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Elevating Impact Stories: Ed Blackburn1 comment

Impact Entrepreneurs at Portland State University wrote 2 months ago: Leading up to the Elevating Impact Summit on June 21, we’ve invited event speakers and panelis … more →

Tags: social entrepreneurship, Elevating Impact Summit, elevating impact, elevating impact stories

Flu season hits hardest where care is hardest to find1 comment

Alex Zielinski wrote 3 months ago: Street Roots, Feb. 25, 2013 Chills. Hot flashes. Achy muscles. Migraines. A rattling cough on top of … more →

Tags: Street Roots Articles, Portland, Homeless, street roots, NancyAnne Mackaben, Transition Project, flu, Influenza, Kathy Pape

November 26th: The Philanthropist

dgmusicblog wrote 6 months ago: Portland State Music: 30 for the 30th Name: William Bradford Mersereau Jr. Instrument: piano Student … more →

Tags: PSU, Portland State, Music Department, Music Forward, Scholarships, Lincoln Hall, music education, Brad Mersereau, Laura

On the streets: A new kind of food cart

rocketpoetry wrote 8 months ago: Staff reports Central City Concern, the city’s largest low-income housing and social service organiz … more →

Tags: Street Roots, Food, my street grocery

Central City Concern Partners with My Street Grocery

Impact Entrepreneurs at Portland State University wrote 8 months ago: By Jacen Greene, Ames Fellow for Social Entrepreneurship at PSU Ray Thompson carefully selects a rip … more →

Tags: SII Member News, social entrepreneurship, Food Desert, Nutrition, my street grocery, Homelessness

Three Boxes: Revisiting David P. Hooper4 comments

rocketpoetry wrote 9 months ago: By Kathy Pape A few years ago, working for Central City Concern, I was asked to “sort through those … more →

Tags: Street Roots, david hooper, Hooper Detox, Kathy Pape

Clients and Members in the News

Impact Entrepreneurs at Portland State University wrote 10 months ago: Incubator member Central City Concern was featured in a Reuters article on the emergence of social i … more →

Tags: press, SII Member News, social entrepreneurship, mercy corps, Social Entrepreneurship, impact entrepreneurs, social entrepreneur, Social Innovation Incubator, Bright Neighbor

Designated drivers

Alex Zielinski wrote 11 months ago: An evening on the beat of Portland’s pick-up crew for over-imbibers Street Roots, July 17, 2012 It’s … more →

Tags: Street Roots Articles, Portland, Oregon, Homeless, street roots, CHEIRS, Drunk, Alcohol, van

Heffernan Featured in Central City Concern Spring Chronicle1 comment

Heff Group wrote 1 year ago: One of our vauled clients, Central City Concern, profiled us in their Spring Chronicle. In case you … more →

Tags: philanthropy, Heffernan Insurance Brokers

Congratulations: Outstanding Volunteers

Impact Entrepreneurs at Portland State University wrote 1 year ago: By Cindy Cooper, Co-founder and Managing Director, Impact Entrepreneurs, Portland State University S … more →

Tags: Events, SII Member News, community volunteers corps

Central City Concern Letty Owings Center

Crane-Station wrote 1 year ago: If you drive past the Letty Owings Center in Northeast Portland, Oregon, you may mistake the house f … more →

Tags: Addiction, FROG GRAVY, Letty Owings Center, alternatives to incarceration, addicted mothers, Letty Owings Lakeridge High School, Letty Owings, funding cuts to treatment programs, prison industrial complex is a money-making scam

Just what the legislature ordered: Oregon races the clock to restructure its low-income health care system3 comments

rocketpoetry wrote 1 year ago: By Amanda Waldroupe, Staff Writer Autumn Bolds begins the day’s huddle by telling Dr. Rachel Solotar … more →

Tags: Street Roots, Amanda Waldroupe, NW Health Foundation, Oregon Health Plan, ohp, House Bill 3650, Health Transformation Bill, LifeWorks NW, Oregon Health Policy Board

All in their head: Traumatic brain injuries often go undiagnosed, especially on the streets15 comments

rocketpoetry wrote 2 years ago: By Kate Cox, Contributing Writer Readers note: This article is the first part in an investigative se … more →

Tags: Street Roots, Hate Crimes, Kate Cox, Traumatic Brain Injury, national healthcare for the homeless, Dr. Barb Wismer, pat murray, Social security Administration, Social Security Benefits

Canada and the U.S. are making significant strides toward mainstreaming harm reduction, but there are still walls to knock down3 comments

rocketpoetry wrote 2 years ago: By Katie Hyslop with Devan Schwartz, Contributing Writers Hundreds of doctors, politicians, research … more →

Tags: Street Roots, NASNA, North American Street Newspaper Association, Devan Schwartz, Katie Hyslop

Times up at the West with less than a month left to find housing6 comments

rocketpoetry wrote 2 years ago: West Hotel on NW 6th between Davis and Couch By Amanda Waldroupe, Staff Writer All is quiet in the W … more →

Tags: Street Roots, Amanda Waldroupe, Martha Gies, Micky Ryan, Northwest Pilot Project, Portland Housing Bureau, T.P.I., Macdonald Center, west hotel

Finally, a Job!!!

Mami wrote 2 years ago: I got a job today. My first paying job in healthcare. A job that really excites me. A cause I can se … more →

Tags: Job, Work, Homeless, medical crisis, manager, New Job

Triple Header

Mami wrote 2 years ago: The day started with a meeting with the director of admissions at a PA program. I was able to have a … more →

Tags: admissions, physician assistant, Pa, Plan, Alcohol, recuperative care, drug, drunk tank, feet

New background checks hurt experienced recovery workers

rocketpoetry wrote 2 years ago: By Amanda Waldroupe, Staff Writer Unforeseen consequences of a state law designed to protect vulnera … more →

Tags: Street Roots, Amanda Waldroupe, Recovery Workers, Oregon Legislation, seiu, House Bill 2442, Rep. Sara Gelser

Benefits specialist takes training statewide6 comments

rocketpoetry wrote 3 years ago: By Joanne Zuhl, Staff Writer Mellani Calvin remembers vividly the day Oregon did away with its Gener … more →

Tags: Street Roots, Joanne Zuhl, Social Security, Mellani Calvin


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