Housing
From the ashes, a revitalized Clackamas Service Center
Necessity is the mother of invention, as the saying goes. For the Clackamas Service Center, which provides low-income and homeless services, necessity arrived unwelcome last year in the form of an early morning fire that gutted its Southeast Portland facility. Staff rebounded from the July 2017 fire as quickly as possible. They worked out of…
News
From the ashes, a revitalized Clackamas Service Center
Necessity is the mother of invention, as the saying goes. For the Clackamas Service Center, which provides low-income and homeless services, necessity arrived unwelcome last year in the form of an early morning fire that gutted its Southeast Portland facility. Staff rebounded from the July 2017 fire as quickly as possible. They worked out of…
How hard is it to have someone committed?
Two groups have been working separately on legislation for the upcoming session that would make it easier for authorities to order people into mandated mental health treatment in Oregon. One effort is aimed at lowering the state’s high bar for civil commitment, and the other wants to divert people who commit low-level crimes away from…
IMIrJ is building power for immigrants
“Unshackle Oregon. Let our people go!” It was one of the chants that could be heard through the rain on the first Friday of October at a rally in Hood River, the sixth leg of a pilgrimage from Sheridan to The Dalles. The pilgrimage – organized by the Interfaith Movement for Immigrant Justice (IMIrJ), the…
Street Roots honors two superstars
On Thursday, Oct. 4, Street Roots celebrated two dedicated members of our family for their work with the organization. Sandra Hahn was honored with our 2018 Vendor of the Year Award given to an outstanding vendor with the organization. Art Garcia, a former vendor, vendor program manager and volunteer was awarded with the organization’s inaugural…
Opinion
No on 105: Protect against racial profiling; stand by crime survivors
Often when we think about the disparities in our criminal justice system, we think about people who are arrested for crime. And it is true those disparities are huge, even here in Oregon, but those inequities aren’t limited to incarceration; victims of crime also face disparities in the justice system that stem from discrimination and racial…
Director’s Desk: Imagine those who depend on our votes for housing
Imagine a high school sophomore who moves from a friend’s couch to an aunt’s spare bedroom to a car. Her family is split apart so they can all sleep under some roof, just not the same roof. It is always a scramble. She can’t hold onto much, but she does keep her homework planner close,…
Environment
Save the orcas: Protesters want Snake River dams breached
Braving the rain and cold, 80 people marched with 20-foot banners to lay flowers, cedar and ferns in honor of recently deceased orcas. They had a 10-foot salmon and a giant inflatable orca in tow. The crowd was gathered Oct. 5 at Holladay Park in Northeast Portland to demonstrate against the U.S. Army Corps of…
