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Director’s Desk: The golden rule and other lessons learned in advocacy
In the coming months, as I gear up for my departure from Street Roots, I’ll be writing about some reflections and lessons learned over the years. Some real talk. Israel Bayer is the executive director of Street Roots. You can reach him at israel@streetroots.org or follow him on Twitter @israelbayer. I’ve been working on the…
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Director’s Desk: The golden rule and other lessons learned in advocacy
In the coming months, as I gear up for my departure from Street Roots, I’ll be writing about some reflections and lessons learned over the years. Some real talk. Israel Bayer is the executive director of Street Roots. You can reach him at israel@streetroots.org or follow him on Twitter @israelbayer. I’ve been working on the…
Rabbi Ariel Stone leads Portland congregation in fight for social justice
Rabbi Ariel Stone felt something ominous in the air. Across the sidewalk from protesters dressed in black and waving banners stood a blockade of Portland police heavily outfitted in riot gear. Behind the officers, an “alt-right” rally was underway at Terry Schrunk Plaza. It was June 4 – just nine days after two men were…
Nez Perce activists fight to save the Snake River
On the morning of Saturday, Sept. 9, about 100 people descended on the Snake River near Lewiston, Idaho, paddling toward the Lower Granite Dam in canoes and kayaks alongside a giant inflatable orca. Elliott Moffett, a 65-year old Nez Perce tribal member sporting a Rage Against the Machine T-shirt, addressed the crowd with a booming…
Opinion
Director’s Desk: The golden rule and other lessons learned in advocacy
In the coming months, as I gear up for my departure from Street Roots, I’ll be writing about some reflections and lessons learned over the years. Some real talk. Israel Bayer is the executive director of Street Roots. You can reach him at israel@streetroots.org or follow him on Twitter @israelbayer. I’ve been working on the…
Editorial cartoon: Sept. 15, 2017
Portland native Elizabeth Considine is the creator of Street Roots' editorial cartoon, Sheeptoast. Want to see more Sheeptoast cartoons? VIEW OUR GALLERY
Vendor Profiles
Street Roots vendor profile: A performer who perseveres
Phat was born and raised in north Portland and is the youngest of five. When he was growing up, he loved sports and had a variety of jobs, including preparing bundles of roses from Ecuador for sale, flocking and selling Christmas trees, and mowing lawns. After he graduated from high school, he worked in habitat…
Environment
Nez Perce activists fight to save the Snake River
On the morning of Saturday, Sept. 9, about 100 people descended on the Snake River near Lewiston, Idaho, paddling toward the Lower Granite Dam in canoes and kayaks alongside a giant inflatable orca. Elliott Moffett, a 65-year old Nez Perce tribal member sporting a Rage Against the Machine T-shirt, addressed the crowd with a booming…
Culture
Oregon arts programs hang in balance amid federal funding threats
Leaders in Oregon’s art world were not surprised when the Trump administration in March became the first in U.S. history to propose eliminating the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. “I was a combination of not surprised and horrified,” said Shannon McNerney, the executive…
