A Jan. 31 memo penned by mayoral aide Sam Adams proposed, among other things, to build large-scale homeless encampments in Portland staffed by Oregon National Guard and others. The full memo, first reported by Willamette Week, is below in PDF format. Jan. ...
11 Feb 2022 - Street Roots
The co-founder of Sisters of the Road, who died Aug. 19, touched many people. Here's what some of them have to say. Genny Nelson, co-founder of Sisters of the Road Cafe, was an indomidable force of human nature in Portland’s political and social envi ...
26 Aug 2020 - Street Roots
Street Roots’ updated guide provides a complete list of services, as well as notices related to COVID-19 Street Roots is delighted to announce the release of a new online version of the Rose City Resource at rosecityresource.streetroots.org. With COVID-19 ...
1 May 2020 - Street Roots
Community members are invited to join conversations with service providers, community advocates and people with lived experiences Mayor Ted Wheeler will host a series of four community conversations about homelessness. The first event is Saturday, Feb. 1 ...
31 Jan 2020 - Street Roots
PHOTO STORY | The 24-hour navigation center includes intensive case management services — Photos by Diego Diaz — Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler tours a sleeping room Aug. 26, 2019, at the new the new River District Navigation Center. Photo by Diego Diaz City ...
30 Aug 2019 - Street Roots
PHOTOS | Advocates participating in the weeklong Give Us Shelter March are calling for Oregon to declare a state of emergency on housing Advocating for a state of emergency to be declared on Oregon’s housing crisis, demonstrators set off from Portland on ...
31 May 2019 - Street Roots
A selection of letters from the Houselessness Cohort at Sunnyside Environmental School in Portland This winter, a group of students from Sunnyside Environmental School formed a Houselessness Cohort to better understand the issue of homelessness. Working w ...
29 Mar 2019 - Street Roots
Not every crisis is a crime Endorse our plan for a new system of first responders – teams of firefighter-EMTs and peer support specialists with training in de-escalation who can respond with compassion to 911 calls about people struggling with homelessne ...
22 Mar 2019 - Street Roots
Street Roots' two-year project covering rural housing issues. Read the series: Street Roots received funding from Meyer Memorial Trust’s Affordable Housing Initiative to develop dedicated reporting on rural housing issues. The goal is to broaden our ...
1 Oct 2017 - Street Roots
His exhibit is at the Art Reach Gallery through July 28, 2017 Art is woven through Dale Washington’s speech, his eyes and his outlook. “Art is the way we handle ourselves impecably as human beings,” he said. “It’s how we talk, it’s how we take care of ou ...
14 Jul 2017 - Street Roots