People in Ukraine are finding unexpected support from around the globe — including Portland’s Slavic community In a thick Russian accent, Mikhail Mitkov-Baklanovsky explains how the round adhesive bandage he’s just pulled from a cardboard box will keep a ...
18 Apr 2015 - Emily Green
We first met Oaxacan chef and future owner of Mixteca Catering, Doña Paula Asuncion, when she came to our micro-enterprise development program in 2012 seeking guidance to start her own culinary business. We recall our first impressions — the warmth of her ...
12 Aug 2013 - Jamie Melton an...
At the turn of the 20th century, Portland’s small African-American community was clustered around lower Northwest Portland, close to Union Station where many people worked. As the community grew, it spread across the river into North/Inner Northeast Portl ...
16 Jul 2013 - Melody Padilla
The African Leadership Development Project at IRCOs Africa House began in 2012 as a result of a generous contribution by the Meyer Memorial Trust. The project was started as a means of developing strong African community leaders and empowering African im ...
13 Jun 2013 - Abdiasis Mohamed
By Andrea Valderrama, Contributing Columnist “On August 12th, 2012 they arrested me around 2 a.m.,” the day laborer says. “I think they arrested me simply because they noticed I was Latino, but they wrote down it was for littering. The police officer told ...
6 May 2013 - Street Roots Staff
By Joseph Santos-Lyons and Victoria Demchak, Contributing Columnists I learned early that the question, “How are you?” could become profound. Elders would look into my eyes and ask me in such a way that I felt not only a deep connection, but had to answer ...
24 Apr 2013 - Street Roots Staff
How the Cully neighborhood came together to turn sustainability into a poverty-fighting strategy By Donita Fry, Contributing Columnist Portlanders may be aware of the city’s reputation for being progressive, one that infuses sustainable theories and pract ...
27 Mar 2013 - Street Roots Staff