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Kaia Sand | There is room for all in this circle

OPINION | When housed and unhoused neighbors gathered at a Portland park to listen to each other, new opportunities emerged The circle was big. Standing 6 feet apart, neighbors — at first mostly people who are housed, and slowly, more and more unhoused — ...

30 Dec 2020 - Kaia Sand
Kaia Sand | Housing crisis spreads as people flee fires and toxic air

Opinion | Street Roots suspended our print edition this week because of the air quality It wasn’t much, but it was pizza – a small effort at fire prevention. Mike D, a Street Roots vendor who coordinates action team outreach, and I crossed the busy St. He ...

12 Sep 2020 - Kaia Sand
Kaia Sand | Counting unhoused people in the 2020 Census is crucial

OPINION | Under the direction of Street Roots staffer Mallory Smith, our vendors are helping unhoused people take the Census Pops cleaned off a laptop, readying it for the next Census taker. Mask on and wearing a turquoise t-shirt announcing, “We Count St ...

17 Jul 2020 - Kaia Sand
Street Roots vendor profile | The strength to carry on

Josephine has learned to adapt and has stayed true to herself “Everything hit me all at once,” Josephine Allen said. Josephine had been living with domestic violence for more than 20 years. Through counseling, she finally began to understand her situation ...

15 Jul 2020 - Pat Zimmer
People who struggle need more direct cash from the federal government

DIRECTOR’S DESK | Street Roots is connecting impoverished people with cash assistance, stimulus checks and tax credits, but it’s not enough These days, I think about money a lot. Where is it, and how can it get into the pockets of poor folks? An antidote ...

15 May 2020 - Kaia Sand
Street Roots is well versed in addressing challenges with creativity

DIRECTOR'S DESK | We can build a better future, even though we don’t yet know what that is A wedding during a pandemic. Unhoused people running an office. A rainbow in a stormy sky. During these undeniably hard times many of us grapple with new expe ...

24 Apr 2020 - Kaia Sand
Street Roots vendor profile: We are building trust

Soon after Alex joined Street Roots, he became part of the Coronavirus Prevention and Action Team, taking resources to people on the streets Alex Rodriguez is new to Portland and new to Street Roots, but he’s not new to being homeless. When he came to Por ...

20 Apr 2020 - Robin Havenick
A Street Roots wedding

Vendors Max McEntire and Deanna Handley tied the knot at our office in Old Town, while guests watched from a distance The COVID-19 pandemic has put a halt on what most would consider the “norm” in today’s society. What it didn't put a halt to was the ...

16 Apr 2020 - DeVon Pouncey
At Street Roots, we work through tough times with hope and grace

DIRECTOR’S DESK | As we confront this pandemic, we continue to look toward our best future There’s nothing incremental about this moment. At Street Roots, we’ve developed a theory of action: When we solve for one problem, we also solve for something else ...

27 Mar 2020 - Kaia Sand
Vendors take supplies and COVID-19 information to the streets

DIRECTOR'S DESK | Accustomed to getting the news out, they are becoming the media in a new way — by word of mouth Street Roots vendors are hitting the trails to deliver accurate information about COVID-19 to other unhoused people. Accustomed to getti ...

12 Mar 2020 - Kaia Sand