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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
Affordable housing for Native Americans offers community, stability and support

NAYA, which already maintains three affordable development projects in the Cully neighborhood, plans to begin construction on a new project in the Portsmouth neighborhood next year As rents continue to skyrocket, increasing numbers of renters across the U ...

31 Aug 2022 - Melanie Henshaw
Guaranteed basic income program promotes healing, resilience among Black Portlanders

Brown Hope aims to support Black communities through basic income programs The local nonprofit that distributed millions of dollars to Black Portlanders throughout the pandemic is launching a new program to further support Black Portlanders — three years ...

24 Aug 2022 - Mia Ryder-Marks
Opinion | Thank you, abortion providers, for providing critical health care despite political attacks

Every day, abortion providers across the country provide essential health care to patients — with compassion and without judgment. They do this while navigating growing barriers to care that make it increasingly difficult to provide abortion. Planned Pare ...

9 Mar 2022 - Anne Udall
End of the road for Sisters?

Sisters of the Road may be closed for now, but through this closure the organization hopes to emerge a stronger operation Bronwyn Jones Carver is a member of Street Roots’ MoJo program. MoJo is composed of vendors learning about journalism, covering life ...

9 Feb 2022 - Bronwyn Carver
Reflecting on his own youth, Talilo Marfil wants to give back to the next generation

The renowned Portland rapper combines mentorship and mental health Talilo Marfil started his musical journey making beats at the Apple store in downtown Portland when he was just 16 years old — as a houseless teenager, this became his means of survival. N ...

9 Feb 2022 - Latisha Jensen
Photos | Black Santa in high demand

Known as Black Santa PDX, Leroy Barber sees growing number of families Rev. Dr. Leroy Barber, aka Black Santa PDX, has been in the Santa game for nearly two decades. He got his start in Atlanta with the idea of representing communities of color. “Let’s do ...

22 Dec 2021 - Elayna Yussen
AYCO faces displacement, worries about community impact

The African Youth & Community Organization's bid to permanently reside at the former Trinity Broadcasting site rejected by the Portland Housing Bureau The Portland Housing Bureau’s (PHB) efforts to expand affordable housing came at a significant ...

10 Nov 2021 - Aurora Biggers