COMMENTARY | How education and interfaith communication can lead to a better world Homa Miazad and her daughter Nadia Najim are anxious. “The internet has affected me most,” Miazad explained. “It’s like road rage. Behind a computer, people can really be h ...
13 Oct 2016 - Alice Hardesty
Tom Lechner is an art teacher, IT expert, photographer, facilities manager and role model. He’s also the one who makes sure dozens of homeless children get to school each day. Tom Lechner sits at a schoolroom-style desk in one corner of a busy office, a c ...
17 Sep 2016 - Robin Schauffler
Multnomah County’s Carol Cook encourages reading as a tool for exploring beyond their own lives and experiences If the stereotype of a jail librarian involves a stern woman trundling her cart down a narrow catwalk as hands reach through bars for tattered ...
25 Aug 2016 - Jane Salisbury
She runs Clay Street Table at St. Stephen's – a job that's part bouncer, diplomat, social worker and more It’s 4:45 on a Wednesday afternoon, and St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church at Southwest 13th Avenue and Clay Street hums with activity. A young ...
21 Jul 2016 - Robin Schauffler
Rudy Serno teaches kids the basics of creating murals, as well as nurturing relationships Heysus is a graphic artist on the rise in Portland, a soft-spoken, thoughtful young man with a story to tell. In 2007, while at Lane Middle School, he helped paint a ...
30 Jun 2016 - Penelope Lichatowich
Nicaragua offers unexpected riches to those looking for something more than a winter vacation Marili and Dave Reilly didn’t spend their winter vacation relaxing as they normally would. No, this year, they spent their winter vacation hauling cement blocks ...
9 Jun 2016 - Alice Hardesty