Bea started interning with us this past summer to support our Know Your Rights workshop in anticipation of the revised Portland Daytime Camping Ban.

Contrary to popular belief, the Martin v. Boise didn’t stop the sweeping of people. Bea created a resource explaining why people are still being swept.

We are serious about strengthening our bonds. We know that we need to bring people together in whatever ways we can right now. Fostering division is one of the oldest tools for those who wield the most power to keep power from those that they wield it over.

Portland is often labeled as a cautionary tale of "woke/progressive" policies gone awry in the eyes of national and international media and political spheres. It seems we can’t make it more than a week without being inundated with think pieces on how to “save Portland.”

If we want to make real change, then we need to educate ourselves and our community about the real root causes of homelessness and poverty. We need to undo the harmful narratives about our unhoused neighbors that are fueling the policies that we’re seeing now.