Vendor Profiles
Street Roots vendor profile | Drawn to Street Roots through poetry
Kerry Anderson has a poet’s way of being in the world. His interest in poetry began 40 years ago when he was studying political science at the University of Oregon and a teacher introduced him to Roger Service. “Since then,” he said, “I’ve been a reader and a writer of poetry.” It was poetry, in…
Housing
Safe Rest Villages and then what?
Sandra Fairbank has been unhoused for seven years, becoming homeless after leaving an abusive marriage. Since then, she has moved from camp to camp in different parts of the city with a trusted group of friends. But she’s never fully felt at ease. Even though she has stayed with a group, Fairbank said she is…
News
AYCO faces displacement, worries about community impact
The Portland Housing Bureau’s (PHB) efforts to expand affordable housing came at a significant cost to at least one community. The African Youth & Community Organization (AYCO) is set to lose its building after PHB rejected its bid for the former site of the Trinity Broadcasting Center where AYCO currently operates a community center. An…
Treatment foster care model shows promising results
Editor’s note: As part of Street Roots’ ongoing solutions-based reporting on the foster care system, Street Roots took a deep dive into the national and local data on placement stability and disruptions for young people in foster care. With funding and collaboration from the Solutions Journalism Network, Street Roots searched for positive deviants, or unique…
Opinion
OPINION | Solutions journalism digs deeper
This week culminates the five-part “Foster Care Shuffle” solutions journalism series. This series, deftly edited by K. Rambo and written by Libby Dowsett, continues Street Roots’ commitment to dig deep and understand. We don’t short-cut our journalism. “Placement instability is plaguing child welfare systems from coast to coast,” writes Dowsett. By studying national data on…
