In Memoriam: National program lays to rest 1,000th homeless veteran [caption id="attachment_6736" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Civil Air Patrol member Nick Henry receives the flag from the coffin of Stevenson L ...
16 Feb 2012 - Street Roots
Photojournalist Ken Hawkins reflects on San Salvador massacre, Jonestown and his work to use photography to combat poverty [caption id="attachment_5284" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="The dead, shot by federal so ...
1 Jun 2011 - Street Roots
Marcy Westerling, founder of Rural Organizing Project, reflects on community organizing in Oregon, as her own life takes a new direction By Joanne Zuhl, Staff Writer After 30 years, Marcy Westerling recently returned to Saul Alinsky’s “Rules for Radicals, ...
25 May 2011 - Street Roots
Plugged in with Artist Mentorship Program (AMP) [caption id="attachment_4267" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Youth play in a jam session at the Artist Mentorship Program (AMP). Photo by Ken Hawkins"] [/cap ...
27 Oct 2010 - Street Roots
Mayor Sam Adams talks with Street Roots By Joanne Zuhl and Israel Bayer, Staff writers Support him or not, probably few people would want to trade places with Sam Adams right now. His first 18 months in office as Portland’s mayor has been saddled with a c ...
24 Jun 2010 - Street Roots
Best SR photos of 2009 Street Roots has some of the best photographers in the city. The newspaper is lucky to have an all volunteer, all-star tandem of award winning shooters, like Leah Nash, Ken Hawkins, John Ryan Brubaker, and Elizabeth Schwartz. They ...
24 Dec 2009 - Street Roots
The people behind the paper Street Roots, the Albina Community Bank in the Pearl and some of Portland’s best photographers are teaming up to present a month long exhibit titled “The people behind the paper.” You are invited to the opening on First Thursda ...
29 Oct 2009 - Street Roots
Return of the dragon- heroin takes over Portland's streets From the Sept. 18 edition of Street Roots. On a sunny Monday during the early afternoon, a 27-year old homeless man only wanting to be identified as “Joe” for this story walks down a hill ove ...
30 Sep 2009 - Street Roots
Cambodian community talks about troubled past, looks to the future It's been three decades since the Khmer Rouge killing fields, and Sochanny Meng still has nightmares. Meng, 49, came to the United States as a refugee from Cambodia, where between 197 ...
1 Apr 2009 - Street Roots