Joe is grateful that Street Roots is printing again so that he can earn an income For Joe V., the five months of March to August without a print edition of Street Roots was tough. By June, he was actively lobbying the Street Roots staff. “I told them, ‘Lo ...
23 Sep 2020 - Pat Zimmer
After a five-month hiatus, vendors returned to selling the weekly paper on Aug. 26 On Wednesday, Aug. 26, Street Roots vendors lined up in front of the Street Roots office an hour before it opened. The first print edition of the paper since March was comi ...
9 Sep 2020 - Pat Zimmer
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
To Jamey, customers are like guests; they’re welcome in his life Since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, Jamey Mork has seen people come out of the woodwork to help. One of his favorites is a group that he believes is a family, that’s started cooking ...
8 Jun 2020 - Pat Zimmer
If Melissa could change one thing about the work world, it would be to accommodate the diverse ways people think and work It was during the real estate bubble in the mid-2000s that Melissa Bogolubov and her husband decided to buy a house. Rent prices in S ...
27 Feb 2020 - Pat Zimmer
Scott, a homeless-rights activist and Dignity Village co-founder, does trash pickup for Ground Score and graces Street Roots’ chalkboard with his art In the past couple of years, Scott Atkins has changed his life. He’s been doing things he never thought h ...
31 Jan 2020 - Pat Zimmer
Don wants to spend his summers operating a bicycle hot dog stand. In the meantime, ‘it feels good when I sell the papers.’ Don Peterson has a big voice and a dry sense of humor. Sometimes, he said, people just don’t get him. “I try to be the comedian,” he ...
27 Dec 2019 - Pat Zimmer
'She learns everything so quick,' Dwd says of Kephirah When skateboarders rode by Dwd (pronounced DA-wed) and his dog, Kephirah, on the streets, he noticed Kephirah seemed ready to bolt. The rattle of wheels on the pavement, the bodies zipping p ...
29 Nov 2019 - Pat Zimmer
After finding the brother his mother put up for adoption, Vern is also back in touch with another estranged brother By the time he found his brother Brian, Vern Hannigan had pretty much decided he’d never have a family again. His mom and stepdad were gone ...
11 Oct 2019 - Pat Zimmer
For 35 years, Norm wondered what had happened to Larry. Now, he’s saving money so he can pay him a visit. Norm Chamberlin searched for his brother Larry for 35 years. He spent hundreds of dollars, hired a private detective, placed ads in the classifieds a ...
6 Sep 2019 - Pat Zimmer