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Introducing the 2023 Vendor Issue

Street Roots vendors are at the core of the organization and mission. The vendor issue is a testament to their work, creativity and ambitions for the future. For nearly 25 years, Street Roots has dedicated itself to uplifting the voices of our low-income ...

13 Sep 2023 - Kodee Zarnke
Letter from the editor | We’re not invited to Gov. Tina Kotek’s new task force

Opinion | Kotek’s decision to hide her new task force’s conversations from the public is opaque, unethical and counterproductive Now, I promise what follows isn’t a setup for a joke, though there’s something one could argue is comedic within the subject o ...

6 Sep 2023 - K. Rambo
Albina Arts Center moves forward with new ownership

The storied Albina institution transferred to new ownership Sept. 1. New owners hope to push the arts space to new heights. A heat wave did not keep the smiles from people’s faces as they gathered at the Albina Arts Center in Northeast Portland to embra ...

6 Sep 2023 - Ellen Clarke
Kaia Sand | New Rose City Resource guides are now available

Opinion | A new section in the guide lists services for people exiting incarceration GET YOUR ROSE CITY RESOURCE GUIDES Pick up Rose City Resource guides by visiting our office at 211 NW Davis St. in Old Town. We are open 8:30 a.m.- 2 p.m. Monday, Wednesd ...

2 Aug 2023 - Kaia Sand
Opinion | It didn’t go as planned — and that is ok

Director's Desk | Street Roots groundbreaking ceremony was motivated by hope and community It didn’t go as planned — and that is OK. The day came after weeks of planning the Streets Roots groundbreaking processional. It was time for the community to ...

29 Mar 2023 - Cody McGraw
Opinion | Incarceration should not be a default solution to crime

Transforming Justice | Compared to other nations, the United States sends more people to prisons, spends more tax dollars on prisons. Why? Few pop culture quips are more memorable than 1970s TV detective Tony Baretta’s “Don't do the crime if you can& ...

16 Mar 2023 - Andy Ko and Babak Zolfaghar...
Opinion | Lived experience is an important credential

People with lived experience should be seen as an effective, accessible and realistic solution to nonprofit staffing woes Nonprofits providing services to our most vulnerable people are struggling with understaffing. Finding those with master’s degrees wi ...

1 Mar 2023 - Mark Schorr
Community Transitional School aims to provide academic support and stability

Students and staff at school for homeless students continue uphill trek to normalcy following the end of pandemic restrictions “ When I was in kindergarten, I did not know what a book was,” a quiet fifth-grade student in Cheryl Bickle’s class recently wro ...

25 Jan 2023 - Ellen Clarke
Housing for frontline social service workers addressing the homelessness crisis

The Atomic Orchard Experiment aims to honor what people do as workers and as Portlanders Jeff Woodward, a boots-on-the-ground frontline worker with the Mental Health and Addiction Association of Oregon, spends his days bringing harm reduction supplies out ...

21 Dec 2022 - Ellen Clarke
Kaia Sand | Funding Street Roots means funding hope

OPINION | Street Roots’ winter fund drive is a critical time for the organization, homeless Portlanders and local journalism Street Roots vendors are bustling all around the city. You might be chatting with your vendor after you picked up groceries. Maybe ...

30 Nov 2022 - Kaia Sand