'I’m from Sisseton-Wahpeton. The reservation is called Lake Traverse. (My tribe is) the Dakotas,' Harold says Street Roots vendor Harold wants his profile to focus on two things: “that I’m Native American and my heritage.” When Harold was 3 year ...
22 Sep 2017 - Leonora Ko
Zaina is fighting Muslim stereotypes one smile at a time Zaina is only 19 years old, but she already has a bucket list “to go scuba diving on a coral reef and to learn programming.” She also likes art and keeps original drawings and writings in Ninja Turt ...
8 Sep 2017 - Leonora Ko
David says writing gives him something to look forward to As a middle-schooler, David B. couldn’t read. Now he wants to tell the world his story, so he wrote a book about it. David grew up as the youngest of eight children in St. Louis, Mo. “My mom passed ...
18 Aug 2017 - Leonora Ko
Loretta and her husband, Andy, look forward to traveling to California to reconnect with friends and family I call Portland my best of times, my worst of times,” said Loretta H. Loretta and her husband, Andy, recently lost their jobs as co-managers at a ...
28 Jul 2017 - Leonora Ko
Irene loves nature. She says her dogs and Street Roots get her out of the house when she's down Irene says she is keeping it simple and keeping the faith. She began selling newspapers with Street Roots “to simplify my life and not be aggressive about ...
19 May 2017 - Leonora Ko
Saoirse has taken control of her medical condition, has lost 175 pounds and has regained her voice as a social activist Saoirse-Seersha Bell is turning 60 and getting her life back, as an author, as a social activist and as a recent subject of a bikini ph ...
7 May 2017 - Leonora Ko
'Our lives have been difficult,' Loretta says, 'but I feel like a stronger person' Compassion is a basic value for Loretta H. And now that Loretta is facing struggles herself, some of that compassion is returning to her through friends ...
20 Apr 2017 - Leonora Ko
Ben is getting back on track and making new friends in Portland Ben Eiland is a personable, hardworking man who says he is healing one day at a time. He grew up in both Buena Vista and Leadville, Colo., after his parents divorced when he was 7. “I come fr ...
9 Mar 2017 - Leonora Ko
Deadpool and Jennifer met on the street and are learning to have a healthy relationship Deadpool loves Jennifer and wrote a poem published in Street Roots called “True Love” for all Portland to see. “It’s about finding someone that loves you for who you a ...
16 Feb 2017 - Leonora Ko
To Kevin, church and Street Roots are 'like family' Kevin Robinson sells Street Roots through rain, sleet and snow. “When it snowed,” Kevin said, “it was hard. I fell on the ice a couple times, but I sold some papers. Didn’t make as much money a ...
2 Feb 2017 - Leonora Ko