The Peer Company

The Peer Company Our Vision: MHAAO is committed to promoting self-directed recovery and wellness for all individuals. We honor lived experiences.

The Peer Company (formerly Mental Health and Addiction Association of Oregon) is an inclusive peer-run organization dedicated to self-direction honoring the voice of lived experience. We support people wherever they are on their journey, free from judgment, or agenda. We support these aims through education, advocacy, recovery peer services, training, technical assistance, community collaboration, and through developing the peer workforce and leadership.

Thank you to Movement Mortgage partnering with The Peer Company for their quarterly fundraising event: Together We Give!...
04/20/2026

Thank you to Movement Mortgage partnering with The Peer Company for their quarterly fundraising event: Together We Give!

It’s heartwarming for companies like Movement Mortgage to create a space where nonprofits like ours can share our mission and find new champions for our work. And thank you to every single person who attended, donated, or helped spread the word: you are the reason this work keeps moving forward.

Missed the event? You can still give via our link below. Every contribution makes an impact. 🤍

https://secure.everyaction.com/CIy9W7vxlUS5ztmiROcqLw2


Nashville. 15 years of turning the tide—and our team was in the room. 💪Last week, Terry Leckron-Myers (Senior Director o...
04/16/2026

Nashville. 15 years of turning the tide—and our team was in the room. 💪

Last week, Terry Leckron-Myers (Senior Director of Programs), Reina Bower (EVOLVE Director), and Doug Bishop (Prime+ Supervisor) attended the Rx and Illicit Drug Summit, the nation’s leading gathering on the opioid and addiction crisis.

We didn’t just attend—we showed up to make sure peer voices were represented, heard, and centered!

“It helps us stay connected to what’s current, tell our story in a stronger, more meaningful way, and position our work to drive impact and innovation.” — Reina Bower

And we bring that knowledge home: into our programs, our peer workforce, and the communities we serve every day.

Because lived experience is not a side note. It’s a solution.

The crisis isn’t over. But neither are we.

We will keep showing up—in the rooms where decisions are made and in the communities we serve—because nothing about us should happen without us.

Because lived experience doesn’t just belong in the conversation—it belongs at the center of it. 🔥

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T-Kea Blackman is the co-founder and executive director of Black People Die By Su***de Too, and she is bringing visibili...
04/14/2026

T-Kea Blackman is the co-founder and executive director of Black People Die By Su***de Too, and she is bringing visibility, language, and care to experiences that are too often left unspoken, especially in the Black community.

She’s a peer recovery specialist, author, speaker, and educator whose work is grounded in honesty, shaped by community, and centered on transformation. Through the Mental Health Empowerment Agency, she partners with organizations to build mental health approaches that are more inclusive, responsive, and rooted in lived experience.

Her story is one of survival and the choice to keep showing up, speaking out, and supporting others along the way.

At Peerpocalypse, we believe in the power of sharing lived experience. It builds connection, opens possibility, and creates change. T-Kea brings that spirit into the room and we’re honored to have her!

Join us Thursday, May 8 at 11:30AM for our closing keynote lunch.

Can’t make it to Seaside? 🌊

Virtual tickets available here: https://secure.everyaction.com/NI9JV97fKEm9aCmtB8QTOQ2

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👏 A huge thank you to Super Thrift of Oregon City for donating clothing to our Behavioral Health Resource Center in down...
04/13/2026

👏 A huge thank you to Super Thrift of Oregon City for donating clothing to our Behavioral Health Resource Center in downtown Portland! 🧥👟🧤🧣👕🧦
 
Every jacket, pair of shoes, and warm sweater goes directly to the people we serve: neighbors who are working hard every day to rebuild their lives. This kind of community generosity makes that journey a little easier.
 
Now we’re asking YOU to be part of it too. 💙
 
We accept clean, gently used clothing year-round at our drop-off locations:
📍 BHRC: 333 SW Park Ave (Open daily from 8AM-8PM)
📍 Recovery Campus: 8935 SE Powell Blvd (Open Mon-Fri from 9AM-5PM)
📍 CATT: 5250 NE Elam Young Pkwy, Suite 200 (Open Mon-Fri 9AM-7PM)
 
What we’re looking for: men’s and women’s items such as coats, hoodies, t-shirts, pants, warm socks, sturdy shoes, beanies, hats, scarved, and gloves.
 
What we’re NOT looking for: professional clothing, business attire, etc.
 
Don’t let good clothes collect dust! Bring them to us and watch them change a life!
 

Today is the day! 💜 We’ll see you tonight at Together We Give: an evening of community, connection, and real impact. Com...
04/09/2026

Today is the day! 💜
 
We’ll see you tonight at Together We Give: an evening of community, connection, and real impact. Come as you are. Leave knowing you made a difference.
 
Can’t make it in person? You can still give. Link in bio.
 
📅 Thursday, April 9 · 4–6 PM
📍 Movement Mortgage · 5335 Meadows Rd, Suite 110, Lake Oswego
 

The construction industry is built on strength, but real strength means asking for help when you need it. Our Senior Dir...
04/08/2026

The construction industry is built on strength, but real strength means asking for help when you need it.
 
Our Senior Director of Programs, Terry Leckron-Myers, took the stage at the Construction Mental Health & Wellbeing Conference to share something she knows firsthand: peer support works everywhere.
 
The statistics on mental health challenges, substance use, and su***de in the trades aren’t abstract to Terry. They’re people she knows. People she’s worked alongside. And that lived experience is exactly why she showed up to change the conversation, because every workforce deserves a culture where asking for help is a sign of strength, not weakness.
 
Does your industry need peer support? We’d love to connect. Reach out to our Development and Community Engagement Director, Tarra McCarthy, at tmccarthy@thepeercompany.org.
 

Every day, someone in our community is fighting to find their footing and our peer support specialists are right there b...
04/08/2026

Every day, someone in our community is fighting to find their footing and our peer support specialists are right there beside them. 💚

Margie is 99 years old—turning 100 this year—and a few months ago, she was facing eviction. Through a series of missed notices and forgotten payments, she had fallen behind on rent. Under standard policy, she had 30 days to pay her full balance or lose her home. For most people, that would be the end of the road.

But that’s where our team stepped in.

Her peer support specialist advocated fiercely on her behalf: negotiating a new repayment plan, securing emergency rental assistance, and working with her family to make sure she’d never face this alone again. Today, Margie is in excellent standing. Her balance is resolved. She is safe, stable, and home. 🏠

This is what peer support looks like in real life. Not a hotline. Not a pamphlet. A real person, fighting for another person, every step of the way.

This Thursday, April 9 from 4–6 PM, we’re honored to be featured at Together We Give, hosted by in Lake Oswego. Come hear more stories like Margie’s—and help us make sure we can keep showing up for the next person who needs us.

Can’t attend? You can still give. Every donation funds free mental health and recovery services for more than 10,000 individuals in our tri-county community.

Because everyone deserves someone in their corner. 🤍

📍 Movement Mortgage · 5335 Meadows Rd, Suite 110, Lake Oswego
📅 Thursday, April 9 · 4–6 PM
🔗 Donate or RSVP: https://tinyurl.com/3r3npf69

Sam Rivera is making history in harm reduction... and he’s bringing that vision to Peerpocalypse. As Executive Director ...
03/27/2026

Sam Rivera is making history in harm reduction... and he’s bringing that vision to Peerpocalypse.

As Executive Director of OnPoint NYC, Sam opened the first two sanctioned Overdose Prevention Centers in the United States in 2021. These aren’t just facilities—they’re spaces rooted in dignity, safety, and love, where people who use drugs are treated with the respect and compassion they deserve at all stages of their lives.

An Indigenous Afro-Taino/Boricua with 30+ years in social services, Sam’s work is shaped by lived experience and a commitment to communities most impacted by the War on Drugs, HIV/AIDS, and the overdose crisis. His leadership has been recognized nationally including being named one of TIME magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in 2023.

Sam’s message is clear: humanity-centered solutions save lives. And we can’t wait for him to share that message with our Peerpocalypse community!

Join us Monday, May 5 at 5:30 PM for Sam’s keynote (virtual and in-person).

Virtual tickets available now: https://secure.everyaction.com/NI9JV97fKEm9aCmtB8QTOQ2

Real answers. Real time. Real care. 🔴 Free Hepatitis C testing is now available at The Recovery Campus! With accurate re...
03/26/2026

Real answers. Real time. Real care. 🔴
 
Free Hepatitis C testing is now available at The Recovery Campus! With accurate results in under an hour.
 
Swipe to see everything that comes with it 👉
 
✅ Rapid Hep C testing (results in

⚡️The moment you’ve been waiting for!⚡ MORE IN-PERSON TICKETS ARE NOW AVAILABLE for Peerpocalypse 2026! Join 1,000+ peer...
03/20/2026

⚡️The moment you’ve been waiting for!⚡

MORE IN-PERSON TICKETS ARE NOW AVAILABLE for Peerpocalypse 2026!

Join 1,000+ peers on the coast in Seaside, Oregon this May 4-7 for 45+ workshops, keynote meals, evening events, and a community that gets it.

Don’t wait—these won’t last long.

Get your Tickets: https://secure.everyaction.com/NI9JV97fKEm9aCmtB8QTOQ2

🌟 KEYNOTE ANNOUNCEMENT 🌟 From involuntary commitment at 17 to testifying before Congress, organizing street outreach, an...
03/11/2026

🌟 KEYNOTE ANNOUNCEMENT 🌟
 
From involuntary commitment at 17 to testifying before Congress, organizing street outreach, and advocating for the landmark Olmstead decision—Laura Van Tosh’s work has always been about one thing: freedom.
 
Today, she’s working alongside a new generation of advocates pushing for non-coercive crisis response, racial inclusion, and  in systemic change in behavioral health.
 
In her own words: “It’s not that people get well, it’s that the best place to recover is in the community... My goal has always been about freedom of people, not just free from shackles, but freedom to create your own life.”
 
Come hear Laura’s story at Peerpocalypse 2026 | May 4-7 | Seaside, OR + Virtual
 
Virtual tickets available now. In-person tickets releasing mid-March—join the waitlist at via our link in bio!
 

We know recovery works. We see it every day — in the lives of our staff and in the thousands of people we walk alongside...
02/13/2026

We know recovery works.

We see it every day — in the lives of our staff and in the thousands of people we walk alongside each year as they rebuild housing, health, family, and purpose.

Yet Oregon continues to rank near the bottom in access to care and recovery support — while ranking near the top for untreated mental health and addiction.

Even in the face of budget deficits and hard decisions, we cannot afford to disinvest in treatment, peer support, housing, and recovery services.

Recovery is not a line item ‼️ It’s a lifeline ❗

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8935 SE Powell Boulevard
Portland, OR
97266

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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+15039222377

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MHAAO'S CORE VALUES:


  • We at MHAAO believe that all individuals who experience mental health and/or addiction challenges can recover and that recovery, its journey and process, is unique to the individual.

  • We believe that recipients of our services have the right and the ability to make decisions for themselves about what supports they would prefer to receive and the directions they wish to explore.