Weekly orientations are open to anyone interested in selling the newspaper After a long hiatus due to the pandemic, Street Roots is training new vendors again. Prior to COVID-19, new-vendor orientation was a weekly event at the Street Roots office. Often ...
5 May 2021 - Pat Zimmer
Racheal has a roof over her head, but she hasn't forgotten how hard it was to survive on the streets Before Racheal Dulaney’s mother died of cancer, she made Racheal promise to leave her abusive marriage. If she didn’t, her mom said, she’d come back ...
31 Mar 2021 - Pat Zimmer
Vern was nervous to venture into a new space to sell papers, but he’s glad he did Two years ago, Vern was a smiling face around the Street Roots office, but he only sold papers across the street at Starbucks. That’s because Vern hadn’t left the block on N ...
24 Feb 2021 - Pat Zimmer
Street Roots hosted a broadcast of President Joe Biden’s inauguration so vendors and houseless neighbors could watch On the morning of Jan. 20, Street Roots set up computer monitors to broadcast the inauguration of President Joe Biden in the front windows ...
27 Jan 2021 - Pat Zimmer
Robert is looking for work and a room of his own Robert Eagan tells “dad jokes.” He likes to put a smile on people’s faces. Or maybe it’s a groan: Where do pirates get their hooks? At the second-hand store. What is a frog’s favorite kind of footwear? Open ...
6 Jan 2021 - Pat Zimmer
Daniel is working toward his English degree. Writing has helped him process tragedies in his life. Daniel Campbell has been a cook, a construction worker and a reticulated lift operator. But most importantly, he’s working on getting a degree in English li ...
30 Dec 2020 - Pat Zimmer
Anthony, a former high school running back, likes to watch sports with his girlfriend Four and a half years ago, Anthony Rogers moved to Portland to be with his mom. Today, they sell Street Roots together. At their post at the farmers market near Portland ...
10 Dec 2020 - Pat Zimmer
As a model, George was the ‘male face of the ‘90s.’ After some ups and downs, he found Street Roots and rekindled his acting and modeling career. In 2017, George Denison revived his acting and modeling career. A Portland-based fashion designer, Desi Allin ...
18 Nov 2020 - Pat Zimmer
Amelia is a guitarist and a nature lover who has plans for the future As a kid, Amelia Lake took lessons in flamenco and blues guitar. At family gatherings in San Francisco, San Antonio and Atlanta, she’d play whatever songs she was working on. These days ...
14 Oct 2020 - Pat Zimmer
Vendors express gratitude for God, pets, income opportunities and more "What are you grateful for?" Street Roots vendors respond: Tom Miller “I’m grateful to have a Man up there looking over me. If you don’t have faith, you don’t have much. Thin ...
7 Oct 2020 - Pat Zimmer