Tom Lechner is an art teacher, IT expert, photographer, facilities manager and role model. He’s also the one who makes sure dozens of homeless children get to school each day. Tom Lechner sits at a schoolroom-style desk in one corner of a busy office, a c ...
17 Sep 2016 - Robin Schauffler
She runs Clay Street Table at St. Stephen's – a job that's part bouncer, diplomat, social worker and more It’s 4:45 on a Wednesday afternoon, and St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church at Southwest 13th Avenue and Clay Street hums with activity. A young ...
21 Jul 2016 - Robin Schauffler
Northeast Portland gardener Tom Lichatowich finds hope in gardening and community “I think my favorite plant to grow is lettuce. Lettuce is very energetic, germinates quickly, and adds so much to the harvest with very few inputs,” Tom Lichatowich muses. T ...
3 Apr 2015 - Robin Schauffler
Two years after the Del Monte raids Published in the May 1 edition of Street Roots Now, when they talk about it, Zaida Villatoro and the other women refer to it simply as “La Redada,” The Raid: an event that stands between one life and another. A few of ...
13 May 2009 - Street Roots