Director’s Desk | Jennifer was a light and her legacy lives on at Street Roots The swallowtail butterfly clung to Jennifer Bradford like a corsage. It had landed on her at her MAX stop and traveled all the way to Street Roots, a bright, yellow-winged blos ...
1 Nov 2023 - Kaia Sand
Opinion | Despite the fear and backlash, let’s fight for the lives of people using drugs Overdose prevention centers reduce “overdose and unwanted public use” while connecting people “with addiction services and social supports including voluntary treatme ...
25 Oct 2023 - Kaia Sand
Director’s Desk | However, West Coast cities shouldn’t take the same approach — here’s why: You may have caught headlines that New York City’s right-to-shelter policy is under threat. If it’s worth fighting for in New York, you might wonder, why aren’t we ...
18 Oct 2023 - Kaia Sand
Opinion | Oregon Shakespeare Festival explores homelessness while homelessness abounds nearby Juliet’s family lives in a camper beneath a bridge. Kaia Sand is the executive director of Street Roots. This column represents her views. The friar — Romeo’s co ...
11 Oct 2023 - Kaia Sand
Opinion | Kotek should steer the bus toward Oregon Health Authority fixing Medicaid rules As Gov. Tina Kotek dives into the future of Portland, she should use her clout to make sure Portland Street Response unlocks federal funding. Every month this doesn’ ...
22 Sep 2023 - Kaia Sand
Opinion | Poetry on the environments of the unhoused and displaced Grab a copy of Orion, a national magazine of nature and culture, this month to read five Street Roots poets — Bronwyn Carver, Daniel Cox, Randy Humphreys, George McCarthy and Michone Nettl ...
20 Sep 2023 - Kaia Sand
Opinion | Jo Ann Hardesty was subjected to relentless racist and sexist attacks during her tenure on City Council The map is complete, and soon, Portland City Council candidates will announce their intentions to run. Kaia Sand is the executive director of ...
23 Aug 2023 - Kaia Sand
Opinion | This new elevator will allow more access and ease for vendors You may have caught sight of the cranes inserting steel framing into a newly constructed elevator shaft in the Street Roots building under construction at Northwest 3rd Street and Bur ...
16 Aug 2023 - Kaia Sand
Opinion | Petition for PSR amasses more than 10,000 signatures Friends of Portland Street Response organizers delivered a 10,000-signatures-and-growing petition to Portland City Hall on Aug. 2 at noon, celebrating on the steps with a giant check depicting ...
9 Aug 2023 - Kaia Sand
Opinion | Deaths due to fentanyl use are rising. We can, and should, use harm reduction techniques to mitigate risks. Vendor program director DeVon Pouncey and I walked through Old Town nearly every week for the past six years, but these walks changed the ...
19 Jul 2023 - Kaia Sand