The Trail Blazers’ Damian Lillard talks about giving back to the community By Israel Bayer, Staff Writer Damian Lillard is the real deal. Having grown up in Oakland, Calif. and going to college at Weber State in Utah, Lillard has flown under the radar for ...
22 Nov 2012 - Street Roots
Mayor Sam Adams reflects on his time at City Hall and Portland's future by Israel Bayer, Staff Writer Mayor Sam Adams has spent the majority of his life serving the City of Portland. Love him or not, Adams has helped build a foundation for Portland t ...
8 Nov 2012 - Street Roots
All types of people — one community paper Street Roots works hard to present the vendors and public with a great newspaper each issue. We work hard to present voices on a variety of issues that touch poverty. People ask me all of the time, what’s the focu ...
13 Sep 2012 - Street Roots
Lose the filters and let the story be told Director’s Desk, By Israel Bayer Imagine if social service workers were allowed to Twitter, Facebook and Instagram their experiences (with permission) through the process of getting someone into housing. The syst ...
23 Aug 2012 - Street Roots
Right 2 Dream Too deserves city leadership By Israel Bayer The city should find a way to offer Right 2 Dream Too land to relocate the tent city currently occupying Southwest Fourth and Burnside. The argument that people shouldn’t be living in tents as an ...
2 Aug 2012 - Street Roots
Street Roots: Making change, every day By Israel Bayer, Executive Director People tell me all the time how great the vendors are in the community and what a community asset they are for local neighborhoods. They also tell me, often with bewilderment, that ...
3 Jul 2012 - Street Roots
‘Domicile unknown’ By Joanne Zuhl, Staff Writer Laurie Crow would have been 54 on Dec. 27, 2011. Instead, she became one of 47. Only a few weeks before her birthday, she died curled up in her sleeping bag in a meadow near Going Street. Her partner, Claren ...
10 May 2012 - Street Roots
Street Roots, Multnomah County release homeless deaths report This morning, Multnomah County released a new report, co-authored by Street Roots on the number of homeless people who died on the streets last year. The county medical examiner’s office count ...
27 Apr 2012 - Street Roots
A positive message always wins out Street Roots is happy to announce we were honored at Northwest Pilot Projects’ (NWPP) annual event this year with a Community Service Award for outstanding achievement and service to Portland’s elderly, homeless and poor ...
23 Apr 2012 - Street Roots
A conversation with City Commissioner Dan Saltzman By Israel Bayer, Staff Writer Dan Saltzman is a veteran Portland city commissioner who has been around the block. During his 12-year stint on city council, he has, at various times, taken heat on both sid ...
1 Mar 2012 - Street Roots