Right 2 Survive

Our Current Projects

Our current programs are:


● Under the Bridge Walks - Each 1st and 3rd Tuesday, R2s leads walks, talking to people from the
houseless community and handing out the R2S newsletter.

 

● R2S Radio - R2S produces a high quality radio show every 2nd Wednesday of the month, broadcast on
KBOO community radio. A listening party takes place so that houseless folks can gather to hear their own
voices, while building community. This also serves to educate each other and the broader community.
 

● Homeless Bill of Right Campaign - R2S is organizing, in coalition with Sisters of the Road, Street Roots,
Right 2 Dream Too, and Dignity Village locally. The campaign goal is to pass legislation which will protect
the rights of people experiencing homelessness.
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● Pitch A Tent V - An annual camp-out to draw attention to discrimination against people without housing,
and demonstrate viable community based alternatives.



●Right 2 Dream Too is a nonprofit organization operating a space where people can rest or sleep safely and undisturbed. Right 2 Dream Too (R2DToo) provides refuge for Portland's unhoused community who cannot access affordable housing or shelter space. Right 2 Dream Too (R2DToo) exists to awaken social and political groups to the importance of safe and undisturbed sleep. Our purpose is to create a place where unhoused people can rest or sleep without being rousted by police or private security and without being under the constant threat of violence. We hope to create a cost-effective, self-sustaining model that can be replicated elsewhere.

 

• Consultants- Building relationships and developing plans to implement more rest areas like Right to dream too in different parts of the state and country. We currently working with Tuson AZ: SafePark, Eugene: SLEEPS, Opportunity Villiage. Clackamas, Or: Knowing Me Ministry.

 

• Groundworks Portland- Educating the houseless community of the danger of the Willamette River. Working with Groundworks, the EPA and the local community to improve the river and surround areas around the river so it will be safe for all to use.

 

• Pacific Northwest Social Forum (PNWSF)- Working with various organizations from the Northwest from Bellingham, Seattle, Northern California, Montana, Utah to bring the PNWSF to Portland in September 2014.