Concordia nursing students first came to Street Roots to understand the perspectives of people on the streets. Now they come to provide care. Concordia University’s community health nursing instructor, Kinara Fender, was attending a free health fair with ...
31 Aug 2018 - Helen Hill
Street Roots vendors are sympathetic to the difficulties of police work, but desire kinder, more compassionate attitudes As part of Street Roots continuing effort to shed light on the relationship between the Portland Police and those who live on the stre ...
27 Jul 2018 - Helen Hill
Street Roots vendors share their experiences with Portland police and private security The Oregonian reported on June 27 that 52 percent of all arrests last year in the Portland area were made against people on the streets, and 86 percent of those were fo ...
13 Jul 2018 - Helen Hill
The freshly printed newspapers arrive, and it’s all hands on deck in the vendor office It’s 7:20 a.m. Dawn is washing over the silver streets of Old Town Portland. A gathering knot of souls waits outside the still dark door of Street Roots, peering in, wa ...
9 Mar 2018 - Helen Hill