Not many people gave them a chance. From the neighborhood and bureaucrats to certain shelter providers and the business community, no one believed that a group of homeless people could be successful in creating their own safe refuge from the harsh realiti ...
26 Sep 2013 - SR editorial board
Seattle councilmen tour Dignity Village Seattle Councilman Nick Licata, left, speaks with Dignity Village member Scott Layman inside of the common room during a tour of Dignity Village Friday, March 4. Licata was joined by fellow council members Sally Bag ...
10 Mar 2011 - Street Roots
Dignity Village today Dignity Village has battled through a turbulent past to arrive where it is today. Starting as a group of eight men and women who pitched five tents on public land nearly nine years ago, the village today is a far cry from a tent city ...
27 May 2009 - Street Roots
Full story: Making a pitch for tents (Story from June 27 issue) By Amanda Waldroupe One of the reverberating aftershocks of the three-week-long homeless protest outside City Hall is the question of whether Portland needs another " tent city " to ...
11 Jul 2008 - Street Roots
We're waiting. Street Roots editorial, June 27. After more than three weeks of protests by individuals experiencing homelessness, countless actions (including actions by Street Roots and Sisters Of The Road), weekly testimonials from individuals in f ...
27 Jun 2008 - Street Roots
A pitch for tents Is Portland ready- or willing- to create another tent city for the homeless? Reporter Amanda Waldroupe takes an in-depth look at the politics surrounding another tent city, or what some individuals on the streets are calling a "gree ...
27 Jun 2008 - Street Roots