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In the Dec. 22 edition of Street Roots, a
quote in the “Street Roots vendors are
qrateful fo r...” feature was incorrect.
Vendor Tina Drake said the following: “I m
grateful for my name change, for my ID
change, and for everything that s going
well. Street Roots has been there for me
thick and thin.”
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hen he was a vegan, Jarid
Campbell made his own soy milk
and tofu at home. He can give a
detailed description about the process.
“I’m real picky about food. Now I like
macrobiotics when I can get hold of it,
Jarid said. “I feel better when I leave all
that other stuff out.”
The same practical approach and ability
to explain things served Jarid well in his
technical career. He said he earned an
electronics certificate in Norman, Okla., by
studying “resisters, ICs, capacitors,
soldering boards and all that stuff and
went on to work at Advanced Technology
Solutions in Oklahoma and Florida, where
he fixed printers, copiers, plotters and
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when he slipped and something gave in is
left hip. Now, he said, “the nerve in my leg
is getting set off. It’s traveling up and down
my spine and whatnot. It can be controlled.
computers.
At his job, Jarid was the go-to guy.
“There was a lot of tutoring” his
co-workers, he said, because “whenever
someone couldn’t fix something in the
office, they’d bring it to me. After me,
they’d have to call someone outside of the
office.”
In 2000, Jarid turned his sights on
Microsoft and moved
to Redmond, Wash.
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so I learned about
automation, keyboard
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programming.”
But things fell apart,
including his marriage. He
worked in tne restaurant
business for a few years and
then moved to Portland in 2006.
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The goal is to stay away from weather as
much as possible because,exposure can
happen after a few hours.
Jarid is upbeat about Street Roots
because he is able to work and still take
care of his leg. He sells the newspaper at
Stumptown Coffee at Southeast Belmont
Street and 34th Avenue.
“Things are moving forward, 1 know,
that,” he said. “And before, they weren 1 .1
was kind of stuck.
Six months ago, more than 300 people
were ahead of Jarid on the waiting hst for
housing with Transition Projects. Now, he
is No. 72 in line, his disabilty benefits hav
increased a bit, and he has been able to see
a dentist.
“I seem to be prioritizing the
transitional shelter and housing over
getting a job right now, just because of my
health,” Jarid said. “I don’t do very well
health-wise while homeless. I do a lot
better in an apartment (where) I can
I get better rest and be a better
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Jarid said his goal is to get back
into computers, such as cyber
security, “where I make enough
to pay rent, have the things I
need and a few of the things I
want. Maybe even get away from
disability.”
Most of all, Jarid said, he is
proud to be a survivor.
“I’ve had to do a lot to
still be able to walk. (There
were) periods of time
where I had to make
other plans besides
walking. I’d really be
immobile. That
while,” he said.
“But I still have
some hope.”
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Now, he is staying at a severe weather
shelter at Imago Dei on Southeast Ankeny
Street. The shelter is run by Transition
Projects, an organization that
provides services to move
people from homelessness
to housing.
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Jarid has been homeless off and on since
his leg injury. Last year, he was paying rent
for an apartment that ate up more than 80
percent of his disability check. He was
trying to make extra money by delivering
pizzas, but his car broke down and then he
got a severe infection. He left his
apartment to avoid an eviction record,
camped for a short while and then turned
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