Housing programs and Street Roots team up to support vendors By Becky Mullins & Israel Bayer Staff Writers Kristi E. Skeie came to Street Roots in early May wanting to become self sufficient and provide a stable environment for herself and her service ...
2 Jun 2010 - Street Roots
Extra! Extra! Keeping Portland weird can be a full-time job, or you can do what comes naturally and see what happens. That’s how Street Roots comes together, with the help of dozens of volunteers and dedicated vendors who tomorrow morning will have your f ...
29 Apr 2010 - Street Roots
Vendor: Life is about choices — choose well By Becky Mullins Contributing writer Kim Etherton came to Street Roots one month ago and she has already established a permanent vendor location at The Common Ground Coffee House at 4321 SE Hawthorne. She sells ...
20 Apr 2010 - Street Roots
Extra! Extra! April has arrived! And so has your new Street Roots! Well, almost. Vendors will be hard at work Friday morning unloading the latest edition for your reading pleasure this weekend. Here’s a sampling of what’s inside this issue: A conversation ...
1 Apr 2010 - Street Roots
One of the hardest things to escape in prison is your past From my previous column, I left off by saying that my cellie had offered to let me live in his house in Fresno, Calif., The catch was he wanted me to sling his drugs while he was locked up. Like I ...
29 Mar 2010 - Street Roots
PDC unloads affordable housing obligation in North Macadam The League of Women Voters is calling on the city to stand behind its agreement to build affordable housing in the North Macadam Urban Renewal Area after an preliminary agreement indicates the Por ...
23 Feb 2010 - Street Roots
Extra! Extra! One minute it’s warm and sunny, the next it’s cold, foggy and grey. It’s tough to know what to wear these days. But you always know what to read! And starting tomorrow, you’ll have a fresh copy of Street Roots to keep your mind warm and toas ...
18 Feb 2010 - Street Roots
Together, we forge a movement By Israel Bayer Street Roots Executive Director Street Roots, along with allies at Sisters Of The Road and Community Alliance of Tenants, took a monumental road trip to San Francisco for the Western Regional Advocacy Project’ ...
26 Jan 2010 - Street Roots
Cries of solidarity leave this marcher speechless By Julie McCurdy Contributing Writer I was asked the other day by a very well-intentioned woman about the “face” of homelessness. She asked if I could describe a “typical” homeless person. I looked at her ...
25 Jan 2010 - Street Roots
We're No. 11! We're No. 11! Street Roots, with our stylishly retro, no-frills wordpress blog, got the nod from White Horse Consulting as No. 11 in its top 12 listing of active blogs on the city of Portland! The company was hired by the city to ...
22 Jan 2010 - Street Roots