"Thank you for the work you do, in a world where most of the news we get is bad news, it really means something to me to know that, quietly and without fanfare, you are making the world a better place filling one empty stomach at a time." - kind words from a donor to Sisters
What's Happening Now
May 16: Community Health Chat
Join us in the Cafe for another of our Community Health Chats, where nurses, community partners and folks from our community all gather together to... See all events >
May 19: Portland Poverty Peoples Movement Assembly
Students of a poverty class in the School of Social Work at Portland State University invite you to this Peoples Movement Assembly dedicated to... See all events >
News & Press
April 2012: We Won’t Get Fooled Again April 1st Action!
If you weren’t able to join the community that gathered to call out the criminalization of people who are homeless, get inspired for the next action... Read More >
March 2012: Board Member Speaks about Health Care
Click here to hear Board member Michael Moore talks about single payer healthcare on KBOO radio.
“A good place to be.” Maxine’s Sisters Story
Maxine first came to Sisters as a young person. She found her way back years later because she remembered it as a “good place to be.”
Sisters is a place where she feels safe and welcome, and knows that any violence will be interrupted by staff members immediately. One of the reasons Maxine loves coming to Sisters is that if she’s stressed,
as soon as I walk in, it goes away. Everyone smiles and asks how you’re doing. It makes you feel good!
Maxine says that being at Sisters has taught her how to “...talk without yelling—and it does work. I had a problem with someone, we sat down and talked it out—it worked. You don’t need violence to communicate.”
Maxine believes that
we’re all one. We should stay together—we only have one planet.
Thank you Maxine for being such an important part of Sisters community!
