News
Accessibility and intimacy through comics
The Portland State University Collaborative Comics Project aims to change the narrative around homelessness through ethnographic cartooning based on the experiences of PSU students. The project will culminate into the 10 comics published as a booklet and sold by Street Roots vendors. Street Roots spoke with 8 of the artists to learn more about their process.Read all…
Embracing collectiveness in the face of homelessness
The Portland State University Collaborative Comics Project aims to change the narrative around homelessness through ethnographic cartooning based on the experiences of PSU students. The project will culminate into the 10 comics published as a booklet and sold by Street Roots vendors. Street Roots spoke with 8 of the artists to learn more about their process.Read all the…
Vendor Profiles
Street Roots vendor profile | The comfort of home
Longtime Street Roots Vendor and talented poet Eileen Vizenor hasn’t been around the office as much lately. And that’s a good thing, Eileen explained. “I love Street Roots and I am so happy to have them in my life. I was distraught when I was first homeless and I found help with Street Roots. It…
Opinion
Kaia Sand | Dear People for Portland, Don’t abuse the intent of Portland Street Response
The Portland Street Response pilot is slated to transform into a city-wide program — still with a limited scope — this spring. It’s really happening. The non-police response program for street crises, housed under Portland Fire & Rescue, has widespread community support — an encouraging pilot evaluation and a committed staff. I was jarred by…
Housing
Proximity to vital resources from Safe Rest Villages
Homeless Portlanders, advocates and politicians have a range of thoughts about the pros and cons of sanctioned encampments as a way to temporarily house people who were previously living on the streets. One main concern emerging in response to programs like Portland Commissioner Dan Ryan’s Safe Rest Villages (SRVs) project is that such shelters will…
