Vendor Profiles
Street Roots Vendor Profile | Quentin Sandvig
When you first meet Quentin Sandvig, you might not think “poet,” but among his many pursuits over the past six decades, poetry writing is one. Though he doesn’t have a ready collection of poetry in print to share, he can recall and recite several. There are poems about homeless children, a poem about a giant…
Environment
Oregon pushes to limit diesel emissions, but currently lacks infrastructure
A state agency is moving forward with regulations to reduce the environmental impact of delivery vans, buses, pickup trucks and heavy-duty big rigs. While the regulations are expected to improve air quality and put more electric vehicles on Oregon’s roads, the state’s lack of charging infrastructure could pose an immediate challenge. As part of Gov. Kate…
News
Building Indigenous alliances
By Mike Graeme With more than 320 arrests and counting, the movement to save Fairy Creek — the last intact valley of old-growth forest on southern Vancouver Island — remains a charged period of time in the history of coastal Indigenous territories in British Columbia. Protests and blockades have continued even after the provincial government…
Opinion
‘Spinning as my life goes in circles’
Editor’s note: Dan Newth is a member of Street Roots’ MoJo program. MoJo is composed of vendors interested in journaling life on the streets and writing about issues important to our community. This is Newth’s account of navigating health concerns in the midst of unstable living conditions.. Sleep eludes me as I lay in my…
Five ways to help out in the heat
The fatigue is strong. I’m sure many of you feel it. We all keep adapting, doing the best we can given new challenges –and the challenges keep coming. After a year and a half of the pandemic, the COVID-19 Delta variant poses a new threat. At Street Roots, we never lifted our in-office mask restriction,…
Housing
Oregon emergency rental assistance in disarray, increasing risk of eviction
When Rae Bloodgood applied for the Oregon Emergency Rental Assistance Program (OERAP) in June, she knew she wasn’t going to be able to pay July rent — and likely not August or September either. Now August, Bloodgood said her application for the three months of rent is still pending approval. “I have a fear of…
