Farewell Banner for Roger Gates Vendor David Testawich sits outside Trader Joe's with a banner he created in memory of Roger Gates. David describes the banner as a retirement jersey, like the ones athletes receive at the end of their career. Roger ...
6 Aug 2008 - Street Roots
Memorial for Roger Gates August 21st Roger Gates memorial will be held on Thursday August 21st at 6:00pm at the Trinity Episcopal Chapel at 147 NW 19th Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97209. (Chapel entrance is on Everett.) Flowers may be sent to Trinity Episco ...
7 Aug 2008 - Street Roots
Extra! Extra! Aug. 7, 2008 The new edition of Street Roots rolls out on Friday. You can buy one from your favorite vendor or a new friend on the beat. Here's what you can look forward to: The 10-year itch Portland’s plan to end homelessness reaches ...
7 Aug 2008 - Street Roots
Truth Commission offers tears and insight August 7, 2008 Old Town was alive tonight. Nearly 60 individuals experiencing homelessness and poverty gathered with allies and advocates at Sisters Of The Roads' sponsored Truth Commission on the sit-lie ord ...
8 Aug 2008 - Street Roots
Life story Roger Gates in Oregonian August 10, 2008 Struggles with homelessness, alcohol and health problems benched a former college pitcher, but he stayed positive and eventually found a sense of peace as a Street Roots vendor. Posted by Israel Bayer O ...
10 Aug 2008 - Street Roots
New Orleans' tent city is no more August 11, 2008 During a recent visit to The City that Care Forgot, I was surprised to see that a post-Katrina staple had vanished. All that remains of the makeshift tent city once located under an I-10 overpass, is ...
11 Aug 2008 - Street Roots
Sit-lie is a gateway drug August 12, 2008 One good dose of this distracting intoxicant and a whole roomful of people are likely to spin off on every social ill, vice and offense ever witnessed on Portland’s streets. Yesterday at the public hearing for the ...
12 Aug 2008 - Street Roots
August Street Roots barbecue Street Roots crew Board member Chelsea Clark-James and Keith Vann Street Roots reporter Mara Grunbaum, Copy Editor Mary Pacios, and friend Adusa Miysmori Barbecue Where to buy Street Roots Print ...
18 Aug 2008 - Street Roots
Restorative justice equals no justice The current proliferation of separate court systems- often referred to as "restorative justice"- within the U.S. criminal justice system tells us all we need to know about how government is addressing the he ...
19 Aug 2008 - Street Roots
Extra! Extra! Posted: Thursday, August 22, 2208 Tomorrow is Friday, Aug. 22, and that means that your favorite vendor has a new edition of Street Roots in his hands. Buy one from your regular guy or gal, and pick up an extra from a new vendor for the offi ...
21 Aug 2008 - Street Roots