Vendor Profiles
Street Roots vendor profile: This job ‘part of my recovery’
Hadrian Micciche views his work selling Street Roots as a natural progression of his long commitment to compassionate social service, as well as an extension of his personal journey back to wellness. “I am a recovering psychotherapist,” he said with a smile. “Selling Street Roots is part of my recovery.” He enjoys conversation with the…
Culture
Día de Muertos: It’s not ‘Mexican Halloween’
Having grown up in Mexico City, Portland gallery owner Mercedes Orozco fondly remembers celebrating Día de Muertos with her family and neighbors at the beginning of each November. “It is the moment when those who have died in your life come back and commune with you,” she explained recently as she sat in the front…
News
Día de Muertos: It’s not ‘Mexican Halloween’
Having grown up in Mexico City, Portland gallery owner Mercedes Orozco fondly remembers celebrating Día de Muertos with her family and neighbors at the beginning of each November. “It is the moment when those who have died in your life come back and commune with you,” she explained recently as she sat in the front…
Director’s Desk: Innovative solutions for those living in natural areas
Curbing climate change, protecting our natural environment and ending homelessness. In a world gone mad, these challenges sometimes feel so enormous that people don’t have a clue on where to begin. More so, what do we, as a community, do when for some of people experiencing homelessness, the only options for camping are on those…
Opinion
Editorial cartoon: Oct. 27, 2017
Portland native Elizabeth Considine is the creator of Street Roots' editorial cartoon, Sheeptoast. Want to see more Sheeptoast cartoons? VIEW OUR GALLERY
Director’s Desk: Innovative solutions for those living in natural areas
Curbing climate change, protecting our natural environment and ending homelessness. In a world gone mad, these challenges sometimes feel so enormous that people don’t have a clue on where to begin. More so, what do we, as a community, do when for some of people experiencing homelessness, the only options for camping are on those…
Housing
Director’s Desk: Innovative solutions for those living in natural areas
Curbing climate change, protecting our natural environment and ending homelessness. In a world gone mad, these challenges sometimes feel so enormous that people don’t have a clue on where to begin. More so, what do we, as a community, do when for some of people experiencing homelessness, the only options for camping are on those…
Portland area advocates, park workers seek solutions to illegal camping
Natural resource managers from around the Pacific Northwest met with environmental and homeless advocates Monday, Oct. 23, to find ways to collaborate on compassionate solutions to the impacts of homelessness on public lands and in outdoor recreation areas. The meeting at the NW Natural building in Old Town drew nearly 100 attendees. In a questionnaire…
Environment
Portland area advocates, park workers seek solutions to illegal camping
Natural resource managers from around the Pacific Northwest met with environmental and homeless advocates Monday, Oct. 23, to find ways to collaborate on compassionate solutions to the impacts of homelessness on public lands and in outdoor recreation areas. The meeting at the NW Natural building in Old Town drew nearly 100 attendees. In a questionnaire…
