New Normal

Hello all!  Yes, we are still alive and working face-to-face with our outdoor friends.  And we are way overdue for letting you know how things are going.  Let me share our weekly “normal” so you can get a feel for…

“As we go marching, marching We battle too for men For they are women’s children And we mother them again Our lives shall not be sweetened From birth until life closesHearts starve as well as bodies Give us bread, but…

The Bigger Picture

For many of us on the front lines life has become incredibly hectic.  Our vision has narrowed to the many burning issues right in front of us, often measured in terms of the next few hours or at best looking…

COVID-19, Houselessness, and What Now: coming weeks at HOMEpdx

Like all of you we are paying attention to what’s going on with COVID-19 and asking how we can best support our community (a community we understand to be at particular risk for a variety of reasons). In the past…

Sweeps Weeks: the messy business of West coast cities throwing away their poorest resident's stuff

Last Thursday I went to one of Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler’s Community Conversations on homelessness in Portland. This was the 3rd conversation of this kind that I’ve been to in the last couple months (the first was put on by…