The more you spread the love about Street Roots and the more people who purchase the newspaper, the more successful vendors are. It’s a win-win situation Here are 10 ways you can support Street Roots and vendors this holiday season. The more you spread th ...
30 Nov 2017 - Israel Bayer
It’s been about a collective group of people all moving in the same direction with an idea that no matter what obstacles we faced, we would do the work to give people opportunities and create some social change along the way. As many of you know my time a ...
16 Nov 2017 - Israel Bayer
Sand, who joins Street Roots on Dec. 6, has worked with people experiencing homelessness as both a professional and a volunteer Street Roots is pleased to announce that, after a national search, Kaia Sand has been hired to serve as executive director, eff ...
13 Nov 2017 - Street Roots
Street Roots is looking for its next executive director I’ve lived and breathed Street Roots and homeless advocacy for the past 15 years. I’ll be taking six months off to write a book and to take a breather before deciding what’s next in my life. I alm ...
27 Jun 2017 - Israel Bayer
City, Right 2 Dream Too broker a deal in the 11th hour Right 2 Dream Too (R2DToo), the 5-year-old rest stop that serves more than 100 people experiencing homelessness, has found a new location. The camp provides vulnerable individuals and couples experien ...
6 Apr 2017 - Israel Bayer
Every day is life or death on the streets For people experiencing homelessness, 2017 started just like 2016 ended. Survival. On Jan. 2, Mark Elliot Johnson was found dead of hypothermia in East Portland after temperatures dipped below freezing. According ...
4 Jan 2017 - Israel Bayer
Street Roots has worked to prioritize the voices of immigrants and refugees, the poor, critical thinkers, policymakers and truth-tellers. We will continue to do so. The November election brought big wins for housing across the country. There were 34 ballo ...
16 Nov 2016 - Israel Bayer
If I were currently homeless I would choose living outdoors over living in shelter. Hands down. That doesn’t mean I would be choosing to be homeless. The mayor recently declared an end to his “Safe Sleep” policy in our city. The policy allowed for people ...
4 Aug 2016 - Israel Bayer
Street Roots Administrative Assistant: This position is a part-time 12-hours a week at $15.50 an hour. Duties: Weekly deposits (Vendor/Newspaper sales and donations/sponsorships, etc) Maintain weekly/monthly deposit report Record Keeping Track and file al ...
18 May 2016 - Israel Bayer
Imagine you’re a single parent in Portland. You’re stringing together paychecks to keep up with your exorbitant rent in the apartment complex on the edge of town, the only one you can afford. Despite your best efforts to save money, you’re vulnerable to a ...
29 Apr 2016 - Nick Sauvie, Maxine Fitzpatrick, Eli Spevak