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    Andrea Suarez from We Heart Seattle and Patrick Burnite from Bybee Lakes Hope Center

    Andrea Suarez from We Heart Seattle and Patrick Burnite from Bybee Lakes Hope Center

    FromRational in Portland

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    Andrea Suarez from We Heart Seattle and Patrick Burnite from Bybee Lakes Hope Center

    FromRational in Portland

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    Length:
    75 minutes
    Released:
    Sep 14, 2023
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    Patrick Burnite was a homeless drug addict on the streets of Seattle. With the help of Andrea Suarez of We Heart Seattle, Patrick is housed and working as a resource navigator for Bybee Lakes Hope Center in Portland. Andrea Suarez is the founder and Executive Director of We Heart Seattle, which has transitioned nearly 200 people from the streets into shelters and housing. We Heart Seattle has also removed nearly a million pounds of trash from parks and public spaces.https://helpinghandsreentry.org/bybee-lakes-hope-centerhttps://weheartseattle.orghttps://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/11/the-new-meth/620174/https://www.northamericarecovers.orghttps://x.com/choeshow?s=21&t=wFu7yCZP1FJsCx-IyCH8hwhttps://www.stonesouppdx.comhttps://www.kgw.com/amp/article/news/local/homeless/bybee-lakes-homeless-shelter-portland-emergency-funding/283-0e252e89-6719-4ebe-b272-83cd7cfb5953https://www.kgw.com/amp/article/news/local/homeless/portland-temporary-alternative-shelter-site-sanctioned-camp-opens/283-20eeea98-f6fd-4354-b833-8477bedb2978https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2023/01/portlands-101-homicides-in-2022-set-new-record-at-some-point-we-have-to-be-tired-of-burying-our-children.html?outputType=amp
    Released:
    Sep 14, 2023
    Format:
    Podcast episode

    Titles in the series (89)

    Everything you can’t say in Portland. I hear a lot of people wondering about what happened to Portland, Oregon. Why are so many downtown businesses still abandoned and boarded up? Why are people openly doing and selling drugs? Why are there so many homicides? Why is our homeless crisis so completely out of control? Why are our catalytic converters up for grabs? Can we criticize riots without denying that there are legitimate reasons to peacefully protest? Why do we have the highest income tax in the country but virtually nothing to show for it? Why were our public schools closed for 18 months during Covid? Portland made international news in 2020, and I found myself talking to everyone I could about what was going on in this city. To the extent I received any analysis from the press, I had to put an inordinate amount of time into researching particular topics just to verify or challenge the point of view. I found that my neighbors and colleagues were quietly asking a lot of the same questions, but they felt scared to openly talk about these issues for fear of being berated for using the wrong terminology (e.g., “homeless” v. “houseless”); for fear of being accused of lying about what they saw with their own eyes by the loudest voices in the room wedded to the counter-narrative that “Portland’s fine!”; and because questioning issues like rioting, whether we should’ve defunded the police by $15 million, or whether cloth masks on children make sense, means they risk being called a “racist”, “Covid denier”, or a “Trump supporter”. I started recording my conversations with other people who were invested in Portland, had information about Portland or its policies, or had a perspective on Oregon or Portland that was unique. I also talked to people outside of Portland who are living lives much differently than we are because I think it’s important to know that not everyone in the US lives or thinks like we do. And not everyone who lives and thinks differently from the Portland dominant narrative is a bad person, a racist, a bigot, or a science-denier. I’m a Democrat and a Biden voter, but I’m curious about people who think differently. My conversations and topics are open, honest, and rigorous, and I’m committed to resisting tribalism through civility and intellectual curiosity.