Environment
Extinction Rebellion: Disruption and arrests can bring social change
Extinction Rebellion burst onto everybody’s screens with disruptions and mass arrests around the world. Radical disruptions in protest of government inaction on climate change – from January’s disruption of London Fashion Week to the infamous naked protest in Parliament – have been at the heart of Extinction Rebellion’s activism since it was founded in 2018.…
News
Extinction Rebellion: Disruption and arrests can bring social change
Extinction Rebellion burst onto everybody’s screens with disruptions and mass arrests around the world. Radical disruptions in protest of government inaction on climate change – from January’s disruption of London Fashion Week to the infamous naked protest in Parliament – have been at the heart of Extinction Rebellion’s activism since it was founded in 2018.…
Portland mental health responders, an alternative to police, usually bring cops
Despite Multnomah County leadership’s efforts to steer away from treating mental health crises as a criminal matter, police remain deeply embedded in a county-funded program that responds exclusively to mental health emergencies. Project Respond, a program of Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare, sends teams of mental health professionals to respond to mental health emergencies across Multnomah County. …
A deep history of bigotry and othering in the U.S.
In November 1688, an elderly Irish Catholic woman named Ann Glover was hanged in Boston. The Massachusetts Bay Colony was a Protestant stronghold where rigid conformity to Puritan beliefs brooked no deviation. Glover probably arrived as an indentured servant. As one who held fast to Catholicism, she must have been an object of suspicion and…
Pilot project helps Street Roots vendors expunge their records
The homeless community has long been the target of police action and prosecution, often creating an insurmountable backlog of tickets and nonviolent misdemeanors that can effectively shut people off from safe housing, education and jobs and perpetuate cycles of poverty. Street Roots, the Metropolitan Public Defender and the Portland Housing Bureau recently collaborated on…
Homeless: Living with stress, and trying to live without it
Street Roots wanted to learn more about what being able to relax means when you don’t have a home. We shouldn’t have been surprised that this exploration turned into conversations about stress on the streets. An intense job interview or narrowly catching the bus might cause an immediate and even thrilling dose of stress, called…
4 common myths about day laborers
The myths surrounding day laborers are not new. Many people have misconceptions about this hardworking group of people who make up part of our communities and neighborhoods. Voz is a worker-led nonprofit organization that empowers diverse day laborers and immigrants to improve their working conditions and protect their civil rights through leadership development, organizing, education…
Advocates, workers rally in Salem for foster care
Marissa Johnson’s former foster child had no place to go. When the youth’s behavior became potentially dangerous to herself and her foster family, the Oregon Department of Human Services informed the family it didn’t have anywhere to place the girl. “I couldn’t put myself and family at risk, or her, so I thought we’ve got…
SR Editorial: Mayor proposes funding for Portland Street Response
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler recommended $500,000 for Portland Street Response in his proposed city budget released earlier today. The program is a critical first step toward caring for people struggling with homelessness or experiencing behavioral health crises on our streets. In March, Street Roots published a proposal for Portland Street Response after analyzing how the city…
Opinion
Extinction Rebellion: Disruption and arrests can bring social change
Extinction Rebellion burst onto everybody’s screens with disruptions and mass arrests around the world. Radical disruptions in protest of government inaction on climate change – from January’s disruption of London Fashion Week to the infamous naked protest in Parliament – have been at the heart of Extinction Rebellion’s activism since it was founded in 2018.…
A deep history of bigotry and othering in the U.S.
In November 1688, an elderly Irish Catholic woman named Ann Glover was hanged in Boston. The Massachusetts Bay Colony was a Protestant stronghold where rigid conformity to Puritan beliefs brooked no deviation. Glover probably arrived as an indentured servant. As one who held fast to Catholicism, she must have been an object of suspicion and…
4 common myths about day laborers
The myths surrounding day laborers are not new. Many people have misconceptions about this hardworking group of people who make up part of our communities and neighborhoods. Voz is a worker-led nonprofit organization that empowers diverse day laborers and immigrants to improve their working conditions and protect their civil rights through leadership development, organizing, education…
SR Editorial: Mayor proposes funding for Portland Street Response
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler recommended $500,000 for Portland Street Response in his proposed city budget released earlier today. The program is a critical first step toward caring for people struggling with homelessness or experiencing behavioral health crises on our streets. In March, Street Roots published a proposal for Portland Street Response after analyzing how the city…
Housing
Homeless: Living with stress, and trying to live without it
Street Roots wanted to learn more about what being able to relax means when you don’t have a home. We shouldn’t have been surprised that this exploration turned into conversations about stress on the streets. An intense job interview or narrowly catching the bus might cause an immediate and even thrilling dose of stress, called…
SR Editorial: Mayor proposes funding for Portland Street Response
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler recommended $500,000 for Portland Street Response in his proposed city budget released earlier today. The program is a critical first step toward caring for people struggling with homelessness or experiencing behavioral health crises on our streets. In March, Street Roots published a proposal for Portland Street Response after analyzing how the city…
