How many teachers would drive 425 miles across the state to visit a former student serving life in prison? Mary Frances Bowers, a petite, elegant, retired college professor with a soft voice and an air of calm assurance, has been calling, writing and visi ...
29 Oct 2015 - Victoria Lewis
One man’s journey to recovery includes reaching out to those left behind David Prescott stands on the corner of Southeast Sixth Avenue and Everett Street in downtown Portland feeling the sun on his face. In his hands he holds the 22-page lease he’s just s ...
8 Oct 2015 - Jon Ross
The death penalty mitigation specialist talks about her work in this installment of Nothing More Hopeful Ellen Rogers, a tall woman with straight, shoulder length red hair and clear green eyes, greets me at the door of her snug home on a quiet residential ...
17 Sep 2015 - Victoria Lewis
The Portland iconographer talks about her work in this installment of Nothing More Hopeful In Mary Katsilometes' small studio at the back of her house in Westmoreland, a wooden icon leans against the wall. It is unfinished, and I find Mary studying i ...
7 Jul 2015 - Jane Salisbury
The lifelong advocate talks climate change activism in this installment of Nothing More Hopeful Bonnie McKinlay arrives at my house a little out of breath, greets my dog, and apologizes for being late. She’s wearing a Norwegian wool sweater and a huge bac ...
5 Jun 2015 - Alice Hardesty
North Portland resident Kay Reid talks about storytelling in New Columbia in this installment of the Nothing More Hopeful series “Stories From Our Village” reads the banner on the front of the 43-page booklet. Inside, speakers named Pacheco and Gazai, Cha ...
7 May 2015 - Jon Ross
A simple wooden cross hangs around the neck of Jim Anderson, a tall and lanky Pete Seeger lookalike who is now 88. “I hope the Mexicans will win the Mexican American war on poverty,” he announces as we begin. It takes me a few minutes to catch on: his sen ...
18 Apr 2015 - Myrla Magness
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