In late 2018, Cochran-Dumas was named program manager of Diane Wade House, an Afro-centric women’s transition home in Gresham. Widely praised for her leadership skills, Cochran-Dumas was often the public face of the ambitious, culturally responsive program. Her sudden dismissal only a month after the house opened shocked her and many in the recovery community. The abrupt termination prompted Cochran-Dumas to sue the nonprofit running the program, Bridges to Change, which settled with Cochran-Dumas and two other employees in 2021 for an undisclosed amount.
Harrowing new body camera footage shows the night that a 26-year-old man died after being discharged from Providence Milwaukie Hospital.Jean Descamps died while