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
Street Roots vendors hold a reading during Art in the Open Street Roots poets held a reading of their original work Aug. 18 as part of the Old Town Chinatown Community Association’s Art in the Open festival. The hourlong reading featured 10 Street Roots v ...
24 Aug 2017 - Street Roots
Street Roots vendors share their gratitude this holiday season I’m thankful that there are still good, loving people in the world – caring people in the world. It makes the day easier when someone is nice and actually honest about caring. Matt Dewart I’m ...
22 Dec 2016 - Street Roots
This week, Street Roots’ Creative Writing prompt was a response to the shooting at Pulse in Orlando, Fla. Vendors were encouraged to write their own responses. Here is what they wrote. In Response to the Orlando Shooting By Aileen McPherson Is it t ...
23 Jun 2016 - Street Roots
Vendor column: Finding a caring community keeps this vendor standing tall Marlon Crump By Marlon Crump, Contributing Writer “Community cannot feed for long on itself; it can only flourish with the coming of others from beyond, their unknown and undiscover ...
23 May 2012 - Street Roots
Vendor profile: Building real relationships with each sale By Cole Merkel, Contributing Writer The morning rush hour traffic on Northeast Broadway is almost deafening. Automobiles accelerate toward the I-5 on-ramps at the Rose Quarter, cyclists commute to ...
23 May 2012 - Street Roots
Vendor Profile: ‘It’s not the cards you’re dealt, it’s how you play them’ by Cole Merkel, Contributing Writer At 19 years old, Jacob Anderson may look young, but a difficult past has forced him to grow and brought him a lot of wisdom in the process. “I’ve ...
16 Feb 2012 - Street Roots
Vendor profile: Staying positive a rewarding role for vendor By Cole Merkel, Staff Writer Brian Schmidt sells Street Roots like a corner newsman at the turn of the 20th century. “Great articles in today’s Street Roots, read all about it for a couple quart ...
1 Feb 2012 - Street Roots
Vendor portraits — what does SR mean to you? Street Roots has more than 250 vendors experiencing homelessness and poverty that sell the newspaper each year to improve their quality of life. Photos by Israel Bayer Photos by Israel Bayer Find out more about ...
22 Dec 2011 - Street Roots