- L41, L21, S20 -

Dignity Village Since 2000 Home Dignity Village is a membershipbased community in NE Portland providing shelter off the streets for 60 people a night since 2000. Dignity Village envisioned and created the first Village Model shelter in North America. The Village Model is democratically selfadministrated selfgoverned and selfoperated with a mission to provide shelter that fosters community and selfempowerment a radical experiment to end homelessness. We came out of the doorways of Portlands streets out from under the bridges from under the bushes of public parks we came openly with nothing and no longer a need to hide as Portlands inhumane and Draconian camping ban had just been overturned on two constitutional grounds.