We're waiting. Street Roots editorial, June 27. After more than three weeks of protests by individuals experiencing homelessness, countless actions (including actions by Street Roots and Sisters Of The Road), weekly testimonials from individuals in f ...
27 Jun 2008 - Street Roots
Without rights, without housing (July 14) Paul Boden connects the New Deal with today's current climate on the streets. In 1933, when more than a million Americans were homeless, President Roosevelt's New Deal made their economic and social well ...
14 Jul 2008 - Street Roots
Sisters Of The Road to hold truth commission on sit-lie law Portland, Oregon (July 21,)-- Thursday, August 7, 2008, Sisters Of The Road will hold a truth commission on the effects of the Sit-Lie Law on Portland's homeless community. It will be held a ...
21 Jul 2008 - Street Roots
Truth Commission offers tears and insight August 7, 2008 Old Town was alive tonight. Nearly 60 individuals experiencing homelessness and poverty gathered with allies and advocates at Sisters Of The Roads' sponsored Truth Commission on the sit-lie ord ...
8 Aug 2008 - Street Roots
Sit-lie is a gateway drug August 12, 2008 One good dose of this distracting intoxicant and a whole roomful of people are likely to spin off on every social ill, vice and offense ever witnessed on Portland’s streets. Yesterday at the public hearing for the ...
12 Aug 2008 - Street Roots
Streets illustrate city’s unbalanced approach October 17, 2008 The question inevitably went something like this. Where do I go? The answer was often Sisters Of The Road, the small café at the corner of Sixth Avenue and Davis Street, where people could get ...
17 Oct 2008 - Street Roots
Act Now! At issue: Community engagement Join Sisters Of The Road and Oregon Action on Jan. 19 for their 30th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. event to honor the work of the Poor People's Campaign. The MLK Day event will be on the eve of the inauguration ...
8 Jan 2009 - Street Roots
Out and down: After serving time, many former inmates find that the real trial begins upon release (Art Rios, a member of the Civic Action Group at Sisters Of The Road Cafe, discusses his experiences in and out of prison.) Matt Gollyhorn remembers it well ...
10 Jun 2009 - Street Roots
Sit-lie update and seven year history Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge Stephen K. Bushong has ruled that the city of Portland’s sidewalk-obstruction ordinance — commonly referred to as sit-lie, unconstitutionally exceeds the city’s authority. The ruli ...
26 Jun 2009 - Street Roots
Discuss sit-lie at Street Roots blog... Two op-eds in the Oregonian discuss the merits of the sit-lie ordinance. One from the very well respected and engaging Central Precinct Commander Mike Reese. The Commander argues that the sit-lie ordinance is needed ...
8 Aug 2009 - Street Roots