Bread, Roses, and Some Less Than Pragmatic Underwear

“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…

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

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

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…

The Public: Movie Review

The Public: Movie Review

A couple days ago I was mentioning my desire to go see “The Public”, a new film by and staring Emilio Estevez about homelessness and libraries while it was still in the theatre. A friend of mine, one of our donors,…

Hiring Loki: fundraising, grants, and the tricky business of hiring one of our friends on the margins

Hiring Loki: fundraising, grants, and the tricky business of hiring one of our friends on the margins

Recently we had the opportunity to hire Loki, a member of our community, to our staff. This was thanks in large part to a grant from the Oregon Food Bank that covered most of her first two months. This is…