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Now is not the time to give up on those who are homeless

September 25, 2013
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Op Ed by Deborah Kafoury, Multnomah County Commissioner, published in Street Roots, September 23, 2013 Last week, a young, frightened woman phoned my Multnomah County office looking for help. She was a mother, with three children, who needed housing. The family had been doubling up with a relative, but now that relative was moving out […]

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Criminalizing the Homeless Costs Us All

March 11, 2012
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By Paul Boden, for Street Roots, March 1, 2012 The Western Regional Advocacy Project (WRAP) and the USA-Canada Alliance of Inhabitants (USACAI) are calling on our members and allies throughout the United States and Canada to join us on April 1 for a bi-national day of action against the ongoing criminalization of poor and homeless […]

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Shot on the Street
What the Shooting of Two Homeless Men Ought to Mean for Portland’s Camping Ban

March 5, 2012
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By Denis C. Theriault, Portland Mercury, March 01, 2012 It was about 9pm on a blustery, rain-soaked Tuesday night — and, yet, thanks to a horde of Mardi Gras revelers, Old Town was unusually festive. Precisely what happened next isn’t exactly clear, but the basic inflections of the story, told by a handful of different […]

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Two Homeless Men Shot Under Morrison Bridge Were Turned Away From Shelter the Night Before

February 25, 2012
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By David Stabler, The Oregonian, Friday, February 24, 2012 Hours before they bedded down Tuesday night under the Morrison Bridge, Carter “Joe” Hickman and Albert “Allen” Dean, sought shelter at an Old Town homeless tent area, said Ibrahim Mubarak, who runs the shelter. They were turned away for lack of room — an increasingly common […]

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Estacada Residents Face Homelessness in Dispute Over Substandard Rentals

February 24, 2012
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By Emily Fuggetta, The Oregonian, Friday, February 17, 2012 To the city of Estacada, the shedlike outbuildings at 224 N.E. Pierce St. represent a decades-old nuisance. For 53-year-old Pepsi Rea, they represent hope. For more than four months, Rea has rented a structure the size of a small bedroom with towels hanging during the day […]

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“Sleep is a Human Right!” Homeless Protest Camps at City Hall, Packs Council

February 2, 2012
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By Sarah Mirk, The Portland Mercury, Wed, Feb 1, 2012 Homeless advocates got started early on their Wednesday morning protest to urge city council to waive the fines on the Right 2 Dream, Too tent city—really early. Last night at 10pm, about 70 protesters met outside city hall, setting up a free coffee stand and […]

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Insider view: Occupy Portland’s daily struggle with mental illness

November 4, 2011
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By Jenny Westberg, Portland Mental Health Examiner Nat Holder, of Occupy Portland’s Safety Team, has a request. “What we’d like,” said Holder, “is for someone to come onsite and do training” to help them deal with problems of mental health and addiction. Holder is one of the points of contact for the team, which is […]

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Homeless camp under Portland’s Hawthorne Bridge is a sign of the city’s legal limbo

January 15, 2010
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Editorial Column by Anna Griffin from the Oregonian, January 12, 2010 If you’ve driven Naito Parkway recently, you might have noticed that the effort to end homelessness hasn’t quite worked out. Portland leaders have devoted countless time and much money to get people off the streets — or, if you’re the more cynical sort, to […]

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Twin brothers face charges in assaults on homeless

December 29, 2008
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From the Oregonian, December 27 2008 On Portland’s streets, police say, James and Michael Johnson are known as the “Twin Towers” because the brawny brothers are always together and the sight of them strikes terror among the homeless. Police said they have linked the 32-year-old twins to five unprovoked assaults against transients, all at Colonel […]

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Homeless Liberation Front

May 11, 2008
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The Mental Health Association of Portland, pursuing it’s mission to help people with mental illness and addictions speak up and speak out, has created a web site for the Homeless Liberation Front. The web site is at http://homelessliberation.wordpress.com The Homeless Liberation Front is a political action by homeless individuals protesting the City of Portland’s Camping […]

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