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Summer Reads 2021: Advocacy leaders’ book picks

Leaders from Portland nonprofits share their recommendations for summer reading about social and environmental justice SUMMER READS 2021 Street Roots’ picks Kids’ picks Advocacy leaders’ picks Vendors’ picks Bookseller’s picks We asked Street Roots staff, ...

23 Jun 2021 - Street Roots
Summer Reads 2021: Kids’ book picks

Middle-grade fiction about racial justice dominates their recommendations for summer reading SUMMER READS 2021 Street Roots’ picks Kids’ picks Advocacy leaders’ picks Vendors’ picks Bookseller’s picks We asked Street Roots staff, vendors, contributors, vo ...

23 Jun 2021 - Street Roots
Summer Reads 2021: Street Roots vendors’ book picks

We asked Street Roots vendors to recommend their favorite books SUMMER READS 2021 Street Roots’ picks Kids’ picks Advocacy leaders’ picks Vendors’ picks Bookseller’s picks We asked Street Roots staff, vendors, contributors, volunteers and their kids, as w ...

23 Jun 2021 - Street Roots
Summer Reads 2021: Street Roots’ book picks

Staff, correspondents and volunteers share recommendations for books with a social or environmental justice bent SUMMER READS 2021 Street Roots’ picks Kids’ picks Advocacy leaders’ picks Vendors’ picks Bookseller’s picks Summer is here, and with it comes ...

23 Jun 2021 - Street Roots
Summer Reads 2021: Picks from your local book purveyor

Keith Mosman of Powell’s Books in Portland shares his summer reading recommendations SUMMER READS 2021 Street Roots’ picks Kids’ picks Advocacy leaders’ picks Vendors’ picks Bookseller’s picks Keith Mosman has worked in bookstores, off and on, for 20 year ...

23 Jun 2021 - Street Roots
Street Roots vendor profile | ‘Treat me like any other man’

Chris Drake discusses misconceptions about trans people and what visibility means to him Chris Drake took time from his busy schedule working three jobs to talk about his experiences as a trans man in Portland and how he thinks allies can better support p ...

25 May 2021 - Street Roots
Remembering the trans people who have been killed

These are the 26 transgender and gender nonconforming people who have lost their lives to violence this year The Human Rights Campaign tracks the killing of transgender and gender nonconforming people each year. In the first 20 weeks of 2021, there have a ...

19 May 2021 - Street Roots
Bills we’re tracking that affect Oregon’s migrant farmworkers

The 2021 Legislature is discussing overtime pay, the state's sanctuary law, and other issues affecting the low-income Latino community Some of the bills affecting migrant farmworkers and the low-income Latino community include: Low-income farmworker ...

5 May 2021 - Street Roots
Environmental bills we’re tracking in the 2021 Oregon legislative session

Oregon lawmakers are considering policies related to environmental justice, energy, natural resources and more Here is some of the environmental legislation Street Roots is tracking in the Oregon Legislature: Environmental justice framework of principles ...

21 Apr 2021 - Street Roots
Remembering Jay Thiemeyer, one of Street Roots’ original poets

He was a passionate advocate for people on the edge J ohn “Jay” Samuel Thiemeyer III, 73, of St. Johns in Portland, died on Thursday, March 11, at Sunnyside Medical Center. He was born and raised in Norfolk, Virginia, where he attended medical school befo ...

31 Mar 2021 - Street Roots