Vendor profile: Volunteering keeps vendor connected By Cole Merkel, Staff Writer Every Thursday, Street Roots vendor William Adams helps make bologna and cheese sandwiches for Operation Nightwatch, a hospitality center he has been a community member of fo ...
4 Dec 2012 - Street Roots
Vendor profile: Making a pitch for new beginnings By Erin Fenner, Contributing Writer Darryl Goeas, 48, is homeless for the first time in his life. “It’s been kind of scary,” he said. In August, he moved from Reno, his home for 13 years, looking for work. ...
18 Dec 2012 - Street Roots
By Ann-Derrick Gaillot, Contributing Writer One of the first things Wayne Moore tells me upon our meeting is how pleasant his vendor spot is in front of the Starbucks at Northwest 21st Avenue and Lovejoy. “It’s got outdoor heaters and an overhang for when ...
22 Dec 2012 - Street Roots Staff
By Erin Fenner, Contributing Writer Chris Kunzler, 33, and Mirna Abraham, 43, met each other at Sisters of the Road when both were new to Portland. Chris had just moved down from Alaska and Mirna had recently escaped an abusive relationship. Mirna didn’t ...
17 Jan 2013 - Street Roots Staff
By Ann-Derrick Gaillot, Contributing Writer It is not hard to find Johnny Williams and Paula Ramirez at their spot across the street from City Hall. Johnny joyfully calls out greetings and jokes to passersby beside his partner Paula. We sit inside the Sta ...
29 Jan 2013 - Street Roots Staff
By Ann-Derrick Gaillot Contributing Writer Watching him sell Street Roots outside of the Hawthorne New Seasons, one can easily understand how Abraham V. became the top Street Roots vendor of December 2012. With a jacket and hat as his only guard against t ...
12 Feb 2013 - Street Roots Staff
By Ann-Derrick Gaillot, Contributing Writer The Starbucks at Southwest Fourth Avenue and Oak Street attracts all kinds. Teenage boys fooling around with a video camera; in the corner two men with thick glasses and slick hair discuss television; a man in a ...
27 Feb 2013 - Street Roots Staff
By Ann Derrick Gaillot, Contributing Writer Michelle Sapp has bright eyes and an open face that smile easily. She is an adept conversationalist who speaks with a bouncy Texas lilt, who loves to talk to new people, who loves to read. Who loves to joke arou ...
14 Mar 2013 - Ann-Derrick Gaillot
By Ann Derrick Gaillot, Contributing Writer If ever you walk past the OnPoint bank at Northeast Ninth Avenue and Broadway, you may notice a grinning woman set apart from the crowd by her sizeable, fluffy, blond mullet. That woman’s name is Sherri Banning ...
27 Mar 2013 - Ann-Derrick Gaillot
By Ann-Derrick Gaillot, Contributing Writer On any given day at the Red and Black Café, an anarchist, worker-owned vegan restaurant at the corner of Southeast 12th Avenue and Oak Street, you can find people from all walks of life enjoying good food and a ...
25 Apr 2013 - Ann-Derrick Gaillot