A coalition of cultural and religious organizations has met with local government asking how they can use their congregations to help but aren’t getting any answers.
PORTLAND, Ore. — Inside a Southeast Portland YMCA, religious groups turn a gymnasium into a weekly meeting space where they discuss how they can tackle one of the city’s biggest challenges: homelessness.
“We decided to immediately pivot to the homelessness crisis,” said Bob Horenstein, the head of the group called United in Spirit, a coalition of cultural and religious organizations. Horenstein is also part of the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland. He helped start United in Spirit about two and
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