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Portland Business Alliance: We can do better than this

The Portland Business Alliance took out a full-page ad in today’s Oregonian with the headline, “We can do better than this.” The ad goes on to say, “Our city is experiencing a crisis on our streets and in our parks. Everyday thousands of people sleep in o ...

15 Jul 2015 - Israel Bayer
Director's Desk: Legislative session a mixed bag, with room for improvement

In many ways this legislative session was a success, especially when you think about just how far to the right the rest of our country continues to be on social justice issues. Creating policy that gives hard-working Oregonians time off for sick leave, tr ...

10 Jul 2015 - Israel Bayer
Director's Desk: Street papers worldwide unite around common mission

Delegates from street papers around the world gathered in June for the INSP Global Street Paper Summit in Seattle Did you know that Street Roots is part of a growing global movement? The International Network of Street Papers (INSP), based in Scotland, su ...

3 Jul 2015 - Israel Bayer
Director's Desk: Gentrification a sweet tune for the privileged

If homelessness, housing and wages are any indicator of how much Black Lives Matter in Portland — then we are failing, badly. The latest 2015 Multnomah County Homeless Count was released in early June. If homelessness, housing and wages are any indicator ...

29 Jun 2015 - Israel Bayer
Director's Desk: The streets are alive with the good, the bad and the ugly

The streets are hot, literally. It’s summertime in the city. People are everywhere. If you are a Portlander then you’re probably spending as much time as possible soaking up the sun. It’s that time. The days are longer. Our senses seem sharper. The mornin ...

18 Jun 2015 - Israel Bayer
Director's Desk: Weekly publication strong, getting stronger

For two days this spring, Street Roots vendors, volunteers, staff and board met to hash out what the next three years of the organization might look like. Understanding that Street Roots went to a weekly publication schedule in January, something the orga ...

12 Jun 2015 - Israel Bayer
Director's Desk: Investing in the love of Street Roots

People ask me, why should I invest in Street Roots? We believe in people. We work to give hundreds of people a hand up on a weekly basis. In fact, each year we give nearly 400 people experiencing homelessness and poverty an alternative income through sale ...

22 May 2015 - Israel Bayer
Director's Desk: Poverty is exhausting, but the human spirit is strong

"There’s really nothing than can prepare you for an experience like this,” said T.J., holding his four-week-old child. “I’m working full-time, but we just couldn’t hold on. We’re doing everything we can to get back on our feet.” That was the story t ...

15 May 2015 - Israel Bayer
Director's Desk: ‘Weekly has made my life so much better'

It would be easy for Street Roots to play it safe and to not take on some of the most complex issues of our time. We could walk the straight and narrow, and simply focus on one aspect of poverty and choose to not rock the boat when it comes to thinking ab ...

1 May 2015 - Israel Bayer
TriMet policies shifts burden to low income, nonprofits

Before I start this column, I would like to say that I’m a huge fan of public transit. I haven’t owned or driven a car since I was 21. Without public transportation, my experience in Portland and in many other cities would have been dull and bland. Saying ...

24 Apr 2015 - Israel Bayer