In this Nonprofit Hour show we'll be hearing about a couple of nonprofits that are long established ones in the Portland area who are doing tremendously important work for people in vulnerable populations and doing it in a way that maintains their clients dignity and self worth. In the first half of the show Phil Busse spoke at our latest live recording event with Elise Downing of Sisters of the Road - a homeless support and advocacy group that has been operating in our city since 1979. It's been such a long standing foundation in our community that there's even a song written about them which we'll hear about during their interview.

In the second half of the show we will learn about Rosehaven an organization that is approaching 20 years of serving women and children experiencing the trauma of abuse, loss of home and other disruptive life challenges. We were joined in our studio by their Executive Director, Rebekah Albert to took us through the history of Rosehaven and painted a picture of the experiences their guests have faced and how they created a safe, respectful community with support and services to assist the women and children in regaining stability in their lives.

In today's Nonprofit Hour show we'll be hearing the last installment of our interviews about the intersection of nonprofit organizations and city hall prior to the May 17th Oregon primary election. For our most recent Nonprofit Hour live show from the Waypost on Sunday, May 1st we were pleased to welcome current City Commissioner Amanda Fritz to the stage where she shared with us her thoughts about the direction Portland is moving, some areas where we can use improvement and some stories of how nonprofits have worked in partnership with city government to solve some of our pressing problems.

Also at the last live show we were joined by Arran Robertson of Oregon Wild. He spoke with Phil Busse about the humble beginnings of the organization, how he came to develop a passion for protecting wild areas and the work that Oregon Wild has done to preserve natural streams, lakes, land and air which has been so vital to the protection of wildlife habitats such as for that of the famous wolf OR7. We'll be hearing that in the second half of the show but first we opened the show with music from our new house live band for the Nonprofit Hour, Irving.

In today's Nonprofit Hour show we'll be hearing the last installment of our interviews about the intersection of nonprofit organizations and city hall prior to the May 17th Oregon primary election. For our most recent Nonprofit Hour live show from the Waypost on Sunday, May 1st we were pleased to welcome current City Commissioner Amanda Fritz to the stage where she shared with us her thoughts about the direction Portland is moving, some areas where we can use improvement and some stories of how nonprofits have worked in partnership with city government to solve some of our pressing problems.

Also at the last live show we were joined by Arran Robertson of Oregon Wild. He spoke with Phil Busse about the humble beginnings of the organization, how he came to develop a passion for protecting wild areas and the work that Oregon Wild has done to preserve natural streams, lakes, land and air which has been so vital to the protection of wildlife habitats such as for that of the famous wolf OR7. We'll be hearing that in the second half of the show but first we opened the show with music from our new house live band for the Nonprofit Hour, Irving.

The ballots have been distributed and now it's time to cast your vote for who you think will best lead the city of Portland into the future. Over the past two months, in both our studio and live shows, the Nonprofit Hour has been joined by numerous candidates for Portland City Hall offices to discuss what they think makes our city unique, the problems we face as the city grows and their plans for solving these issues including collaboration with the nonprofit community. To help inform your choices for city council and give insight into their thoughts we have created this playlist with the extracted interviews of each of the candidates who have come on our show to date: Jules Bailey, Stuart Emmons, Chloe Eudaly, Amanda Fritz, Sarah Iannarone, David Schor and Fred Stewart. (Full playlist at https://soundcloud.com/the-non-profit-hour/sets/2016-primary-portland-city-hall )

The ballots have been distributed and now it's time to cast your vote for who you think will best lead the city of Portland into the future. Over the past two months, in both our studio and live shows, the Nonprofit Hour has been joined by numerous candidates for Portland City Hall offices to discuss what they think makes our city unique, the problems we face as the city grows and their plans for solving these issues including collaboration with the nonprofit community. To help inform your choices for city council and give insight into their thoughts we have created this playlist with the extracted interviews of each of the candidates who have come on our show to date: Jules Bailey, Stuart Emmons, Chloe Eudaly, Amanda Fritz, Sarah Iannarone, David Schor and Fred Stewart. (Full playlist at https://soundcloud.com/the-non-profit-hour/sets/2016-primary-portland-city-hall )

The ballots have been distributed and now it's time to cast your vote for who you think will best lead the city of Portland into the future. Over the past two months, in both our studio and live shows, the Nonprofit Hour has been joined by numerous candidates for Portland City Hall offices to discuss what they think makes our city unique, the problems we face as the city grows and their plans for solving these issues including collaboration with the nonprofit community. To help inform your choices for city council and give insight into their thoughts we have created this playlist with the extracted interviews of each of the candidates who have come on our show to date: Jules Bailey, Stuart Emmons, Chloe Eudaly, Amanda Fritz, Sarah Iannarone, David Schor and Fred Stewart. (Full playlist at https://soundcloud.com/the-non-profit-hour/sets/2016-primary-portland-city-hall )

The ballots have been distributed and now it's time to cast your vote for who you think will best lead the city of Portland into the future. Over the past two months, in both our studio and live shows, the Nonprofit Hour has been joined by numerous candidates for Portland City Hall offices to discuss what they think makes our city unique, the problems we face as the city grows and their plans for solving these issues including collaboration with the nonprofit community. To help inform your choices for city council and give insight into their thoughts we have created this playlist with the extracted interviews of each of the candidates who have come on our show to date: Jules Bailey, Stuart Emmons, Chloe Eudaly, Amanda Fritz, Sarah Iannarone, David Schor and Fred Stewart. (Full playlist at https://soundcloud.com/the-non-profit-hour/sets/2016-primary-portland-city-hall )

The ballots have been distributed and now it's time to cast your vote for who you think will best lead the city of Portland into the future. Over the past two months, in both our studio and live shows, the Nonprofit Hour has been joined by numerous candidates for Portland City Hall offices to discuss what they think makes our city unique, the problems we face as the city grows and their plans for solving these issues including collaboration with the nonprofit community. To help inform your choices for city council and give insight into their thoughts we have created this playlist with the extracted interviews of each of the candidates who have come on our show to date: Jules Bailey, Stuart Emmons, Chloe Eudaly, Amanda Fritz, Sarah Iannarone, David Schor and Fred Stewart. (Full playlist at https://soundcloud.com/the-non-profit-hour/sets/2016-primary-portland-city-hall )

The ballots have been distributed and now it's time to cast your vote for who you think will best lead the city of Portland into the future. Over the past two months, in both our studio and live shows, the Nonprofit Hour has been joined by numerous candidates for Portland City Hall offices to discuss what they think makes our city unique, the problems we face as the city grows and their plans for solving these issues including collaboration with the nonprofit community. To help inform your choices for city council and give insight into their thoughts we have created this playlist with the extracted interviews of each of the candidates who have come on our show to date: Jules Bailey, Stuart Emmons, Chloe Eudaly, Amanda Fritz, Sarah Iannarone, David Schor and Fred Stewart. (Full playlist at https://soundcloud.com/the-non-profit-hour/sets/2016-primary-portland-city-hall )

The ballots have been distributed and now it's time to cast your vote for who you think will best lead the city of Portland into the future. Over the past two months, in both our studio and live shows, the Nonprofit Hour has been joined by numerous candidates for Portland City Hall offices to discuss what they think makes our city unique, the problems we face as the city grows and their plans for solving these issues including collaboration with the nonprofit community. To help inform your choices for city council and give insight into their thoughts we have created this playlist with the extracted interviews of each of the candidates who have come on our show to date: Jules Bailey, Stuart Emmons, Chloe Eudaly, Amanda Fritz, Sarah Iannarone, David Schor and Fred Stewart. (Full playlist at https://soundcloud.com/the-non-profit-hour/sets/2016-primary-portland-city-hall )