Nothing about publishing a newspaper is easy. Being able to maintain a timely and informative product that engages and educates the public is even harder. Street Roots works tirelessly to bring readers insights and stories that represent the community we ...
21 Dec 2013 - Israel Bayer
Street Roots is a proud partner again this year with the Willamette Week’s 2013 Give!Guide and more than 100 community organizations. These organizations work day-in and day-out to make Portland a better city — a city that we can all be proud to call home ...
21 Nov 2013 - Israel Bayer
The Street Roots online auction is live, running today through Monday, July 29, at www.streetrootsauction.org. Visit the site and you’ll have a chance to support Street Roots and get some great items in return. The organization moved the auction from Oct ...
27 Jul 2013 - Israel Bayer
What Portland needs is real leadership on the homeless and housing front to develop a permanent funding source to give people a safe place to call home. Many of us working in the trenches are working to make that dream a reality and looking at a variety o ...
10 Jul 2013 - Israel Bayer
Mayor Charlie Hales has shuffled the deck at the city by reassigning bureaus to each commissioner saying, “This will allow commissioners to interact, and to share their passion and knowledge for the various bureaus.” From the outside looking in, it’s too ...
12 Jun 2013 - Israel Bayer
By Israel Bayer, Staff Writer Street Roots has been very busy on the homeless advocacy and policy front as of late. Street Roots, along with many of our partners are helping lead the, “We are the Safety Net” campaign. The campaign has worked very hard to ...
17 May 2013 - Israel Bayer
By Israel Bayer, Staff Writer The city is faced with having to ensure that basic serves for the safety net continue at a time of great need. The city faces a $25 million dollar budget gap. The feds continue to cut services for the elderly and people exper ...
18 Mar 2013 - Israel Bayer
Street Roots is growing. At the core of what we do is our vendor program. More than 80 individuals and families who sell Street Roots in the community collectively represent the idea that people experiencing poverty and homelessness can provide for themse ...
12 Mar 2013 - Israel Bayer