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Director’s Desk: Portland continues to support homeless efforts

Acts of kindness and compassion often go untold In my time at Street Roots, I’ve watched readers do some amazing things for vendors. Readers helping organize first and last month’s rent for a vendor, doctors helping with surgeries, dentists helping people ...

16 Jun 2017 - Israel Bayer
Director’s Desk: Aggressive homeless sweeps would undercut progress on the streets

This flawed policy would perpetuate a cycle of madness that's been repeated for decades People tell me all the time, Israel — all my friends, even the liberal ones are tired of it. The homeless. The trash. Something has to be done to clear these camp ...

19 May 2017 - Israel Bayer
10 ways you can support Street Roots this season

DIRECTOR'S DESK | Your support translates to vendors' success Here are 10 ways to support Street Roots and vendors this spring and summer. The more you spread the love about Street Roots and the more people who purchase the newspaper, the more s ...

12 May 2017 - Israel Bayer
Director's Desk: Yes, Portland has the energy to fight homelessness

We can do something powerful, but we need to focus on solutions We’ve lost the general public’s support and political will on homelessness. I’ve been hearing these sentiments a lot lately in political circles. That’s nonsense. It’s true that many people ...

4 May 2017 - Israel Bayer
Director’s Desk: With your support, we’ll continue to build bridges

Stand with Street Roots. Together, we will weather this storm. Street Roots not only needs your support – we want your support. Street Roots fully understands the gravity of the current political climate. The question before us remains — how does a local ...

20 Apr 2017 - Israel Bayer
Director’s Desk: How we can help bridge the gap between our homeless neighbors and the larger public

We can get ahead of the curve on homelessness Young people grow up understanding that having people experiencing homelessness in their city is simply a fact of life. It’s a sad reality. The truth is mass homelessness hasn’t always existed in American citi ...

13 Apr 2017 - Israel Bayer
Breaking: Right 2 Dream Too finds a new location

City, Right 2 Dream Too broker a deal in the 11th hour Right 2 Dream Too (R2DToo), the 5-year-old rest stop that serves more than 100 people experiencing homelessness, has found a new location. The camp provides vulnerable individuals and couples experien ...

6 Apr 2017 - Israel Bayer
Director's Desk: Right to Rest bill's demise is cruel

Oregon legislation sought to end criminalization of sleeping while homeless and other basic human rights A newly released ACLU of Oregon report, “Decriminalizing Homelessness: Why Right to Rest Legislation is the High Road For Oregon,” finds that there is ...

6 Apr 2017 - Israel Bayer
Director’s Desk: Portland's mayor is writing the next chapter on the social justice front

Turnover in political leadership, Trump's threats leave Ted Wheeler with a daunting task People ask me all of the time, “What do you think of Mayor Wheeler?” I tell them, I don’t know the mayor well, but from my short time working with him he’s one o ...

30 Mar 2017 - Israel Bayer
Director’s Desk: Hateful acts against the homeless and the need to go big on housing

Trump's grave promises make local and state housing legislation essential In the past few months, a bar owner brandished an assault rifle at police. He was drunk and upset at individuals experiencing homelessness in the community. Another man tossed ...

16 Mar 2017 - Israel Bayer