By Ann Derrick Gaillot, Contributing Writer Michelle Sapp has bright eyes and an open face that smile easily. She is an adept conversationalist who speaks with a bouncy Texas lilt, who loves to talk to new people, who loves to read. Who loves to joke arou ...
14 Mar 2013 - Ann-Derrick Gaillot
By Ann Derrick Gaillot, Contributing Writer If ever you walk past the OnPoint bank at Northeast Ninth Avenue and Broadway, you may notice a grinning woman set apart from the crowd by her sizeable, fluffy, blond mullet. That woman’s name is Sherri Banning ...
27 Mar 2013 - Ann-Derrick Gaillot
By Israel Bayer, Staff Writer A month ago, Paul Gefroh came to talk to me. It had been two years since he had lost his son. The memory of Nick is still very fresh in his heart. We talked about Nick’s involvement with Street Roots, his childhood and his co ...
15 Apr 2013 - Israel Bayer
By Ann-Derrick Gaillot, Contributing Writer On any given day at the Red and Black Café, an anarchist, worker-owned vegan restaurant at the corner of Southeast 12th Avenue and Oak Street, you can find people from all walks of life enjoying good food and a ...
25 Apr 2013 - Ann-Derrick Gaillot
Street Roots editorial Jim and Street Roots’ Vendor Coordinator Cole Merkel started around the same time. Jim was a Street Roots vendor. Cole was a Jesuit Volunteer a year out of college and looking to make a difference in the world. For more than a year, ...
25 Apr 2013 - Street Roots Staff
By Ann-Derrick Gaillot, Contributing Writer Eileen Vizenor’s life changed completely last December when she lost her home and all of her possessions in the span of a few weeks. The experiences were devastating, but none more than losing her two beloved ca ...
6 May 2013 - Ann-Derrick Gaillot
By Ann-Derrick Gaillot, Contributing Writer Glen Hansen sees himself as somewhat of a nomadic person, having lived all over the US, Canada and Europe (he is fluent in Danish) before settling in Portland last August. “I don’t grow roots well, so I migrate ...
22 May 2013 - Ann-Derrick Gaillot
I was a little manic several springs back on the streets of a small Texas town called Mansfield. The police and I had been through several run-ins, which resulted in me landing in a Fort Worth mental hospital. Being a ward of the state scared me a bit, be ...
4 Jun 2013 - Hobo John
Two weeks ago, Michelle had asked somewhat timidly, if she could turn in a few pieces of her art to be published in Street Roots. Now, a week after her first artwork was published, I was waving to Michelle as she rode her bike up to the Street Roots’ offi ...
5 Jun 2013 - Kara Dimitruk
Rick Phillips is a Gemini and while he doesn’t go so far as to read his daily horoscope, he does believe in the duality of his personality. “There are two sides to me,” says Rick. “It’s weird that I can look back on my life and see the Gemini in me.” But ...
19 Jun 2013 - Ann-Derrick Gaillot