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Street roots
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Nov. 25, 2011
“I do th in k th a t th e city is try in g to d o a loti
T h e re is a lo t m o re th a t can h e done. I don’t
know if it’s u p to g o v e rn m e n t to do th a t. I
th in k it’s u p to individuals: c h u rch es, in te re s t
g ro u p s, all kin d s of peo p le to do m any o f th e
th in g s th a t n e e d to b e d o n e yeti I don’t know
th a t w e can re ly on
g o v e rn m e n t to ju s t
do ev ery th in g for
us."
CURBSIDE
A collection of views from people on die streets
Day of Homelessness
Awareness
aith le a d ers, local politicians and
individuals w alked o n th e m o rn in g o f
N ovem ber 15 from St. A ndre B e s s e tte
R om an C ath o lic P a ris h to F irs t U n itarian
C h u rch in o rd e r to b rin g a w aren e ss to
h o m e le ss n e ss a cro ss th r e e d em ographics:
adults, y o u th a n d ch ildren. S tr e e t R oots ask ed
th o s e p re s e n t: w hy is th e D ay o f
H o m e le ssn e ss A w areness im p o rta n t to o u r
com m unity?
Make It All Go Away
By Nathan Roper
If I have to I’ll pay
M ake all m y pain disap p ear
Take w ith it all m y fear
— Ken Comfort
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I t’s tim e to fly w ith th e angels to night
I know it’s n o t rig h t
“T h e first s te p is
a w aren ess. W e a re
p a rticip atin g in th e
first s te p to actually
doing so m eth ing. It
b rin g s ev ery o ne
to g e th e r in th e
com m unity and
th a t’s alw ays good."
—Thomas Reed
“I am h o m e le ss b e ca u se th is is th e b e s t for
m e now ... W hen you s e e so m eth in g th a t’s
difficult to d eal w ith , y o u r firs t re a ctio n is to
tu rn aw ay from it so th a t it d o e sn ’t stink u p
y o u r th o u g h ts... We’r e w alking rig h t h e re ,
rig h t now an d th a t’s k eep in g in s te p w ith
w h a t’s g o in g o n . T h a t’s reality."
I t h u rts too m uch n o t to fight
N ot to n ig h t..
So I ’m gonna rid e w ith th e angels
Fly so high only th e y can catch m e
So high up only th e y can se e m e
D on’t e v er w a n t to com e back to e a rth
T his is m y destiny from b irth
J u s t w an t to fly one m ore tim e
“B ec a u se o f th e
fact t h a t
h o m e le ssn e ss e xists
h e re an d w e have to
do ev ery th in g w e
can to h elp p eople.
T h e only w ay to do
th a t is to le t people
know w h a t is going
on. P eo p le a re very
b u sy in th e ir lives and w e n e e d to have
so m eth in g to g e t p eople’s atten tio n . E v en ts
like th is help."
—Zelda tangible
— Barry
“I th in k it’s v e ry im p o rta n t th a t w e le a rn
th e re a so n s w hy p e o p le a re h o m e le ss a n d n o t
c o n tin u e to b lam e p eo p le fo r th e ir
h o m e le ss n e ss o r th e ir m e n ta l illn ess o r th e ir
p o v e rty in g en eral. I th in k th a t’s o n e of t h e
m o s t im p o rta n t th in g s fo r o u r so ciety to
realize th a t o u r ow n p o v erty is also v e ry
p re s e n t, th a t all o f u s have so m e s o r t o f n e e d
o r a n o th e r, so m e kind o f longing o r d e sire and
w e ’re all h u m an . A nd to b re a k dow n th o se
b a rrie rs a n d to c o v er th e la b e ls th a t w e w a n t
to p u t o n o n e a n o th e r. T h is is literally o n e
s te p tow ard a red isco v ery o f w ho p e o p le a re."
Only fools w ould m ake th is a crim e
I t’s b e e n y ears since I took flight
Yes, ton ig h t is th e night
I feel th e angels sw ooping low
T h e city has an angelic glow
As tw ilight b e co m es m idnight
I t ’s tim e to take flight
S 6 ,1 bid you good night.
“I t’s im p o rta n t b e ca u se - especially rig h t
now w h en w e s e e increasing n u m b e rs of
p e o p le ex p erie n cin g h o m e le ssn e ss - th a t w e
re m e m b e r and are aw are th a t th e y a re in ou r
m id st and th a t th e re ’s som eth in g w e can do to
h elp solve th e ir h o m e le ssn e ss... O n e of th e
th in g s th a t I ’m going to do in th e s h o rt te rm is
to advocate for no budget c u ts to p ro g ram s for
p e o p le w ho a re e x p erie n cin g h o m e le ssn e ss."
— father Ron Raab,
S t Andre Bessette Roman Catholic Parish
“H opefully, it will h e lp us n o t ju s t b e aw are
b u t ta k e so m e actio n in e ith e r d o nating g oods
o r c o ats o r b lan k ets o r m o n ey o r vo lu n teerin g
w ith a n org an izatio n o r advocating to ch an g e
th e un d erly in g co n d itio n s o f h o m e le ssn e ss.”
Office C a t Rooty thanks a ll
the folks who have made
donations to our vendors to
help keep them warm and dry
this rainy season. Thank you
on behalf o f a ll our great
vendors!
— Deborah Kafoury
Multnomah County Commoner
— Barbara Wilier
Compiled by Cole Merkel
Multnomah County Interfafth Coordinator
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