said. “I put my tent up and stuff, and I have to move.” Life on the street, too, makes it difficult to ... baby steps." Raven, who had beautician training and worked in tattoo art, has a dream. “I would ... today. © 2023 Street Roots. All rights reserved. | To request permission to reuse content, email ...
27 Sep 2023 - Meg Eberle
during the pandemic. Coming back, he said, feels like home. His new home, at the Right 2 Dream Too or ... is grateful he found Street Roots too. “Street Roots provides a lot of dignity and a positive and ... investments in his community too, and hopes to live at R2D2 long term. He’s a peer support specialist and ...
14 Oct 2022 - Jessica Hamilton
help others, too. “Everybody in Portland loves Street Roots,” he said. “There are good people here. ... fishing with his dad. Those times are some of his fondest memories, and he dreams of fishing again one day ... Walleye, Bass, you name it. We used to catch carp, too, and those suckers are huge. I once caught ...
2 Mar 2022 - Dylan Jefferies
said. “We celebrate the good times and the bad, too. Just like family.” STREET ROOTS NEWS: Rick Davis ... Portlanders, Rick shares a common love for the team that continues to dash dreams for its fans. “I’m a die-hard ... your community newspaper by making a one-time or recurring gift today. © 2021 Street Roots. All rights ...
30 Jun 2021 - Jessica Hamilton
dreams of starting a shelter for LGBTQ+ people. Portland has 11 resources for women who are victims of ... she said, “I’ve had certain privileges. And I don’t find that right at all.” For people experiencing ... dawn. Just hang on. I’m praying for them.” And for herself, too, she has compassion for her past. “I’ve ...
31 Mar 2021 - Pat Zimmer
government, decisions are made that can radically determine people’s fate — and too often, the people making ... means. And yet, so much is decided that matters to their daily lives. This is a dream I have for Street ... rights reserved. | To request permission to reuse content, email editor@streetroots.org or call ...
7 Oct 2020 - Kaia Sand
place. There are ways to support them, too. That afternoon in early March when Raven Drake walked me to ... this right. But there’s also this profound sense of how we are always anchored at Street Roots — our ... morning had sent me an email telling me it’s just too frightening to be out there. She’s too medically ...
14 Aug 2020 - Kaia Sand
their happiness made him feel happy, too. So he made his way up to Portland. “This was back in the day ... 1997 and 2005, between Wichita and Portland is “like a dream,” he said. “I don’t have any recollection ... who are hopeless and without dreams and desires,” he said, “give Street Roots a try because they can ...
1 Apr 2020 - Robin Havenick
a 32-year-old woman who’s been living at Right 2 Dream Too, worries that, under Gov. Kate Brown’s stay-home ... rights reserved. | To request permission to reuse content, email editor@streetroots.org or call ...
24 Mar 2020 - Emily Green
it just takes the right encouraging friend to make a life change. Jul Karp, a Street Roots vendor ... dreams. “It’s been a long time since I’ve had a paid job,” she said. “I found out at age 81 that I’m not ... that I would have the better pair. I try to give back, too. If I have extra change, I’ll give it to ...
6 Mar 2020 - Jessica Hamilton