Vendor profile: Volunteering keeps vendor connected By Cole Merkel, Staff Writer Every Thursday, Street Roots vendor William Adams helps make bologna and cheese sandwiches for Operation Nightwatch, a hospitality center he has been a community member of fo ...
4 Dec 2012 - Street Roots
Vendor Profile: Urban hobo brings sales to life in downtown by Kaisa Crow, Contributing Writer Buy a copy of Street Roots from vendor John Michael Christian if you are passing by Southwest Sixth and Salmon outside of Starbucks, or, some mornings, if you f ...
7 Nov 2012 - Street Roots
Vendor profile: A traveling poet finds a place in Portland By Cole Merkel, Staff Writer Like most Street Roots vendors, Harold Thompson has experienced poverty up close. In 30 years of traveling, he says he has visited all 50 states and has spent extended ...
24 Aug 2012 - Street Roots
Vendor profile: A New York state of mind By Cole Merkel, Contributing Writer Earl Bennett speaks frankly about homelessness, poverty, the American government and the need for social change. Perhaps he derives these perspectives from a lifetime of living i ...
6 Jun 2012 - 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: Never give up hope By Cole Merkel, Contributing Writer Willie Bradford has strong, defined features: large hands, broad shoulders, a tall body, a deep voice and a big smile. When Bradford speaks, his words trail out softly. He smiles a lot ...
26 Apr 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 profile: Getting to know people, in a small town way By Cole Merkel, Staff Writer Rhonda Radowski prefers the small-town familiarity and smiling faces of St. Johns and Sauvie Island to the hustle and bustle of downtown Portland. That’s in part beca ...
12 Sep 2011 - Street Roots