A conversation with ‘The Vagina Monologues’ Eve Ensler on healing other women and healing herself Situated in the heart of sub-Saharan Africa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is a country that’s green and red at the same time. The equatorial cl ...
20 Jun 2013 - Rosette Royale
Oregon is a bountiful state. We produce 220 crops and livestock commodities, a greater variety than any state except Florida and California. The value of these crops and commodities totaled more than $5 billion in 2011, a record high. As consumers, we can ...
20 Jun 2013 - Street Roots Staff
Rick Phillips is a Gemini and while he doesn’t go so far as to read his daily horoscope, he does believe in the duality of his personality. “There are two sides to me,” says Rick. “It’s weird that I can look back on my life and see the Gemini in me.” But ...
19 Jun 2013 - Ann-Derrick Gaillot
Far from major services and programs, the faith-based community and advocates come together to help the homeless in Portland’s northern neighborhood Her day starts early. Around 5 a.m. she gets up. She’s spent the night behind a church. Sometimes it’s a s ...
19 Jun 2013 - Nathan Gilles
Know Your City is a civic engagement group that wants you to — well — know your city. But not in the conventional, boring pamphlet sort of way. Formerly the Dill Pickle Club, the nonprofit seeks to educate the public through tours, colorful lectures, publ ...
18 Jun 2013 - Jake Thomas
Portland musician Chaz Mortimer blends the worlds of tradition and technology The popular adage says it takes a village to raise a child. Local percussionist, educator and producer Chaz Mortimer will tell you it also takes a village to raise a musician. M ...
18 Jun 2013 - Suzanne Zalokar
Regular readers of our column will know that Partnership for Safety and Justice and our members worked very hard to help shape the recommendations that the Governor’s Commission on Public Safety made to the Oregon Legislature. The result was House Bill 31 ...
16 Jun 2013 - David Rogers
An affordable rental housing crisis is taking place. More than 1,700 men, women, and children are sleeping outside every night. Another 1,000 people are sleeping in emergency shelters and temporary motel rooms. People with modest income continue to be hom ...
14 Jun 2013 - Bobby Weinstock
A new report released today by the City of Portland and Multnomah County shows a 10 percent increase in street homelessness since 2011. The latest 2013 Point-in-time count conducted by the city and county showed 2,869 individuals who were homeless — meani ...
14 Jun 2013 - Israel Bayer
The African Leadership Development Project at IRCOs Africa House began in 2012 as a result of a generous contribution by the Meyer Memorial Trust. The project was started as a means of developing strong African community leaders and empowering African im ...
13 Jun 2013 - Abdiasis Mohamed