Vendor Profiles
Flipping the script: Building social capital
When Marlon Crump is standing on his turf in front of the Standard Insurance building on SW 4th and Salmon with a stack of Street Roots in his hands, even on a week in between new papers, it seems like everyone knows who he is. Maybe it’s his contagious enthusiasm. When I tell him his…
Opinion
Non-violence as a way of life
One of my first mentors on the streets was the great Genny Nelson, co-founder of Sisters Of The Road. Genny has mentored dozens of organizers, agitators, policy makers, writers and artists over the years. Her life’s work has a footprint on both Portland politics and how we work with people experiencing homelessness. Genny once told…
Compassion without judgment
One of my first mentors on the streets was the great Genny Nelson, co-founder of Sisters Of The Road. Genny has mentored dozens of organizers, agitators, policy makers, writers and artists over the years. Her life’s work has a footprint on both Portland politics and how we work with people experiencing homelessness. Genny once told…
In support of Measure 88: Give Oregonians equal rights
At McKenzie River Gathering Foundation (MRG), we have never been shy about articulating our vision for a just and joyful Oregon. For nearly four decades, we’ve funded innovative grassroots groups advancing social, racial, economic, and environmental justice. We invest nearly half a million dollars each year in groups that are working on some of the…
Replacement bond opportunity to support Portland Parks
On ballots right now, Portlanders have the opportunity to vote on the Parks Replacement Bond, Measure 26-159. Please turn over your ballot, and vote yes on Measure 26-159 on the reverse side. For the past 100 years, bonds and levies have been the standard mechanism to fund parks construction and operations. This is the normal…
News
A field of their own: Refugees reconnect with their roots through Refuge Gardens
As early as five in the morning, you can find refugee growers kneeling in the dirt of the Refuge Gardens in Damascus. among the rows of broccoli, kale, squash, onions and other autumn crops. Neatly planted vegetables and fruits stretch out across the two acres of planned plots at the south side of the five-acre…
Who is watching the river? The largest sources of water pollution in Oregon aren’t monitored well, if at all.
The Clean Water Act of 1972 made it a lot harder for industrial facilities to dump large amounts of toxic materials into U.S. waterways with the institution of a permitting process with limits on toxic releases – it put a stop to many of the activities that led to Portland Harbor’s designation as a EPA…
