Dozens of events worldwide will mark International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers A candlelight vigil Thursday, Dec. 17, will remember those who died from violence while working in the sex trade. The annual event, hosted by Sex Workers Outreach C ...
12 Dec 2015 - Street Roots Staff
Food Front Co-op managers presented Street Roots’ Vendor of the Year award to their friend Vendor of the Year John Brown travels the farthest every day to get to his sales location. Without fail, he can be found at Food Front Co-op in the Hillsdale Shoppi ...
15 Oct 2015 - Street Roots Staff
Vendor Harry Richards got his apartment keys this past week and has moved inside. “Thank you, thank you, thank you, Street Roots!” Harry said. “Through my own hard work, I’m back inside! Street Roots supported me and kept me in papers when I had hard time ...
17 Sep 2015 - Street Roots Staff
Street Roots vendors espouse respect, community through Write Around Portland creative writing workshop Since Feb. 12, a group of nearly 20 Street Roots vendors has been attending a creative writing workshop hosted by Write Around Portland, a nonprofit th ...
15 Mar 2015 - Street Roots Staff
This story was updated on March 3, 2015. Multnomah County Sheriff Dan Staton says he will continue in-person, “through the glass” visiting for visitors to Multnomah County jails, bowing to pressure from public concerns over replacing all visits with vide ...
27 Jan 2015 - Street Roots Staff
It was standing room only Jan. 2 at the Street Roots office as vendors crowded to get the first glimpse of the new weekly Street Roots newspaper. It was our inaugural edition on a weekly schedule and vendors were excited to get the paper unloaded and out ...
10 Jan 2015 - Street Roots Staff
Join Street Roots and others in supporting Kate Cox and family with a night of music and fun. The event will go to support Kate and her family as they navigate Kate's treatment for breast cancer and the costs incurred with her recovery. The following ...
12 Nov 2014 - Street Roots Staff
-Number of sites in Oregon approved as petroleum-contaminated soil landfills: 16-Number of contaminants found in fish eaten by tribal members in the Columbia River watershed: 92-Number of dams in Oregon: 26-Number of Multnomah County dams classified as a “ ...
19 Oct 2014 - Street Roots Staff
-Number of Oregonians annually diagnosed with HIV: 280-Percentage of Oregonians living with HIV/AIDS living in Multnomah County: 55-Total number of weekly boarding passes for TriMet Buses and MAX in July 2014: 1,955,000-Complaints against public officials ...
6 Oct 2014 - Street Roots Staff
-2013 salary of Oregon Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian: $72,000-2013 average salary of principal executive officials in the Bureau of Labor and Industries: $94,685-Percent of Oregon wage and salary workers with union membership in 2012: 15.7-Percent of Ore ...
23 Sep 2014 - Street Roots Staff