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Sisters of the Road
@sistersoftheroad.bsky.social
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Sisters is a nonprofit social justice organization. We've been building community and creating systemic solutions to homelessness and poverty since 1979.
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🎉Tourchsong Theatre Co has added a special matinee performance on August 16th at 2pm for their modern Robin Hood Musical, "Ballad of the Merry Folx"!

All proceeds with benefit Sisters of the Road, and Leaven Community Land & Housing.

TICKETS: torchsongentertainment.square.site
August 6, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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It threatens a return to a darker era of forced institutionalization, strips away civil rights, and does nothing to make housing more affordable.
Housing First is a proven strategy and is the most cost-effective way to end homelessness.
This isn't compassion, it's criminalization.
Green on black text over grid “The executive order seeks to end Housing First, a proven strategy in ending homelessness” Stylistic “ over box with quote: “[this part highlighted with red box] In concrete terms, the order seeks to divert funding from two pillars of mainstream homelessness practice, "housing first," the prioritization of permanent housing over temporary shelter, and "harm reduction," the rejection of abstinence as a condition of receiving services and housing. [end of red box] According to the order, grants issued under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration should "not fund programs that fail to achieve adequate outcomes, including so-called 'harm reduction' or 'safe consumption' efforts that only facilitate illegal drug use and its attendant harm." And the secretary of Health and Human Services and the secretary of Housing and Urban Development should, to the extent permitted by law, end support for "housing first" policies that "deprioritize accountability and fail to promote treatment, recovery, and self-sufficiency." Cited: “Source: Los Angeles Times ‘Criminalization or support? President Trump's executive order on homelessness gets mixed reaction’” Stylistic “ box “This Executive Order is rooted in outdated, racist myths about homelessness and will undoubtedly make homelessness worse... [Bold]Trump's actions will force more people into homelessness,[/Bold] divert taxpayer money away from people in need, and [Bold] make it harder for local communities to solve homelessness.” Cited “Source: The National Homelessness Law Center” Black text on green over grid “The executive order does not stop there- it demands a full diversion of funds towards criminalization” Smaller black text: “In section 3 of the order titled ‘Fighting Vagrancy on America's Streets’ it states:” [in Stylistic “ Box] “‘The attorney general and the other federal agencies should take steps to ensure that grants go to states and cities that enforce prohibitions on open illicit drug use, urban camping, and loitering and squatting.’” Cited “Source: Los Angeles Times ‘Criminalization or support? President Trump's executive order on homelessness gets mixed reaction’"
July 29, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Trump's new executive order treats homelessness and mental illness as crimes.
Stylized black and white background with black text on green “Trump's new executive order pushes for forced mental health treatment, threatens to defund housing first and harm reduction programs”. Below over grid paper background of Donald Trump holding a signed executive order next to black text “The order threatens to criminalize homelessness and mental illness at the jurisdiction of local and state governments” Black text on white grid “President Trump's new executive order to combat homelessness encourages local governments to revive ‘civil commitment’ which [underlined] places people with mental health issues in treatment facilities without their consent.” Cited as “Source: Axios ‘What to know about civil commitment, Trump's new policy for homelessness’" Black on green text at top asks “What is involuntary commitment?” Text in box with stylistic quote “ at top: “Involuntary civil commitment is the process in which a judge, or someone else acting in judicial capacity, orders a person be admitted to a psychiatric hospital or a supervised outpatient treatment facility without their consent. • The specific criteria that a person needs to exhibit to be confined varies in every state, but the guidelines usually mention those with mental illness, developmental disabilities and substance abuse issues that pose a danger to themselves or others. • Modern day commitment proceedings have to follow due process laws under state and federal law.” Source: Axios "What to know about civil commitment, Trump's new policy for homelessness"
July 29, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Enjoying Pride from the upstairs at the office
July 20, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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If you’re free this evening @weshinepdx.bsky.social is running a screening of “No Place to Grow Old”
Flier for “No Place to Grow Old” shows the film poster as well as a picture of St Andrew’s Episcopal Church. Text says Wednesday July 16th at 7pm with a WeShine Presentation and Village tour after the film. 7600 N Hereford Ave Portland, Oregon 97203
July 16, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Since last fall, our board has been putting in 30+ volunteer hours a month to rebuild Sisters. At the same time, we've been staying rooted in the lives and voices of the community we serve. 1/3
Graphic made of two sepia photos of a woman wearing a name tag in front of an open bin, the lower photo is of two individuals standing next to one another. One wears a name tag and holds a tablet. Separating the two photos is a banner that has a logo w a key next to it ”Finding Home: Lasting Housing Solutions Rooted in Community Experience”. To the right in the banner is the logos for Welcome Home Coalition and Sisters of the Road.
July 5, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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This Saturday at the Tacoma ICE detention center
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All Eyes on NWDC May 31st event put on by local immigrant rights organizations. SIGN UP AT: TINYURL.COM/MAY31TACOMA Our communities are being attacked and terrorized by this administration! They won't stop - unless we stop them. Let's rise up and send a message loud and clear: We will not be silenced. Our community is not alone! Join us to uplift the stories of those detained and fight for justice from the ground up. SOLO EL PUEBLO SALVA AL PUEBLO. We won't stop until we're all free.
May 25, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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I was #180,934!
September 17, 2024 at 4:44 AM
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September 5, 2024 at 3:37 AM
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And we have seen it all before
collage of headlines, testimonials, and articles from different years - displaying history is repeating itself...
August 1, 2024 at 2:32 AM
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Goals and we are doing this now!
August 1, 2024 at 2:30 AM
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He'd like you to help us out and donate a few bucks to our summer campaign.

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Pic of a white cat sitting
July 5, 2024 at 3:53 PM
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It’s almost time!
Photo of little kitten with a paw in the air. Text - 1 paw til our summer campaign launch
May 29, 2024 at 3:08 AM
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She’s not normal
Tiana tozer put our address down.
April 20, 2024 at 5:01 AM
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Research that… uh ok.
Screenshot asking who oversees nonprofit funding. We said the auditor.
February 2, 2024 at 5:58 AM
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Can someone give her a lesson on how to read a tax form?
Screenshot of our 990 tax form. Angela Todd trying to say we spent 170,000 on lobbying. It’s a math equation from the zeros above and other operating expenses.
February 1, 2024 at 6:21 AM
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Three spider-man figures all pointing at each other
January 24, 2024 at 2:57 AM
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Look, it's fine if you don't like us and think we are "the problem" and part of some "homeless industrial complex" or a "bunch of commies" - but it's not ok to throw a rock through our window.
Pic of our window with a hole in it
December 26, 2023 at 6:26 PM
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White background black text: AXIOS Portland In a word or two, how would you describe Portland's response to homelessness this year? "Relentless, inhumane, undignified." -Lauren Armony, Systemic Change Director
December 16, 2023 at 6:14 PM
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In the 80s, Genny Nelson recognized immediate barriers faced by the unhoused community on food stamps. “They have no cooking facilities, sinks or running water, or adequate refrigeration."
Image with text stating 1987 SISTERS BECOMES FIRST IN THE NATION TO ACCEPT FOOD. STAMPS FOR HOT FOOD MEALS
December 8, 2023 at 7:05 AM
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Our neighbor having a fit. The agenda item is about the police commission. John having a moment.
Screenshkt of commebt by John Bishop. Ceo of pendleton. Wants more cops for this "lawless" city.
November 15, 2023 at 1:47 AM
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We are going through some older docs and organizing - our birthday is coming up... and in case you never knew why we are called Sisters of the Road:
Text: Sister of the Road is the name that women transients called themselves. These were the women who rode the rails, performed manual labor jobs throughout the nation, learned to protect themselves physically and emotionally, and on rare occasions were able to speak the truth about life on the road.
October 27, 2023 at 8:44 PM
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We’ve been posting about our history here and there on Instagram. Also if you can, please donate to our summer campaign so we can continue to renovate the new building and keep telling our elected leaders to do better. https://donate.sistersoftheroad.org/campaign/gather-and-grow-2023/c495884
Picture of a green tent. Text - HISTORY/ADVOCACY 2011 SISTERS PARTICIPATES IN PITCH A TENT' ACTION AT ROSE FESTIVAL #GatherAndGrow
July 23, 2023 at 2:27 AM
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Here’s the link - https://www.portland.gov/government to tell our elected leaders to find a better sustainable and humane solution
x Contact our city leaders Tell them you want to see proactive, not reactive, measures to address poverty and homelessness. Out of sight, out of mind doesn't solve the housing crisis. Visit our link in the bio to find their contact information. Get involved with groups and campaigns opposing criminalizing homelessness • Street Roots • Western Regional Advocacy Project • Free Lunch Collective • Don't Evict PDX • Right 2 Rest Act Campaign (Right2act.org) • ACLU of Oregon Build relationships with your neighbors - sheltered or not. Get to know them and ask what they need. We aren't saviors, but we can live in community with one another. Criminalizing poverty impacts all of us.
July 3, 2023 at 6:00 PM
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This ban criminalizes homelessness If you violate this rule three times or have been convicted before, you can be fined up to $100 or imprisoned for a maximum of 30 days, or both. Mayor Wheeler says the ban won't be "immediately enforced," but the city has yet to release a timeline for the "phasing in" process. Are you angry about this? We are too. This ban isn't likely to be reversed any time soon, but there are ways to get involved. Here’s how
July 3, 2023 at 5:58 PM