40 single-person units have been allocated for the C3PO camp in Old Town, and 60 for the two other camps On Nov. 24, tents gave way to more stable, if still temporary, housing in the city-sanctioned C3PO camps for people experiencing homelessness. The cam ...
2 Dec 2020 - Celeste Noche
‘We are experiencing what may be a hundred-year flood of hunger,’ says Oregon Food Bank's CEO Although many Oregon businesses have reopened and unemployment numbers have declined, local food pantries remain busier than ever. The first few weeks of th ...
9 Sep 2020 - Celeste Noche
These Portland activists have been harmed by police, but that isn’t stopping them from fighting for racial equality For more than 50 days straight, Portland activists have protested against police brutality and systemic racism in a movement toward racial ...
25 Jul 2020 - Celeste Noche
Lana Jack makes daily trips to drop off donated supplies, helping about 100 people with precautions against COVID-19 On the banks along a stretch of the Columbia River between Oregon and Washington, Lana Jack brings supplies to Underwood, Lyle and Lone Pi ...
17 May 2020 - Celeste Noche and John McDonald
These Indigenous-owned Oregon small businesses can use our support As businesses shutter and unemployment surges in response to the coronavirus pandemic, businesses owned by people of color are at risk of permanent closure. BIPOC (black, Indigenous and pe ...
16 May 2020 - Celeste Noche
A homeless camp for people of color and another for the general population are also set to open over the weekend With Oregon residents ordered to stay home during the coronavirus pandemic, houseless communities are at increased risk of infection because o ...
18 Apr 2020 - Celeste Noche
While covering housing in Ontario, Street Roots photographer Celeste Noche discovers that food can be a unifier While reporting on rural housing in Ontario, Street Roots reporter Emilly Prado and I visited two food pantries run by Next Chapter Food Pantr ...
9 Nov 2018 - Celeste Noche