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Director’s Desk: Springwater Corridor challenges community’s will

What I've been asked about homelessness and this East Portland corridor The Springwater Corridor is a 21-mile multiuse path and trail that runs through both Clackamas and Multnomah County, traveling through both Gresham and Portland. The path follow ...

21 Jul 2016 - Israel Bayer
Director’s Desk: With no housing and another trip to the E.R. How will Simon’s story end?

Homelessness is anything but normal Standing in line waiting for dinner after a long day, a day after returning from vacation, I checked my email. It was a hospital social worker. Simon was in the emergency room again. The fourth time this week. It was a ...

14 Jul 2016 - Israel Bayer
Director’s Desk: Yes for affordable homes!

A $258 million city bond will provide housing for thousands of people With the endorsement of the City Council, Portland will see a $258 million affordable housing bond on the ballot in November. It’s a historic moment. The campaign is called Yes for Affo ...

30 Jun 2016 - Israel Bayer
Director's Desk: Businesses key to Portland's success with housing

The narrative in some circles that the business community is against the homeless is false Street Roots was honored to receive the Portland Pearl Rotary Club’s Community Vision Award last week. Speaking to a room full of business representatives and Pearl ...

16 Jun 2016 - Israel Bayer
Ten ways you can support Street Roots vendors | DIRECTOR’S DESK

No. 4: Blast out Street Roots on social media Street Roots vendors work hard in the summer. It’s not easy. Being homeless in the summertime isn’t any fun. Longer periods of daylight are a welcome sign for many Portlanders, but for many people on the stre ...

2 Jun 2016 - Israel Bayer
Director’s Desk: The complexity of homeless encampments in urban America

Community is limited by debating why things can’t be achieved instead of how they can I have witnessed people suffering on the streets every day — all day, year after year, for the past 15 years. They are traumatized. I am traumatized. People tell me on ...

26 May 2016 - Israel Bayer
Director’s Desk: Together, we are stronger!

It’s that love that carries us through Nearly 18 months ago, Street Roots set out to go from a biweekly to a weekly publication schedule. No easy task. The goal was twofold: One was to give vendors selling the newspaper a stable income to support their q ...

19 May 2016 - Israel Bayer
Nick Licata tells us how to change society

The former Seattle councilman and author of ‘Becoming a Citizen Activist’ says everyone has the potential to make a difference. And he is bringing his message to Portland. Nick Licata is a lifelong political activist who spent 18 years as a Seattle City C ...

12 May 2016 - Israel Bayer
Director’s Desk: Beyond all the politics, Portland budget plan a bold step forward

There's no good reason a minor business tax hike should stir controversy Each of the proposed budgets by Multnomah County and Portland invests heavily in housing and homeless services, pledging more than $50 million in additional support toward the h ...

5 May 2016 - Israel Bayer
Director’s Desk: Homeless should not be Public Enemy No. 1

Many people on the streets are good, common folk, caught out on the wire The stories of people experiencing homelessness are many. Starting Friday, April 29, readers will be able to get a 32-page zine of stories about people’s experience of sleeping outs ...

28 Apr 2016 - Israel Bayer