The Hygiene Hub, under the Morrison Bridge, offers toilets, wind and solar showers, information and other resources A cluster of small, bright blue buildings has recently bloomed beneath the Morrison Bridge on the east side of Martin Luther King Jr. Boule ...
16 Dec 2020 - Helen Hill
‘We can find people like nobody’s business,’ says the founder of the nonprofit, which has celebrated more than 300 reunions across the United States “Everyone is someone’s somebody.” That’s the motto of Miracle Messages, a San Francisco Bay Area nonprofit ...
30 Mar 2020 - Helen Hill
The event, on the longest night of the year, will provide a space for mourning and challenge people to help build a just community On Saturday, Dec. 21, the sun will shine for a moment directly on the Tropic of Capricorn, and the North Pole will be aimed ...
20 Dec 2019 - Helen Hill
A periodic column about the parts of homelessness most people don’t talk about There are many aggravations and indignities people living on the streets endure, especially in the winter months. One persistent hazard is insect parasites, specifically body a ...
8 Feb 2019 - Helen Hill
Five Street Roots vendors talk about life on the streets In the 2017 Multnomah County Point In Time homeless count, 1,355 adult women were identified as homeless, making up 36 percent of the total homeless population. This was up more than 16 percent from ...
7 Dec 2018 - Helen Hill