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  1. PHOTOS: 2019 Street Roots Family Breakfast

    DIRECTOR’S DESK | At this year's annual fundraiser, Street Roots celebrated its 20th anniversary Street Roots celebrated its 20-year mark Oct. 4 with more than 400 supporters gathered for our annual fundraising breakfast at the Oregon Convention Cent ...

    11 Oct 2019 - Kaia Sand

  2. Built from the ground up: Street Roots turns 20

    Two decades is a lifetime for some nonprofits, but we continue to grow Welcome to this special edition of Street Roots marking our 20th anniversary. And thank you for making every day of it possible. We are a long way from our earliest days when we were j ...

    4 Oct 2019 - Joanne Zuhl

  3. From Dignity Village to Portland Street Response, advocacy is a vital part of Street Roots

    KAIA SAND | 20 years in, we keep moving forward while staying true to our roots Street Roots, said co-founder Bryan Pollard, “was born in advocacy. It never was not a part of the organization.” After all, Pollard pointed out, the Street Roots staff came t ...

    4 Oct 2019 - Kaia Sand

  4. Street Roots has been a champion for social justice for 20 years

    ISRAEL BAYER | The organization has successfully stood up for the civil rights of people in our community Street Roots advocacy is a brand of activism you’d have a hard time finding a definition for. Using a fusion of different strategies and political ta ...

    4 Oct 2019 - Israel Bayer

  5. Journalism in an unprecedented political climate

    Since the 2016 presidential campaign, Street Roots has stood strong in its coverage of the resistance As American values and those living on our country’s margins have come increasingly under attack, Street Roots has responded with meaningful coverage.  G ...

    4 Oct 2019 - SR editorial board

  6. Street Roots vendor writing: A sense of community through Street Roots

    DAN NEWTH | The best part of my day is seeing people smile as they greet me My first experience selling Street Roots in 2002 was alienating at first. I was a stranger interrupting other strangers. It took me three days to sell my first 10 papers. If not f ...

    4 Oct 2019 - Dan Newth

  7. Street Roots vendor writing: A vital outlet for our creative expression

    EILEEN VIZENOR | Why it's important to have a creative writing class at Street Roots – plus vendor poetry celebrating Street Roots' 20th anniversary I was asked, “Why is it so important to have a creative writing class at Street Roots?”  Where d ...

    4 Oct 2019 - Eileen Vizenor

  8. At Street Roots, a complex environment demands trust, empathy

    'When a mental health issue or an addiction are compounded by homelessness, they are exacerbated' As a street-level organization, Street Roots engages directly with people experiencing homelessness, and sadly, that often means encountering the c ...

    4 Oct 2019 - Cole Merkel and DeVon Pouncey and Joanne Zuhl

  9. In memoriam: When loss strikes the Street Roots family

    When a Street Roots vendor dies, we take the time to honor them Living on the streets day to day can be rigorous, tough or just an all-out fight for survival. Unfortunately, unhoused people succumbing to those conditions are far too common. At Street Root ...

    4 Oct 2019 - DeVon Pouncey

  10. In the news: 20 years of Street Roots reporting

    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

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