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  1. Faith, friends put Joseph Park on path out of homelessness

    FINDING HOME | From salesman of the year to a struggle with addiction, Joseph found the support he needed Joseph Park, a slender man with a gray brush cut and an expressive face, talks with his hands and leans forward to make sure his listener is engaged. ...

    15 Apr 2017 - Jane Salisbury

  2. Randall McKee 'jumped through the hoops’ – and now he's housed

    FINDING HOME | He lived most of his life outdoors, but an addiction treatment program gave him a fresh perspective that led him to his new apartment Randall McKee and I met to talk about the vicissitudes of homelessness and his new life after having been ...

    1 Apr 2017 - Jane Salisbury

  3. Jail librarian gives inmates the key to understanding the world

    Multnomah County’s Carol Cook encourages reading as a tool for exploring beyond their own lives and experiences If the stereotype of a jail librarian involves a stern woman trundling her cart down a narrow catwalk as hands reach through bars for tattered ...

    25 Aug 2016 - Jane Salisbury

  4. In search of a middle ground in the gun debate

    COMMENTARY: Somewhere between fear and suspicion, there must be a place where understanding can emerge When it comes to guns, there is a deep urban-rural chasm in Oregon, each side caricaturing the other. On the urban side, there are the liberal Portlande ...

    7 Jul 2016 - Jane Salisbury

  5. Mary Katsilometes: A face for social justice

    The Portland iconographer talks about her work in this installment of Nothing More Hopeful In Mary Katsilometes' small studio at the back of her house in Westmoreland, a wooden icon leans against the wall. It is unfinished, and I find Mary studying i ...

    7 Jul 2015 - Jane Salisbury

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