Skip to main content
Street Roots Donate
Portland, Oregon's award-winning weekly street newspaper
For those who can't afford free speech
Twitter Facebook RSS Vimeo Instagram
▼
Open menu
▲
Close menu
▼
Open menu
▲
Close menu
  • Advertise with Us
  • Contact
  • Job Openings
  • Donate
  • About
  • future home
  • Vendors
  • Rose City Resource
  • Advocacy
  • Support
News
  • News
  • Housing
  • Environment
  • Culture
  • Opinion
  • Orange Fence Project
  • Podcasts
  • Vendor Profiles
  • Archives

Portland Street Response: Join the campaign

Street Roots
Not every crisis is a crime
by Street Roots | 22 Mar 2019

Endorse our plan for a new system of first responders – teams of firefighter-EMTs and peer support specialists with training in de-escalation who can respond with compassion to 911 calls about people struggling with homelessness and behavioral health crises. 

LEARN MORE AT PORTLANDSTREETRESPONSE.ORG

 

▩ ACT

1. Read our plan

 

Portland%20Street%20Response%20%C2%A9%20

(Click or tap the image to download a PDF of our plan. This is an updated version of our original plan.)

READ STREET ROOTS' NEWS COVERAGE OF PORTLAND STREET RESPONSE

2. Endorse and stay connected

3. Contact the City Council

Ask the council to fund a position under the Bureau of Emergency Communications to begin developing a Portland Street Response. Remind them that we need a sense of urgency.

Mayor Ted Wheeler
503-823-4120
Ted.Wheeler@portlandoregon.gov

Commissioner Chloe Eudaly
503-823-4682
chloe@portlandoregon.gov

Commissioner Amanda Fritz
503-823-3008
amanda@portlandoregon.gov

Commissioner Nick Fish
503-823-3589
nick@portlandoregon.gov

Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty
503-823-4151
JoAnn@portlandoregon.gov

4. Show up

Opportunities to get engaged will be updated here on a regular basis. You can also sign up for email updates that will notify you when the campaign has a planned action.

The first city budget forum is at 5:30 April 2 at IRCO. Speakers are selected by lottery system. Let's pack the house with Portland Street Response supporters!

Tags: 
Portland Street Response
  • Print

More like this

  • Portland Street Response: A Street Roots special report
  • Portland Street Response: A blueprint for a better system
  • A better system for street response: Where do we go from here?
  • Portland needs big action on street response – now
  • The need for a better first response on Portland streets
▼
Open menu
▲
Close menu
  • © 2021 Street Roots. All rights reserved. To request permission to reuse content, email editor@streetroots.org.
  • Read Street Roots' commenting policy
  • Support Street Roots
  • Like what you're reading? Street Roots is made possible by readers like you! Your support fuels our in-depth reporting, and each week brings you original news you won't find anywhere else. Thank you for your support!

  • DONATE