Street Roots vendor Art Garcia pays tribute to his peer The memorial outside Trader Joe’s on Glisan Street for David Testawich, a Street Roots vendor who died earlier in the week. Photo by Kaia Sand I had known Dave over 15 years, and it truly saddens me ...
17 Aug 2018 - Art Garcia
She was small in stature, but brightened a room with her gigantic smile Diana Wyatt, who we knew as Dani, was small in stature. But what she lacked in height, she more than made up for in personality, kindness, hard work and glee. She was a friend to both ...
10 Aug 2018 - Street Roots an...
'Mighty Mouse' and 'Road Runner' are starting over with a new roof above their heads Karen Flemming, 59, met Belinda Estermyer Beason, 62, at the Wisconsin-based hospital they both worked at 22 years ago. Belinda was new and Karen was ...
3 Aug 2018 - Maya Coseo
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
Heidi is a love-magnet and popular with the Street Roots customers she meets I’ve owned a dog of some kind since I was 10 years old. All my dogs were special to me. I loved them all with what I had to give. They were all unique. They all died a natural de ...
6 Jul 2018 - Norm Chamberlin
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
During the 2017 holiday season, Street Roots vendors give thanks for friends and family, opportunities and support William Adams I’m grateful for Travis and his crew at Grand Central Bakery, Lo and her crew at the Sellwood Starbucks and I want to say than ...
21 Dec 2017 - Street Roots
In 2017, we lost four Street Roots vendors; tribute planned on Homeless Persons' Memorial Day Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day happens every year on winter solstice, Dec. 21, the longest night of the year. We take time to remember our friends who we lo ...
15 Dec 2017 - Street Roots
'Many of my street brothers and sisters are still homeless. What will become of them?' The housing situation is a serious problem in Portland, so many low-income and no-income people are homeless. Something must be done to address this tragedy. ...
25 Aug 2017 - Maddy Brown-Clark