Housing
How do we prevent another generation of homelessness?
The Next Generation, a Street Roots series on homelessness and housing instability among the next generation, will look at the health and well-being of children and young adults, locally and nationally, and explore the opportunities to ensure that yet another generation doesn’t fall into homelessness. Street Roots received funding from Meyer Memorial Trust's Housing Advocacy Portfolio to develop…
Blumenauer, Tlaib bring housing reform proposal to Portland
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) took his plan to reform U.S. housing policy on tour this past weekend, joined by fellow Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.). Hundreds of people packed the Robert G. Ford Memorial Theater at Portland’s Jefferson High School on Jan. 25 to see Blumenauer — who has represented Oregon’s 3rd District for nearly 24…
Mayor to host Portland forums about homelessness
Mayor Ted Wheeler will host a series of four community conversations about homelessness. The first event is Saturday, Feb. 1, at Portland Community College Southeast. Wheeler will be joined by service providers, community advocates and people with lived experiences to talk about how the city is addressing homelessness and housing instability. Community members also will…
News
How do we prevent another generation of homelessness?
The Next Generation, a Street Roots series on homelessness and housing instability among the next generation, will look at the health and well-being of children and young adults, locally and nationally, and explore the opportunities to ensure that yet another generation doesn’t fall into homelessness. Street Roots received funding from Meyer Memorial Trust's Housing Advocacy Portfolio to develop…
Street Roots vendors remember Kobe Bryant
At any given moment, one could enter into the Street Roots doorway on Northwest Davis Street and hear an intense sports debate brewing among Street Roots vendors, staff and volunteers. Often, the conversation revolves around basketball and the Portland Trail Blazers. Like the rest of the country, our vendors were shocked by the news of…
Portland Police Chief Jami Resch: Her take on homeless response and the JTTF
Just a little over four weeks on the job as Portland’s chief of police, Jami Resch has been asked a lot of questions. She’s been with the bureau nearly 21 years, but she only recently drew the spotlight when Mayor Ted Wheeler appointed her to the top position immediately following the resignation of former Chief…
Vendor Profiles
Street Roots vendor profile: Working toward a better Portland
In the past couple of years, Scott Atkins has changed his life. He’s been doing things he never thought he could do and feeling feelings he never had before. It didn’t happen by magic. But he can identify a clear turning point. It was on the last day of the weeklong Oregon Eclipse Festival. Music…
Culture
Honeyland: Macedonian film offers stark lesson about our pillaging of the Earth
People are waking up every morning unaware that the world economy consumes, on average, enough resources for 1.5 planets. That’s just an average. MIT university professor Otto Scharmer says that the United States is consuming resources at a rate applicable to five planets. Perhaps it’s time we, the human race, look in the mirror, slap…
Environment
Honeyland: Macedonian film offers stark lesson about our pillaging of the Earth
People are waking up every morning unaware that the world economy consumes, on average, enough resources for 1.5 planets. That’s just an average. MIT university professor Otto Scharmer says that the United States is consuming resources at a rate applicable to five planets. Perhaps it’s time we, the human race, look in the mirror, slap…
Opinion
Controversial calendar prompts dialogue between firefighters, Street Roots vendors
Around the Street Roots office, we referred to it as the “calendar incident,” and it caused us to pause. Last week, The Oregonian reported that a firefighter had made a calendar of homeless campsites. On the surface, it looked like the first responder was taking a jaded jab at people living in desperate conditions. FEB.…
