suffering from the deadly drug epidemic. “More research and data is needed before handing out crack pipes ... testimony supporting a harm reduction bill in the most recent legislative session, Oregon House Bill 2395, ... in a letter to the House Committee on Behavioral Health in January. Citing her role as a local ...
19 Jul 2023 - Jeremiah Hayden
to help more Portlanders gain knowledge of fentanyl. This is the first of several columns I will ... have naloxone on hand, that their friends have naloxone on hand, making sure they are checking their ... overdose prevention sites is really important. Especially in our current housing crisis in the current ...
19 Jul 2023 - Kaia Sand
get a dollar, and they handed me a 20,” Susie said. “I just cried.” Susie has been housed since 2009, ... five years after she had arrived in Portland. Before that, she and her husband were couch surfing and ... Susie hopes to put her skills as a former nurse to use again with Portland Street Medicine, the ...
5 Jul 2023 - Bruno Crolla
record surrounding his 1945 death at the hands of Portland police. After transitioning to her Indigenous ... what's ahead July 5, 2021 was a very different time for Street Roots, Portland and the entire United ... I could get through 12 weeks without burning the figurative house down, but little else. As an early ...
5 Jul 2023 - K. Rambo
especially clear when the policy at hand impacts the lives of people who get their voices heard. There’s so ... Merkley, D-OR, visited vendors for a listening session in 2019. Now, we partner with Blanchet House or ... conducted surveys for a number of Portland State University reports. This means people impacted by policy ...
14 Jun 2023 - Kaia Sand
healthcare, and you need so much more. Your feet are turning blue, your hands red with infection, your body ... able to visit Blanchet House for lunch. Because you have to carry everything, you are limited in the ... to address future impacts of Portland City Council’s proposed camping ban, up for a vote June 7. ...
8 Jun 2023 - Kaia Sand
he writes. It’s also difficult for the poorest people to access these benefits designed by housed ... moving from day to day. Street Roots got a first-hand glimpse of this during the early pandemic. ... Portland, Oregon, by people experiencing homelessness and/or extreme poverty as means of earning an income ...
17 May 2023 - Kaia Sand
crisis. From Portland to Chiloquin to Warm Springs, Indigenous communities are creating space for loved ... action. Salmon bake Cedar smoke, drums and children's laughter filled the air of the Portland State ... University quad at the Portland State University Chapter of the United Indigenous Students in Higher ...
17 May 2023 - Melanie Henshaw
gains, buying and selling in a hot housing market like Portland’s. Realtors also profit when high rental ... according to the Portland Housing Bureau’s latest State of Housing report. When rent takes too much of ... a professor emerita of economics, Portland State University. Currently, Multnomah County renters facing ...
8 May 2023 - Mary King
the county’s housing crisis with county Measure 26-238. If passed, the measure would levy a capital ... Portland State University’s eviction tracking project. That year, peak representation for tenants was just ... those opposed say the new tax will be a burden atop already high taxes and stunt housing production. The ...
26 Apr 2023 - Piper McDaniel