Weekly orientations are open to anyone interested in selling the newspaper After a long hiatus due to the pandemic, Street Roots is training new vendors again. Prior to COVID-19, new-vendor orientation was a weekly event at the Street Roots office. Often ...
5 May 2021 - Pat Zimmer
‘The whole objective the whole time was to get her off the sidewalk,’ says her husband, Max This periodic column follows Street Roots vendors Max McEntire and Deanna Handley as they seek stability and a place to call home. The following essay is in the wo ...
10 Feb 2021 - Emma Nathanson
DIRECTOR’S DESK | As we confront this pandemic, we continue to look toward our best future There’s nothing incremental about this moment. At Street Roots, we’ve developed a theory of action: When we solve for one problem, we also solve for something else ...
27 Mar 2020 - Kaia Sand
Anxiety runs high among people on the streets after a stay-home order is issued in the wake of coronavirus Amid the coronavirus pandemic, Portland’s houseless communities are grappling with uncertainty and misinformation on many fronts. Street Roots asked ...
24 Mar 2020 - Emily Green
How do unhoused people keep their clothes clean? Many don't; others rely on resourcefulness The scarcity of laundry, shower and public toilet facilities in downtown Portland stems, perhaps in part, from a historical view of homelessness as a temporar ...
28 Feb 2020 - Helen Hill
Their reactions to the death of the basketball superstar At any given moment, one could enter into the Street Roots doorway on Northwest Davis Street and hear an intense sports debate brewing among Street Roots vendors, staff and volunteers. Often, the co ...
31 Jan 2020 - DeVon Pouncey
Nettie brings lived experience and a fresh point of view to her internship at Acadia NW Street Roots vendor Nettie Johnson is close to fulfilling a long-cherished dream. She is on track to graduate in April with a degree in addiction counseling from Portl ...
3 Jan 2020 - Helen Hill
Losing family and friends as a result of homelessness can be more devastating than losing housing For the past year, Street Roots’ Life on the Streets series has dealt with the many issues people living in extreme poverty may experience. Our vendors have ...
27 Dec 2019 - Helen Hill
They're grateful for support, shelter, life and opportunities Marty Sledge: I am grateful for being alive and having friends and family that are supportive. It is a blessing to have a place to come and have some soup. John Smith: I am grateful to ...
27 Dec 2019 - Street Roots
A memorial for Lolo is planned at the Street Roots office Lori De Tie: March 26, 1976- Dec. 2, 2019 Lolo was born in Portland on March 26, 1976, to Mary K. Hoskinson, weighing 6 pounds, 10 ounces, and 21 inches long. She was speaking 26 words before she w ...
20 Dec 2019 - Street Roots