Colorado Springs Free Clinic

Info

Formation: 1971
Founders: Donaciano Martinez and the Community Action Project
Other Names: Community Health Clinic, Peak Vista
Type: Healthcare
Address:
Purpose: To provide free healthcare to those who needed it, no questions asked.
Still Active? Yes.
Website:

History

Co-founded in 1971 by Donaciano Martinez through his work with the Community Action Project. ^[1] The goal of the clinic was to provide free health care, no questions or documents needed.

Donaciano on the founding of the Colorado Springs Free Clinic

"We called it the Free Medical Clinic. And it still exists to this day, except it's not called Free Medical Clinic.They had to change the name because of the F word. The F word was very controversial."

The name became a sticking point for grantors when the clinic started to apply for funding in the 1970's. "You've got to get rid of that F word." This led to the name being changed to the Community Health Center. It went by that name until the mid-1990's, when it changed to Peak Vista.

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References

Focus on the Fabulous : Colorado GLBT Voices. With Internet Archive, Boulder, Colo. : Johnson Books, 2007. Internet Archive, http://archive.org/details/focusonfabulousc0000unse. ↩︎