The life of Leo Rhodes Leo Rhodes is a Street Roots vendor, columnist, board member and homeless advocate. His work has been highlighted in the newspaper throughout 2009. He sells the newspaper almost daily in the Hollywood neighborhood in Northeast and h ...
1 Dec 2009 - Street Roots
The people behind the paper Street Roots, the Albina Community Bank in the Pearl and some of Portland’s best photographers are teaming up to present a month long exhibit titled “The people behind the paper.” You are invited to the opening on First Thursda ...
29 Oct 2009 - Street Roots
Vendor corner: Customer’s kindness saves a vendor’s life From the July 10 edition of Street Roots Vendors experience generosity from Street Roots customers on a daily basis. It is usually done out of compassion for another human being without any thought ...
23 Jul 2009 - Street Roots
Vendor corner: Home away from home in Portland Like a lot of us who have lived a while, David Armitage wants to “go home.” He wants to go back to a time, place, and relationships where life was easier. Although he is from Portland originally, David wants ...
9 Jul 2009 - Street Roots
Vendors corner: Leo Rhodes Homeless advocate Leo Rhodes moved from Seattle to Portland a couple of months ago to get some rest. He had become so preoccupied with educating people — politicians, journalists and school children — about homelessness that he ...
11 Jun 2009 - Street Roots
Roger holds his own Vendor Profile By Elizabeth Schwartz Contributing Writer Although he stands under the overhang at Powells’ backdoor on NW 11th and Couch, Roger Moore is not totally protected from the weather. “The wind funnels down through here,” he t ...
1 May 2009 - Street Roots
Extra! Extra! Smile and the whole world smiles with you! Give it a try, starting with your neighborhood vendor who is always happy to see you. The new paper comes out tomorrow, the first day of spring, and a perfect way celebrate is to pick up your copy h ...
19 Mar 2009 - Street Roots
Vendor odyssey at Third and Alder Nathan Junkin has agreed to let me write about what it is like for him to be schizophrenic and homeless. I interviewed Nathan on the corner of SW Third Avenue and Alder Street on Ash Wednesday. Pedestrian traffic ebbed an ...
19 Mar 2009 - Street Roots
A light in the dark: Living outdoors requires some nerve and a few good friends A Vendor Profile By Elizabeth Schwartz Contributing Writer Gimel Gaiah has been selling Street Roots outside Borders on Southwest 3rd and Morrison for about two months. His cu ...
5 Mar 2009 - Street Roots