OPINION | The mayor proposes underfunding the non-police crisis response program by 77% Mayor Ted Wheeler’s budget allotment for Portland Street Response falls short. And this is not the time to short-change a non-police response Portlanders have demanded ...
4 May 2021 - Kaia Sand
OPINION | Unhoused people are overexposed to trauma. The effects accumulate. He said it a total of four times. “I think he’s dead. I think he’s dead. I think he’s dead. I think he’s dead.” And then: “I think they killed his ass.” As I watched the video th ...
28 Apr 2021 - Kaia Sand
DIRECTOR’S DESK | The police killing of Robert Delgado was among a national spate of such killings since the Chauvin trial began Her brother loved making people laugh. “He was always cracking jokes. Extremely dramatic. Every time he told you a story he wa ...
21 Apr 2021 - Kaia Sand
WRAP Director Paul Boden discusses why it matters to pass the Right to Rest Act The Right to Rest Act was born on the streets. The Western Regional Advocacy Project — of which Street Roots was a founding member in 2005 — crafted it based on reports from ...
9 Apr 2021 - Kaia Sand
OPINION | Street Roots’ Ambassador Program means more income opportunities for people experiencing poverty, and it relies on your support Ten Street Roots ambassadors grabbed their vaccine education packets and headed out the door. Tony, Melissa and Lee p ...
7 Apr 2021 - Kaia Sand
OPINION | The Biden administration’s child tax credit creates a floor on families’ poverty. Can we keep going? On cold concrete we lie on freezing rain and snow We hide behind our blankets, dirty tarps and tent The small and cruel can see we are weak and ...
31 Mar 2021 - Kaia Sand
OPINION | We must build on these transformative gains, which have been necessary all along T iny house villages on city land. Car and RV safe parking. Motels purchased for housing. Public toilets. Cash for the poor. These are some gains made for people li ...
24 Mar 2021 - Kaia Sand
OPINION | Tell the City Council that Portland needs to expand options for houseless residents Parking lots where people in cars and RVs can safely park while accessing hygiene services. Campsites supported by garbage pickup, hand-washing stations and port ...
3 Mar 2021 - Kaia Sand
OPINION | Thank you for getting income to our vendors when the storm prevented them from selling papers This past weekend, we put out a call to build an emergency income fund for the more than 200 active vendors who missed sales during the snowstorm. We a ...
17 Feb 2021 - Kaia Sand
OPINION | It is a tragically flawed decision to evict people from Hazelnut Grove when people are living and dying on the streets F rom the Overlook bluff, I looked down at Hazelnut Grove, nestled among evergreen trees and brush. Then I took in the larger ...
9 Feb 2021 - Kaia Sand