Homelessness is moving east in Portland, so a longtime service provider packs a kitchen into an RV and follows.
by Sarah Mirk
AS GARY DAVIS steers the Hurricane-brand RV onto the asphalt of the Clackamas Service Center on SE 80th, he's in foreign territory. The United Church of Christ minister has worked with homeless people in downtown Portland for 24 years, but tonight is his program's first official foray into East Portland. It's a hot Saturday night, July 17. Operation Nightwatch has run a hospitality center downtown since 1981, offering homeless people food and a safe social space, but tonight it's going…
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