Tag: homelessness

Right 2 Dream Too Has a New Home

By Pete Shaw Right 2 Dream Too (R2DToo) has found a new home. The rest stop for people without housing whose successful model has helped people find not only rest, sanctuary, and safety, but jobs and housing has reached an agreement with Bureau of Development Services (BDS) Commissioner Amanda Fritz that will see it moving…

The Changing Face of Homelessness

by Lana Buchanan It used to be that the homeless were the drunks and drug addicts that lived under the local bridge and people largely ignored them. In today’s world the faces of the homeless have changed, and it’s becoming increasingly hard to ignore. There are still many who choose to live on the streets,…

Open Letter from Gina Ronning

The Occupier occasionally publishes open letters to the City, the Mayor, and the Police Chief. Open letters are personal statements by their authors and do not speak for Occupy Portland as a whole. We present these letters in the interest of representing the varied voices of people who Occupy. From Gina Ronning To The City…