They're grateful for support, shelter, life and opportunities Marty Sledge: I am grateful for being alive and having friends and family that are supportive. It is a blessing to have a place to come and have some soup. John Smith: I am grateful to ...
27 Dec 2019 - Street Roots
A memorial for Lolo is planned at the Street Roots office Lori De Tie: March 26, 1976- Dec. 2, 2019 Lolo was born in Portland on March 26, 1976, to Mary K. Hoskinson, weighing 6 pounds, 10 ounces, and 21 inches long. She was speaking 26 words before she w ...
20 Dec 2019 - Street Roots
Photographer Alan Borrud periodically sets up a mini-studio at the Street Roots office, aiming to capture ‘a photo they feel good about’ If you’re a regular reader of Street Roots, you’re familiar with the gorgeous portraits of vendors we feature each wee ...
6 Dec 2019 - Street Roots
Three vendors joined city staff in judging the logo contest A panel of three Street Roots vendors joined staff from the office of Mayor Ted Wheeler and Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty to select three winning designs in Street Roots’ contest for a new logo fo ...
15 Nov 2019 - Street Roots
The city honors the executive director for her contributions to the community The Portland City Council honored Street Roots Executive Director Kaia Sand this week with a Spirit of Portland Award, an annual award for individuals and groups who make outsta ...
18 Oct 2019 - Street Roots
A reflection on two decades of free speech on the streets We wouldn’t be here without you sharing our belief that we hold the future in our hands, that we don’t have to accept the status quo, that the paradigm can be shifted and tomorrow doesn’t have to b ...
4 Oct 2019 - Street Roots
From sit-lie laws to the housing crisis in rural Oregon, here are highlights of Street Roots' coverage over the past two decades ► 1998-99 December 1998 “14.08.250 Violated Downtown” The Portland city ordinance referred to in this headline was know ...
4 Oct 2019 - Street Roots
The International Network of Street Papers represents more than 100 street papers in 35 countries In 1994, about a dozen street papers across Europe joined forces and created the International Network of Street Papers. Two years later, street papers in th ...
4 Oct 2019 - Street Roots
PHOTO STORY | The 24-hour navigation center includes intensive case management services — Photos by Diego Diaz — Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler tours a sleeping room Aug. 26, 2019, at the new the new River District Navigation Center. Photo by Diego Diaz City ...
30 Aug 2019 - Street Roots
'Giants' by Luz Carasa, part of if the 'Canopy Stories' anthology, has screenings scheduled in Portland In 2015, the fate of three towering sequoias in Portland’s Eastmoreland neighborhood encapsulated the city’s push-pull between deve ...
28 Jun 2019 - Street Roots