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Street Roots vendor profile | Working her way through tough times

An eviction is forcing Lee onto the streets, but she’s optimistic that she’ll find housing It’s sweet to imagine Lee Vaughn’s home, a West Shore apartment in downtown Portland where she has lived for the past two years. “My place is so beautiful,” she sai ...

23 Dec 2020 - Robin Havenick
Street Roots vendor profile: An actor’s comeback

As a model, George was the ‘male face of the ‘90s.’ After some ups and downs, he found Street Roots and rekindled his acting and modeling career. In 2017, George Denison revived his acting and modeling career. A Portland-based fashion designer, Desi Allin ...

18 Nov 2020 - Pat Zimmer
Kaia Sand | ‘And then gangrene sets in, like it originally did on her legs’

OPINION | Nurturing is Max's superpower; he's focused on keeping his wife warm outside The reason I made this design is my wife lost a half a foot and a third of a leg two years ago to frostbite,” Max told me, holding up a pale purple leg warmer ...

18 Nov 2020 - Kaia Sand
Street Roots vendor profile | ‘I have a servant’s heart’

Gary aims to be part of the solution through his work with the Street Roots Action Team “I love being part of something bigger than myself,” Gary Serventi declared. “My name, Serventi, means being a servant. I have a servant’s heart.” Being of service is ...

11 Nov 2020 - Robin Havenick
Street Roots vendor profile | A writer for as long as she can remember

Bronwyn draws inspiration for her poetry from the world around her Bronwyn Carver is an artist with a wide range of talents: She’s a journalist, a short story writer, a poet, a jewelry maker, a collage artist and an editor. This is the second year Bronwyn ...

4 Nov 2020 - Robin Havenick
Street Roots vendor profile | A generous and positive spirit

Mike has been with Street Roots for 20 years, most recently as part of the Action Team Like an old family member, Mike Dusek can remember Street Roots origins, 20 years ago, when the office was in the Danmoore Hotel. The residential hotel at Southwest 14t ...

28 Oct 2020 - Robin Havenick
Street Roots vendor profile | A lot to look forward to

Amelia is a guitarist and a nature lover who has plans for the future As a kid, Amelia Lake took lessons in flamenco and blues guitar. At family gatherings in San Francisco, San Antonio and Atlanta, she’d play whatever songs she was working on. These days ...

14 Oct 2020 - Pat Zimmer
Street Roots Podcast | Talking with Street Roots vendor Dan Newth

Episode 12: The longtime vendor talks about the future of Street Roots, the state and the planet On this episode of the Street Roots Podcast, longtime Street Roots vendor Dan Newth joined host DeVon Pouncey and discussed what it has been like to be able t ...

14 Oct 2020 - DeVon Pouncey
Street Roots vendors tell us what they’re grateful for

Vendors express gratitude for God, pets, income opportunities and more "What are you grateful for?" Street Roots vendors respond: Tom Miller “I’m grateful to have a Man up there looking over me. If you don’t have faith, you don’t have much. Thin ...

7 Oct 2020 - Pat Zimmer
Kaia Sand | Democracy must reach the unhoused — and that includes voting

OPINION | The Street Roots Action Team's voter registration drive builds on efforts to broaden civic engagement They just keep at it. The day the Proud Boys attempted to disrupt the city, the Street Roots Action Team was undeterred and focused, out o ...

7 Oct 2020 - Kaia Sand