choices)
subleases for healthcare providers who wish to use IFC facilities for private clientele
CONTACT:Free Clinic Coordinator, clinic@ithacahealth.org, or call 607-330-1254 Ithaca Free Clinic P.O. Box 362 Ithaca, NY 14851
http://www.ithacahealth.org/clinic.htm

Common Ground Health Clinic

The Common Ground Health Clinic is a free, integrative health clinic established after Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, Louisiana. Our mission is to provide quality, client centered primary healthcare to uninsured, underinsured and in need folks in the New Orleans Community while developing a model of a community controlled healthcare organization. We are currently in our second year of existence and have seen over 15,000 patients. Our services include primary care, medication refills, lab work, bi-lingual services, a Latino Health Outreach Project, acupuncture, herbalism and health education. We have built a basic network of donors, funders, volunteers and supporters, and established relationships with numerous other public health, medical, and grassroots organizations. Currently we are focused on fortifying these local and national networks in order to guarantee the long-term sustainability of the clinic and to make Common Ground Health Clinic an organization that is truly anti-racist and community driven.

http://www.commongroundrelief.org/

Herbalists Without Borders

Herbalists Without Borders is an international network of herbalists and members of the herbal products business community, traditional healers, students, farmers and farming organizations, consultants, health care workers, and others interested in the role of plants in primary health care, trade, and ecological restoration. Recognizing that a majority of people in the world today live in poverty and do not have access to conventional medical care, we are particularly interested in how information and access to plant medicines can be made more broadly available. Our organization operates through local chapters in both developed and developing nations, whereby the sharing of resources and cross-cultural exchange of information, volunteer service, new ideas, and opportunities for development and support of fair trade in botanical materials and herbal products may be facilitated in new and dynamic ways. We believe in the protection of traditional healers' intellectual property rights, in the preservation of traditional knowledge, and in the fundamental human right to be healed by natural means and by common sense. We invite you to join us as we come together to seek common ground and to bring healing to those who are in need.

To help humanity find healing in herbal medicine, for people and for the planet.
To promote ethical and compassionate intercultural exchange of ideas, resources, and volunteer services.
To develop and promote equitable and sustainable trade relationships that are ecologically sound, economically viable, and that support healthy communities.
To enhance and engage human understanding and creativity regarding the many and diverse roles of plants in ecological restoration and cultural survival

http://www.herbalistswithoutborders.org/