Karl is moving into housing for the first time in many years Karl Dorling has been selling Street Roots off and on for the last 20 years. He remembers many changes in the organization, but one thing has remained constant through the decades: Street Roots ...
26 Oct 2018 - Helen Hill
Kris is a minimalist and a naturalist; his dog, Azi, hunts mushrooms Kris Brown is an ambassador of alternative thinking who travels “wherever the wind takes me.” Traveling gives him a sense of wonder and confidence. “No matter what city I go to, it’s ...
5 Oct 2018 - Helen Hill
Jaison Kirk will launch a monthly KBOO program featuring his Street Roots cohorts "I love to network,” said Street Roots vendor Jaison Kirk. “I connect dots, and the dots are people. I bring them together.” Jaison is using his networking skills to pr ...
28 Sep 2018 - Helen Hill
Ibelisse and Doug say Street Roots has made a difference in their lives After a long, sometimes terrifying journey that seemed endless and full of setbacks, Ibelisse Jones-Lynch and Doug Lynch just got the keys to their own apartment. Through it all, thei ...
21 Sep 2018 - Helen Hill
Concordia nursing students first came to Street Roots to understand the perspectives of people on the streets. Now they come to provide care. Concordia University’s community health nursing instructor, Kinara Fender, was attending a free health fair with ...
31 Aug 2018 - Helen Hill
Street Roots vendors are sympathetic to the difficulties of police work, but desire kinder, more compassionate attitudes As part of Street Roots continuing effort to shed light on the relationship between the Portland Police and those who live on the stre ...
27 Jul 2018 - Helen Hill
Street Roots vendors share their experiences with Portland police and private security The Oregonian reported on June 27 that 52 percent of all arrests last year in the Portland area were made against people on the streets, and 86 percent of those were fo ...
13 Jul 2018 - Helen Hill
He says selling Street Roots has been his 'lifeline,' giving him a reason to take care of himself C.W. has deep roots with Street Roots. He was one of the earliest vendors in the 1990s when it was a fledgling paper called Burnside Cadillac. “I s ...
6 Jul 2018 - Helen Hill
Being "One Step Way" from homelessness the focus of next month's Object Stories series Big city art museums have traditionally been vault-like repositories of masterpieces hanging quietly on a wall, seen only by the well-heeled. Uniformed g ...
15 Jun 2018 - Helen Hill
Finished clay bowls will be auctioned off in the fall to help people experiencing homelessness Several afternoons this spring, Street Roots has been transformed into a bustling pop-up pottery studio thanks to artist Dana Lynn Louis and the Gather:Make:She ...
8 Jun 2018 - Helen Hill