Students and staff at school for homeless students continue uphill trek to normalcy following the end of pandemic restrictions “ When I was in kindergarten, I did not know what a book was,” a quiet fifth-grade student in Cheryl Bickle’s class recently wro ...
25 Jan 2023 - Ellen Clarke
The Atomic Orchard Experiment aims to honor what people do as workers and as Portlanders Jeff Woodward, a boots-on-the-ground frontline worker with the Mental Health and Addiction Association of Oregon, spends his days bringing harm reduction supplies out ...
21 Dec 2022 - Ellen Clarke
NAYA, which already maintains three affordable development projects in the Cully neighborhood, plans to begin construction on a new project in the Portsmouth neighborhood next year As rents continue to skyrocket, increasing numbers of renters across the U ...
31 Aug 2022 - Melanie Henshaw
The Portland nonprofit is the place to make real change over a plate of good food “It is only by feeling your love that the poor will forgive you for the gifts of bread.” That quote, attributed to St. Vincent DePaul, is a favorite of Genevieve “Genny” Nel ...
6 Dec 2019 - Joanne Zuhl
The nonprofit Homeless Youth Law Clinic assists with legal issues that go far beyond housing When Demetris Taylor-Brown, at age 21, learned his girlfriend was pregnant, he made some big decisions. He turned down his scholarship to Grambling State Universi ...
24 May 2019 - Sarah Hansell
Portland’s pedestrian use zones ‘deeply troubling,’ legal director says The question of how people experiencing homelessness occupy public spaces has become a seasonal argument these days. As with years past, the question is again thrust into the public s ...
22 Dec 2017 - Amanda Waldroupe