News
Mutual aid gives refugees in Germany a fresh start
“Fertig!” This was first word that Hibo Mohamed learned of this, to her, very foreign language. Because Germans use that word so often. Fertig can mean ready, done, finished. When the 30-year-old woman from Somalia explains this to us with the help of an interpreter, laughter breaks out among the volunteers who are here to…
Meet the artists changing the narrative around student 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.…
Opinion
Kaia Sand | There’s much to do, here are 3 places to start
I hear a sense of despair from so many of you over the humanitarian crisis of homelessness. While many community members volunteer with community organizations and through mutual aid efforts, I also hear confusion about local governmental efforts and impatience that the problem is intractable. So, I begin 2022 with three modest suggestions for where you…
