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Casting into deeper waters

How a gang member from Texas came to lead groups of inner city kids and veterans on fly-fishing adventures Chad Brown stood waist deep in the brisk current of the Clackamas River, just a few hundred yards upstream of the Estacada Bridge. On this temperate ...

14 May 2015 - Emily Green
Commentary: She's the head of the household, and she's only 17

Susan is an attractive, well-spoken young woman who works as a receptionist at a small trucking company. She is the sole support of a family of three and is a full-time student with solid plans for the future. Her two dependents have medical issues and ...

7 May 2015 - Mary Metheney
Batter up! Friends of Baseball’s Nova Newcomer on supporting youths through America’s favorite pastime

Street Roots recently sat down with Nova Newcomer, a lover of baseball, and the first Executive Director with Friends of Baseball to talk baseball and community. Friends of Baseball, a nonprofit founded in 2005, works to not only promote the game of baseb ...

23 Sep 2014 - Israel Bayer
Drawn to sex: Erika Moen lays it all out on the story board in the sex-positive world of comics

Erika Moen is a Portland based illustrator and cartoonist, who also happens to be really fascinated by sex. Moen and her husband of six years, Matt Nolan, began the wildly popular web comic, “ Oh Joy Sex Toy ” (OJST). Essentially the duo provide a comic f ...

18 Sep 2014 - Suzanne Zalokar
Don’t be a bully, from Oregon’s 2014 Teacher of the Year

When I was 15, my best friend killed himself. He was gay. Jack probably felt alone. He was not. In Oregon, one out of five gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender teenagers have attempted suicide in the last year, according to the Oregon Safe Schools and Co ...

18 Mar 2014 - Brett Bigham
Our guilty hearts

A personal exploration into how guilt shapes our character, for better or worse It’s a little after 3 a.m. and the 7-Eleven lights up the parking lot. You can almost see heat waves from the cooling street. The neighborhood’s up late: hot houses, cold drin ...

3 Oct 2013 - Matt Stangel
Kids these days

The U.S. Surgeon General’s office says that only 20 percent of emotionally disturbed children receive help while the American Medical Association estimates there are only 7,000 psychiatrists available for some 15 million children requiring treatment I don ...

29 Aug 2013 - Noelle Swan
BTA ambassadors become roll models for young riders

BTA ambassadors become roll models for young riders By Margaux Mennesson, Contributing Writer “I want to have your job when I grow up.” When the Bicycle Transportation Alliance’s Bike Safety Education instructors hear remarks like this from kids they’re t ...

31 Jul 2012 - Street Roots
Groups converge in advance of summer’s street youth activity

Groups converge in advance of summer’s street youth activity By Amanda Waldroupe, Staff Writer Service providers for homeless youths are making an unprecedented effort to prepare for the summer influx of homeless youth and young adults. On April 14, the H ...

12 May 2010 - Street Roots