The vendor issues highlights some of the people who bring the newspaper to our readers week after week By Maggie Schroeder SR Vendor Program Coordinator A compass. A hand-carved cutting board. A bullet. A guitar. A poem. A skateboard. A key. A journal. A ...
19 Apr 2024 - Maggie Schroeder
Peter, a veteran of homelessness gives his opinion of life on the streets My name is Peter, and I have lived on the streets of Portland for over 10 years. Unlike many people, I did not have a bad experience. I managed to keep clean and well-fed, and my he ...
22 Nov 2023 - Peter Salzmann
Street Roots vendors are at the core of the organization and mission. The vendor issue is a testament to their work, creativity and ambitions for the future. For nearly 25 years, Street Roots has dedicated itself to uplifting the voices of our low-income ...
13 Sep 2023 - Kodee Zarnke
A ubiquitous feature in the Portland landscape, Street Roots vendors make the city better Letter from the editor: Readers are no doubt familiar with Street Roots vendors. Fixtures of the community, vendors brave cold, heat, rain, snow, pandemics and a lit ...
7 Sep 2022 - Raven Drake and Gary Barker and K. Rambo
In memory of longtime Street Roots elder Art Garcia, a column from the vaults Kaia Sand is the executive director of Street Roots. This column represents her views. The work we do at Street Roots is built on the work of people who have come before us. A b ...
12 Jan 2022 - Art Garcia and Kaia Sand
From Central City Concern to city staffers to Ground Score, many teams joined the effort. Why can’t we do this for all Portland camps? Bronwyn Carver is a member of Street Roots' MoJo reporting group — short for mobile journalists. Street Roots’ MoJo ...
14 Jul 2021 - Bronwyn Carver
OPINION | The Ambassador Program emerged from the pandemic, and now, new doors are opening Doug Marks smiled broadly standing outside the former Econo Lodge in Washington County where more than 40 people now reside in the Greater Good Northwest Shelter. H ...
14 Jul 2021 - Kaia Sand
George Denison recalls living in San Francisco in the 1980s, when his friends, his co-workers and so many others were dying of AIDS The San Francisco AIDS holocaust of the 1980s took so many tremendous lives that words cannot describe or even explain. It ...
28 Apr 2021 - George Denison
OPINION | Street Roots’ Ambassador Program means more income opportunities for people experiencing poverty, and it relies on your support Ten Street Roots ambassadors grabbed their vaccine education packets and headed out the door. Tony, Melissa and Lee p ...
7 Apr 2021 - Kaia Sand
OPINION | The Biden administration’s child tax credit creates a floor on families’ poverty. Can we keep going? On cold concrete we lie on freezing rain and snow We hide behind our blankets, dirty tarps and tent The small and cruel can see we are weak and ...
31 Mar 2021 - Kaia Sand