Keith, who is turning 35 this summer, left an abusive home when he was 16 and spent years on the streets, first in his hometown of Klamath Falls and then in Portland. “When I got to Portland, I was 18 and I didn’t look for services. My mom always said I’d ...
31 Jul 2013 - Kendall
Suzanne Smith has a master’s degree in social work and is a certified teacher of English as a Second Language. She had just turned 60 when she returned to Portland after teaching English to high school students in Hungary for four months. She was unable t ...
16 Jul 2013 - Kendall
Dennis was hit by a car at about 2 p.m. on Friday, March 22, while he was in a legal crosswalk. He was thrown to the pavement but not run over by the car, and while he was trying to get up off the ground, the car sped away and ran through a traffic light ...
26 Jun 2013 - Kendall
Sheri began living on the streets when she was 12. She was running away from an unsafe home where addiction led to abuse. The streets were a safer place to be. In the streets she was taken in by other houseless people who made a home for her and protected ...
25 Jun 2013 - Kendall