Publication Date
12-8-2010
Document Type
Interview
Duration
45 minutes
Subjects
Sustainability -- Restaurants, Nonprofit organizations -- Oregon -- Portland, Homelessness
Abstract
Interview of Brendan Phillips by Brandon Green in Portland, Oregon on December 8th, 2010.
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Biographical
Brendan Phillips, son of folk singer Utah Phillips, worked as a Community Organizer at Sisters of the Road in Portland.
Rights
This digital access copy is made available as streaming media for personal, educational, and non-commercial use within the parameters of “fair use” as defined under U.S. Copyright law. It cannot be reproduced, distributed, or broadcasted for commercial purposes. For more information, please contact Special Collections at Portland State University Library at: specialcollections@pdx.edu or (503) 725-9883.
Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/10820
Recommended Citation
Phillips, Brendan, "Interview with Brendan Phillips, Sisters of the Road, 2010 (audio)" (2010). All Sustainability History Project Oral Histories. 64.
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/10820
Included in
Food and Beverage Management Commons, Nonprofit Administration and Management Commons, Sustainability Commons
Description
This interview, of Brendan Phillips, the Community Leadership Coordinator at the Sisters of the Road Café, was conducted by Brandon Green on December 8, 2010. The Sisters of the Road Café is a non-profit organization that focuses on ending homelessness by creating community and providing hospitable space and food to people in need. Phillips discusses the Community Organizing Model which encourages the people who are going through issues like homelessness or poverty to become speakers for their cause. This organization focuses on getting the voices of the people out to the public to try to get the whole story rather than a limited perspective. Phillips also discusses economic human rights, describing the difference between economic class and the access to the free market. He also describes free market capitalism and housing issues and how the system can be improved to create more livable spaces for those in need.
This interview is part of “The Sustainability History Project: Documenting Sustainable Development and Practice in the Pacific Northwest” at Portland State University.