Multnomah County news release, May 10, 2013 At least 56 people experiencing homelessness died in Multnomah County in 2012, an average of at least one every week. That is the troubling finding of Multnomah County’s second annual “Domicile Unknown’’ report released Friday, May 10. READ – Domicile Unknown, 2012 (PDF, 406KB) The analysis by Dr. Paul Lewis, […]
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 […]
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 […]
By Jenny Westberg, Contributing Columnist Published in Street Roots, Oct. 29, 2010 In December 1973, a psychiatric breakthrough wiped out all signs and symptoms of mental illness for millions of Americans. It wasn’t a new drug. It was an ex cathedra pronouncement by the American Psychiatric Association, declaring that homosexuality was not, in fact, a […]
Broad cross section of Portland groups calling for public involvement in police union talks and other reforms The Albina Ministerial Alliance Coalition for Justice and Police Reform is sponsoring a rally and march in at Pioneer Square in downtown Portland starting at 11:00a.m. on Saturday, September 25. In less than a year, Portland police have […]
By Jenny Westberg, board member of the Mental Health Association of Portland, May 21, 2010 published in Coming Up For Air, a monthly guest column in Street Roots Newspaper According to the National Institute of Mental Health, each year around 25 percent of adults suffer from a diagnosable mental illness — more than 57 million […]
Published in Street Roots, September 4 2008 Op Ed by the Board of Directors of the Mental Health Association of Portland As we approach the third anniversary of the death of James Chasse, there are several crucial questions still floating in legal and political limbo. None are more vital than a long-overdue Portland Police Bureau’s […]
Knowledge is power – or translated for people with low and no income, knowledge + a voucher can get you a step further. The truth is there are thousands deeply involved in helping people with low and no income, including those struggling with addiction and mental illness. Yet no well-designed, integrated, communicative tool systematizes this […]
From the Portland Tribune, December 18 2008 Report shows rise in homelessness – Successes shown by city’s ten-year plan appear to lose ground For the past two years, city officials have announced with pride that their 10-year plan to end homelessness was working. An annual one-night count of the homeless showed there were fewer people […]
From Joanne Zuhl of Street Roots, May 11, 2008 Portland filmmakers set out to document the life and death of James P. Chasse Jr. On Sept. 17, 2006, in a tony Pearl District neighborhood, in the sights of police officers who saw something they viewed as “odd,” James P. Chasse Jr. stepped out of time. […]
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