The Portland World Cup brings together immigrants for community and competition By Alex Zielinski, Staff Writer It’s early evening at Northeast Portland’s Fernhill Park and the manicured soccer fields are swarming with cleat-clad players. As the hot summe ...
6 Sep 2012 - Street Roots
Local immigrant rights advocates seek protections against ‘Arizonafication’ Staff reports Human rights activists are campaigning to make sure Multnomah County doesn’t go the way of some parts of the country where “Arizona-style” policies have damaged im ...
2 Aug 2012 - Street Roots
Day Labor Center struggles with demand for work On a blistering cold December morning last Monday, 20 Latino people—all men, except for one woman—are sitting inside the non-descript mobile home that serves as Portland’s Day Labor Center. The sounds of peo ...
23 Dec 2009 - Street Roots
City bails on funding Visions Into Action- PSU picks up the slack (Kerfala Bangoura ("Fana") performs outside City Council Chambers as audience members file in to testify on behalf of the Visions Into Action program.) The City Council hearing on ...
10 Jun 2009 - Street Roots
Immigrant workers face extremes of economic crisis Published in the May 1 edition of Street Roots Growing up in the riverfront manufacturing town of St. Helens, Yesenia Sanchez knew only a handful of other Latino families. Born in Oregon to Mexican immigr ...
13 May 2009 - Street Roots