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Education * Dialogue * Independence
Home, sweet home, is a family affair
Grassroots activism subject of
“Cascadia to Caracas” event
Joe Anybody, Portland's most prolific protest
videoactivist, is presenting a show on the Portland
peace and justice movement Aug. 15 at the Portland
Art Museum. . .
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The presentation is part of "Solidarity from
Cascadia to Caracas," hosted by the Portland Central
American Solidarity Committee: The event is from 4
to 6 p.m. and is a major fundraiser for the
organization's effort to send a peace delegation to ;
Venezuela, and it's education around U-.S. war policy.
The themes of the event will be the power of
grassroots activism to transform society, as it is doing
on a mass scale in Venezuela, and the importance of
international solidarity. There, will be both, a ;
delegation from the Evergreen, Wash.,-based Latin
American Solidarity Organization, reporting on their
recent stay in Venezuela, as well as a short film and
commentary by Joe Anybody— a.k.a. Mike. Tabor—
celebrating Portland grassroots activism. Tabor, has
recorded numerous acts of activism in Portland,
including the "Eyes Wide Open" and "Defund the
War" events, the Iraq body count flag display, the
"Raging Grannies" and Code Pink, food will be
available, and there will be music afterwards. Tabor
was part of the organization's September delegation
to Venezuela and will present some of his film from
that trip.
For more information, visit www.pdxvenezuela.
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BY CASSANDRA KOSLEN
C O N T R IB U T IN G W R IT E R
ftentimes, we here at the paper refer
to Street Roots as a family;
contributingmembers, bound
together by a common thread.
I have been volunteering at Street Roots
fpr over a year and a half and may still only
have a cursory understanding of all the
different aspects of the paper’s multi-faceted
gene pool. There are many reasohs why
every one of u s— from vendor to reader to
volunteer — interacts with Street Roots. One
of the most important is the basic idea that
to be a part of Street Roots is to strive for
something better.
Marshall and Julie Worley think so. They
became vendors together in February.
Selling the paper is beneficial for more than
a means of income, and Marshall is happy to
discuss it. In fact, he’s happy about a lot of ,
things these days.
And he should be. He and Julie recently
acquired housing and celebrated their one-,
year anniversary as a couple.
Their new studio apartment boasts two
sizable sunnywindows. Big, green branches
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photo of the. "sit-lie scarecrow installations"
credited Frank Furter with both the art and
the photo. The installation itself is from an
unknown artist, and the photo by Frank
Furfer. Also, the photo first ran in Portland
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twist in the breeze while we speak.A
helium balloon adorned with a white rose
and “Happy Anniversary* bounces too.'Both
even grew up close..ta each. other, but did .
not meet until later in life.
“We were neighbors and didn’t even know
it,” Marshall says, grinning.
Marshall had sold the paper in the past,
after seeing a poster in Blanchet House. He
says he Saw vendors around Portland who
looked friendly and were “other people
frying to work.”
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“Everyone needs some kind of boss,” he
explains. “Someone to hold responsibility
to.”
Although he recognized the benefits of
having an employer, he fell into a bad place
in his recovery from drugs and alcohol.
After some time, he lost all of his papers.
and turned in his badge.
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However, he did not forget the paper. As
should give more of my time to helping my
fellow homeless and mentally ill... and learn
to be more friendly and talkative,” Marshal,
says.
Mental illness and recovery from .
substance, abuse can make this difficult, but
Marshall is doing his best to heed Julie’s
good advice. People really open up to her,
He says, when they are selling the paper.
Both used to deliver papers as children.
In addition to selling at the Dollar Tree on
SE Foster and 68th, Marshall enjoys
delivering the paper to customers because
it reminds him of his first job. He smiles a
lot while describing how his rnotherand
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bus stops, and other public spaces.
For a man who has struggled with
He also cleans at The Royal Palm
personal demons arid the trials of severe
apartments and Blanchet House, volunteers
poverty and homelessness, he is cheerful,
at Cascadia, and works as a landscaper and
and focused on the productive aspects of his
groundskeeper at the trailer park where he
daily life. ,
and Julie grew up, and have long standing
Marshall says that Julie, Street Roots and
friends and family.
the other agencies in the city that have
Street Roots is a way to “give back to
helped him have been inspirations to him.
some in the community fo r all they have
Marshall repeats how thankful he is to
done for me,” he says.
have a place to live, mentioning many
Julie especially encourages Marshall to
different services in the city which have
use Street Roots as a means of positive
helped them both.
interaction.
“We are truly grateful to everyone at
“He shuts himself in,” Julie says., ft’s good Cascadia,” he says, refering to the
fo relate to other people, she says, not push
organization that is housing he and Julie.
them away.
All in all,he’sveryenthusiastic.
“Other people in Old Town thought I
he entered recovery, he remembered the
paper. Marshall says he still felt a great
appreciation for the supportStreet Roots
had shown him in the past; and he would
donate a dollar or two from his limited funds
when he happened by the office. Eventually
Art Garcia, vendor coordinator, convinced
him to return.
Employment is a very important aspect to
the paper for both Marshall and Julie, but it
is also a meaps of socializing and
contributing to the community. Besides
being a vendor, Marshall volunteers for ;
SOLV, a non-profit organization focused on
preserving .Oregon’s environment through
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