Housing
Opinion | ‘We all know these laws are only enforced against certain people’
The Right to Rest Act was born on the streets.The Western Regional Advocacy Project — of which Street Roots was a founding member in 2005 — crafted it based on reports from people on the streets of how their daily lives are criminalized. After its appearance over several Oregon legislative sessions, it has a new shot as Oregon House…
Multnomah County tracks homeless deaths. Now, other counties might too.
Nearly a decade after Multnomah County launched Oregon’s first and only effort to count homeless deaths, state lawmakers are considering whether to take the initiative statewide. Sen. Deb Patterson (D-Salem), with co-sponsor Sen. Wlnsvey Campos (D-Aloha), has proposed legislation requiring that death reports include the housing status of decedents. If that person was determined to…
A Eugene hotel is now a shelter — the first of many planned across Oregon
In March, nearly 100 people displaced by the Holiday Farm Fire filed into the rooms of a building formerly known as the Red Lion Inn & Suites in Eugene. Among them were 35 kids, along with 28 pets. The hotel was the first to open as a part of Project Turnkey, a $65 million statewide…
Opinion
Opinion | ‘We all know these laws are only enforced against certain people’
The Right to Rest Act was born on the streets.The Western Regional Advocacy Project — of which Street Roots was a founding member in 2005 — crafted it based on reports from people on the streets of how their daily lives are criminalized. After its appearance over several Oregon legislative sessions, it has a new shot as Oregon House…
Kaia Sand | It’s time to ‘Strengthen Our Roots’ for decades to come
Ten Street Roots ambassadors grabbed their vaccine education packets and headed out the door. Tony, Melissa and Lee paused on Northwest Second Avenue to consult their maps — the same maps of the greater Portland area with 37 regions outlined with a Sharpie that Street Roots and other organizations relied on a year ago, when…
Vendor Profiles
Street Roots vendors tell us what they love about spring
Now that spring is upon us, we wanted to know what Street Roots vendors are looking forward to in the coming weeks and their favorite things about the season. Here are a few of their lists: Jim “River” Reese Being able to get out and exercise in the sunshine. Going to the store to get new clothes.…
News
APANO aims to support Portlanders targeted by anti-Asian violence, vandalism, discrimination
The wave of aggression against Asian American and Pacific Islander communities, accelerated by the pandemic, has reached many corners of our nation, including Portland. On Dec.15, an Asian American male was physically attacked at a MAX stop in North Portland. Another incident on public transit occurred on Jan. 22, when a Caucasian male kicked an…
Gen Z activists are raising their voices
When Donald Trump was elected president in 2016, then-14-year-old Violeta Mata was nervous about the future of the country. While she’d always believed her peers at school handled race poorly, this time, it felt threatening. “People were like, ‘Oh, you’re going to be deported now?’ I’m like, ‘What the? I was born here!’” recalled Mata,…
Oregon bill would end police trickery and deceit in juvenile interrogations
A 15-year-old boy worn down by interrogators falsely confesses to killing his little sister after detectives tell him they have the evidence to prove it. A 12-year-old Creswell boy falsely confesses to shooting his neighbor’s dog after a Lane County deputy and school officials repeatedly refuse his denials. A 13-year-old Hillsboro boy is prosecuted on sex-crime…
