OPINION | While some Street Roots vendors return to selling the paper, others need to shelter in place. There are ways to support them, too. That afternoon in early March when Raven Drake walked me to her tent next to I-5 North created the roadmap for how ...
14 Aug 2020 - Kaia Sand
Starting Aug. 12, readers will have a cashless option for purchasing the newspaper from vendors, who will all be trained in new health and safety protocols Hundreds of Street Roots vendors have weighed in. Nearly 700 of you, our readers, took our survey. ...
31 Jul 2020 - Kaia Sand
OPINION | Reflecting on the poetry of Daniel Cox and its reverberations through these difficult times Daniel Cox handed me a thick packet of paper from a notebook, folded in half. Poems. “I miss people,” he said softly. Kaia Sand is the executive direc ...
24 Jul 2020 - Kaia Sand
Brian, who sees street paper vendors as ambassadors for the houseless community, has had many experiences with generous people Brian Schmidt has been designing a motivational program, which he explained is a “repetition of ancient thoughts” and is based o ...
23 Jul 2020 - Robin Havenick
Josephine has learned to adapt and has stayed true to herself “Everything hit me all at once,” Josephine Allen said. Josephine had been living with domestic violence for more than 20 years. Through counseling, she finally began to understand her situation ...
15 Jul 2020 - Pat Zimmer
‘Giving people a smile in the morning is a great way to start your day,’ Sarge says Tired of living on the East Coast, Eric “Sarge” Wilson came to Portland five years ago. He’s lived in Portland on and off during that time, trying out other places in Wash ...
6 Jul 2020 - Jessica Hamilton
Recently married, Max hopes to secure housing and a brighter future You might recognize Max McEntire as the friendly Street Roots vendor who sold papers at Northwest 11th Avenue and Couch Street in front of Powell’s City of Books. Max has been with Street ...
29 Jun 2020 - Robin Havenick
DIRECTOR’S DESK | The people with the most at stake must continue to guide the process for this program that Street Roots championed The Portland City Council vote to fund Portland Street Response is a victory for Jim, who told me that when his “brain itc ...
18 Jun 2020 - Kaia Sand
To Jamey, customers are like guests; they’re welcome in his life Since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, Jamey Mork has seen people come out of the woodwork to help. One of his favorites is a group that he believes is a family, that’s started cooking ...
8 Jun 2020 - Pat Zimmer
DIRECTOR’S DESK | ACLU of Oregon provided Know Your Rights training in response to concerns from unhoused people Street Roots vendors were spaced around the office wearing masks, some jotting notes. They were participating in a Know Your Rights seminar co ...
29 May 2020 - Kaia Sand