That homeless people are dangerous is a misconception, Street Roots vendors say. And for some on the streets, it’s housed people who are feared. In a recent kickoff fundraiser for the Bybee Lakes Hope Center, a recovery program proposed for the never-used ...
24 Jan 2020 - Helen Hill
Steven wrote his book while homeless, and he used money he earned selling papers to get it published Steven Venus is a Street Roots vendor and newly published author. He saved his Street Roots earnings the past year and used them to pay the publishing cos ...
17 Jan 2020 - Helen Hill
Nettie brings lived experience and a fresh point of view to her internship at Acadia NW Street Roots vendor Nettie Johnson is close to fulfilling a long-cherished dream. She is on track to graduate in April with a degree in addiction counseling from Portl ...
3 Jan 2020 - Helen Hill
John is proud that Tabetha is selling Street Roots, and she is grateful for her dad's support John and Tabetha Smith are a father-daughter vending team. John has been a vendor for about a year. He sells at the Starbucks across from the Pixie Project ...
3 Jan 2020 - Helen Hill
Losing family and friends as a result of homelessness can be more devastating than losing housing For the past year, Street Roots’ Life on the Streets series has dealt with the many issues people living in extreme poverty may experience. Our vendors have ...
27 Dec 2019 - Helen Hill
The event, on the longest night of the year, will provide a space for mourning and challenge people to help build a just community On Saturday, Dec. 21, the sun will shine for a moment directly on the Tropic of Capricorn, and the North Pole will be aimed ...
20 Dec 2019 - Helen Hill
Her experience at Street Roots has inspired her to study journalism Street Roots vendor Tina Drake is going back to college. And she wants everyone to know that homelessness doesn’t have to stop anyone from moving forward. “If you put your mind to it, yo ...
13 Dec 2019 - Helen Hill
Some Street Roots vendors say they’ve seen TriMet inspectors profile homeless people Ever since Portland’s TriMet made the decision in October to ramp up fare enforcement on MAX trains and add nine new inspectors, there’s been a lot of concern among those ...
29 Nov 2019 - Helen Hill
Kerry Skarbakka’s exhibit, ‘White Noise,’ depicts an alternative version of himself, had he become the white male he was raised to be “White Noise,” Kerry Skarbakka’s current exhibit at the North View Gallery at Portland Community College’s Sylvania campu ...
22 Nov 2019 - Helen Hill
Richard Golden leads a weekly jewelry-making session, helping vendors turn their new skills into an income opportunity Every Friday for the past two months, volunteer Richard Golden has been coming into the Street Roots front office for an hour or two, br ...
22 Nov 2019 - Helen Hill