Vendor Profiles
Street Roots vendor profile | ‘I can go to sleep knowing someone else is warm’
Gail Marcotte sparkles and shines. It’s her energy, her positive attitude, her playful spirit. Originally from Brooklyn, she has a charming accent and a conversational rhythm that pops with enthusiasm. She moved to Portland with her daughter in 2006, and since then she’s done a variety of volunteer work with Loaves and Fishes and Sisters…
News
Report warns of domestic terrorism risk
Oregon ranked sixth-highest in the nation for instances of domestic terrorism between 2011 and 2020 according to an Oregon Secretary of State's Office report released March 30. The report warned of the risks of domestic terrorism and extremism brewing in the state and found incidents of domestic violent extremism “rose precipitously” in the state in…
Photos | Transgender Day of Visibility unites community for march
More than 100 supporters of trans rights filled Shemanski Park in the South Park Blocks on March 31 to celebrate Transgender Day of Visibility. “Trans people, particularly youth, are under attack all across the country,” read a statement from Portland Democratic Socialists of America, the event organizers. Underscoring the threat, the statement pointed to Texas…
Opinion
Kaia Sand | How Portland Street Response became a reality
Plenty of civic dialogue focuses on what doesn’t work. Goodness knows I devote column inches to describing system failures. But the fact Portland Street Response is up and running city-wide is a system success. It’s a whole new first-responder system built during a global pandemic. Portland Street Response happened because people across the city demanded…
