Marcy Westerling, founder of Rural Organizing Project, reflects on community organizing in Oregon, as her own life takes a new direction By Joanne Zuhl, Staff Writer After 30 years, Marcy Westerling recently returned to Saul Alinsky’s “Rules for Radicals, ...
25 May 2011 - Street Roots
Life Support [caption id="attachment_5078" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Jamaica Imani-Nelson used TANF to get back to work and support herself. Photo by Jennifer Jansons"] [/caption] The Temporary Assist ...
28 Apr 2011 - Street Roots
Life Support Temporary Assistance for Needy Families and related employment services has helped thousands of people like Jamaica get back to work. Its own future looks less positive. [caption id="attachment_5043" align="aligncenter" wi ...
19 Apr 2011 - Street Roots
Community service cuts could prove costly to Oregon By Joanne Zuhl, Staff Writer Amid the slew of budget cuts rolling out of the House in recent weeks is the elimination of the Corporation for National and Community Service. The name probably doesn’t ring ...
15 Mar 2011 - Street Roots
Drug free zone conversation is back by Joanne Zuhl Drug Free Zones, left to sunset by Mayor Tom Potter, could be making a return if a request by the businesses and residents of Old Town Chinatown Neighborhood get the mayor’s nod. After many meetings where ...
9 Feb 2011 - Street Roots
City considers new guidelines for Sidewalk Management Ordinance by Joanne Zuhl In the current edition of Street Roots we revisit Portland’s Sidewalk Management Ordinance, which, given it’s political ancestry, has charted a smooth course over the past seve ...
8 Feb 2011 - Street Roots
Sit-lie law moves along By Joanne Zuhl, Staff Writer Seven months into the enforcement of Portland’s Sidewalk Management Ordinance, there are no lawsuits festering in the wings, no major protests at City Hall, and little in terms of social discourse under ...
8 Feb 2011 - Street Roots
How Immigration and Customs Enforcement has co-opted local law enforcement to find their targets for them By Joanne Zuhl, Staff Writer It was the unusual number of calls that led the Portland Human Rights Commission to check out Secure Communities. The ca ...
3 Feb 2011 - Street Roots
Michael Powell reflects on creating the legendary book store and keeping it strong for the next generation By Joanne Zuhl, Staff Writer This past July, Michael Powell, the architect behind the icon Powell’s City of Books, handed over the company to his da ...
2 Feb 2011 - Street Roots
Extra! Extra! The new paper is at the press packed with your weekend reading. Friday morning the office will be jammed with vendors for a rundown of the new edition and reports from the streets, followed by a day on the job throughout the great city of Po ...
20 Jan 2011 - Street Roots