Delegates from street papers around the world gathered in June for the INSP Global Street Paper Summit in Seattle Did you know that Street Roots is part of a growing global movement? The International Network of Street Papers (INSP), based in Scotland, su ...
3 Jul 2015 - Israel Bayer
If homelessness, housing and wages are any indicator of how much Black Lives Matter in Portland — then we are failing, badly. The latest 2015 Multnomah County Homeless Count was released in early June. If homelessness, housing and wages are any indicator ...
29 Jun 2015 - Israel Bayer
The streets are hot, literally. It’s summertime in the city. People are everywhere. If you are a Portlander then you’re probably spending as much time as possible soaking up the sun. It’s that time. The days are longer. Our senses seem sharper. The mornin ...
18 Jun 2015 - Israel Bayer
For two days this spring, Street Roots vendors, volunteers, staff and board met to hash out what the next three years of the organization might look like. Understanding that Street Roots went to a weekly publication schedule in January, something the orga ...
12 Jun 2015 - Israel Bayer
How does one come even close to describing the experience of human suffering? Is it the look in a person’s eyes after having completely given up hope or the anger that boils up someone’s voice or actions? Is it the addiction that one succumbs to after exp ...
5 Jun 2015 - Israel Bayer
People ask me, why should I invest in Street Roots? We believe in people. We work to give hundreds of people a hand up on a weekly basis. In fact, each year we give nearly 400 people experiencing homelessness and poverty an alternative income through sale ...
22 May 2015 - Israel Bayer
We have less than 24-hours! Let's make it count. TriMet is proposing raising the fares for Honored Citizen passes from $1 to $1.25. Honored Citizens are people who are 65 or older or on Medicaid, as well as those experiencing mental or physical disab ...
18 May 2015 - Israel Bayer
"There’s really nothing than can prepare you for an experience like this,” said T.J., holding his four-week-old child. “I’m working full-time, but we just couldn’t hold on. We’re doing everything we can to get back on our feet.” That was the story t ...
15 May 2015 - Israel Bayer
Join us! All recurring donations this May will be matched! Everything Street Roots does is with the idea of looking at the world through a lens of love. Regardless of where you come from, or where you’re going — Street Roots strives to give people a sense ...
7 May 2015 - Israel Bayer
It would be easy for Street Roots to play it safe and to not take on some of the most complex issues of our time. We could walk the straight and narrow, and simply focus on one aspect of poverty and choose to not rock the boat when it comes to thinking ab ...
1 May 2015 - Israel Bayer