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Street Roots vendor profile | ‘Being poor is expensive’

Peter challenges assumptions about homelessness and encourages compassion Street Roots vendor Peter Clark is excited to be working again and hopes to raise enough money to move back home to Syracuse, New York. He moved to Portland 10 years ago for the med ...

28 Dec 2022 - Jessica Hamilton
Street Roots vendor profile | Defining and finding family

Vendor Leka found a support system here in Portland Coming to Portland from Hawai’i brought some culture shock for Street Roots vendor Leka. In Hawai’i, Leka said, “the way they process everything — it’s a little bit slower. It feels more natural." L ...

21 Dec 2022 - Emily Emanuel
Street Roots vendor profile | Speaking truth to power

Randy didn’t give up when he lost his belongings, he took action, fighting the ‘bigwigs’ Living unhoused in pre-pandemic Portland, Randy Humphreys was a victim of a city sweep in which contractors discarded his personal belongings like trash. For unhoused ...

14 Dec 2022 - Sasha Azizi Ros...
Street Roots vendor profile | Rebuilding her life

Sonya found a new start as a vendor and ambassador The root cause for houselessness hardly comes from a cookie-cutter mold, but a common cause is the crumbling of a relationship with a spouse or family member. Even though Sonya Aho owns a home, she camped ...

7 Dec 2022 - Meg Eberle
Street Roots vendor profile | A job with purpose

Vendor Rabbit utilizes the resources and opportunities in his reach One of the first things you might want to ask Rabbit is how he got his name. His story, as almost everything he shares about himself, is grounded in his family. “My son was five then,” he ...

30 Nov 2022 - Robin Havenick
Street Roots vendor profile | Good deeds come back around

Rick Davis has been keeps busy with work and volunteering Rick Davis, a longtime Street Roots vendor, likes to keep himself busy. About a year ago, he started working at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, where he helps serve meals to people experiencing housel ...

23 Nov 2022 - Dylan Jefferies
Street Roots vendor profile | Vendor, board member and advocate

Leo Rhodes offers advice to the next generation of community organizers Persistent, gritty, tenacious. Those are just a few words describing longtime Street Roots vendor, board member and advocate Leo Rhodes, a consistent fixture at City Hall, the Street ...

16 Nov 2022 - Jessica Hamilton
Street Roots vendor profile | Acting with compassion

Vendor Nicole Pater is dedicated to helping others Nicole Pater and her dog made their way to Portland from Dallas, Texas three months ago. Her eyes set on a fresh start, Nicole unexpectedly lost all of her belongings when she was robbed on her first day ...

9 Nov 2022 - Emily Emanuel
Street Roots vendor profile | Ice cream and newspapers go hand in hand

Kevin Robinson sells the newspaper outside of Salt & Straw Ice Cream on Southeast Division Street Resilience is Kevin Robinson’s unspoken mantra. Kevin could spend his days watching television and playing video games at the East Portland care facility ...

2 Nov 2022 - Meg Eberle
Street Roots vendor profile | 16 years of selling Street Roots

Craig enjoys interacting with his customers and encounters with people as he sells the newspaper Craig Preston’s Street Roots origin story is similar to many vendors. Out of work as a car salesman, he walked the streets downtown, came upon a man selling S ...

26 Oct 2022 - Robin Havenick