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Breaking: Right 2 Dream Too finds a new location

City, Right 2 Dream Too broker a deal in the 11th hour Right 2 Dream Too (R2DToo), the 5-year-old rest stop that serves more than 100 people experiencing homelessness, has found a new location. The camp provides vulnerable individuals and couples experien ...

6 Apr 2017 - Israel Bayer
Let’s give people something to believe in

It’s time to embrace the idea of organized camping and the Tiny House Movement in Portland for people experiencing poverty. We are now three decades into to the rise of massive homelessness in the United States. During that time we’ve seen tens of billion ...

16 Aug 2014 - Israel Bayer
Tent city part deux? Homeless individuals in Clackamas County look to Right 2 Dream Too as a model

On any given evening along the dark, wooded perimeters of the Springwater Corridor in Clackamas County, more than 50 homeless individuals tuck themselves in for the night and hope for the best — or, at least a good night’s rest. To many, uninterrupted sle ...

20 May 2014 - Alex Zielinski
A snowstorm, a tent city and Portland Police Chief Mike Reese

What a week on the homeless front. A partnership between some of the most powerful interests in the city and a group of homeless activist, a snowstorm and the Portland police chief announcing a plan to address homelessness downtown. Wow. I haven’t even me ...

7 Feb 2014 - Israel Bayer
Developers pitch buyout of R2DToo lot, and $850,000 toward rest stop's future home

Pearl District developers want Right 2 Dream Too out of their neighborhood, so much so that they’re willing to pony up more than $846,000 toward the homeless groups future home. City Council will vote next week on whether to accept the money. Pearl Hotel ...

6 Feb 2014 - Joanne Zuhl
Ending inequality through early childhood education

Several weeks ago Democrat Bill de Blasio won the Democratic nomination for Mayor of New York City while running a progressive campaign based on ending the city’s growing inequality. The Center for Economic Opportunity recently released a report stating t ...

17 Oct 2013 - M. Nels Johnson
Let’s not sacrifice vision for vitriol in homeless debate

The true colors of many people who are in charge of and influence public safety and policy have been rising to the service. Lets start with civility. That was the topic of a recent summit that brought together policy makers, students, businesses, nonprofi ...

16 Oct 2013 - SR editorial board
Right 2 Dream Too has earned its place at the table

Not many people gave them a chance. From the neighborhood and bureaucrats to certain shelter providers and the business community, no one believed that a group of homeless people could be successful in creating their own safe refuge from the harsh realiti ...

26 Sep 2013 - SR editorial board
Court mulling Right 2 Dream Too's future

Decision on technicality could mean the end of the legal road It could have been a make or break morning for Right 2 Dream Too, but it looks like it will be several weeks before a judge decides the fate of the controversial homeless way station. This morn ...

11 Jul 2013 - Joanne Zuhl
Right 2 Dream Too eyes options in Old Town

Right 2 Dream Too, the homeless way station at the corner of Fourth Avenue and Burnside, will square off with city attorneys next week for perhaps the final round in their 20-month standoff. On July 11, a motion to dismiss by the city will be considered i ...

1 Jul 2013 - Joanne Zuhl