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About Street roots. (Portland, OR) 1998-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 2, 2015)
Street Roots • January 2-8, 2015 E d it o r ia l Page 3 A new year, a new paper and countless new opportunities £ If you would like to have elcome to the inaugural weekly edition o f Street Roots! freelancers to bring you great coverage every week. We’ve changed up our look and shed some of the excess (Sorry, Soup Can Many people have asked us how Sam, but it was written in the stars.) and going weekly would change our editorial we’ve made interviews with entertainment, content In a way, it won’t change at all. Our sports and cultural figures a regular feature. aspiration has always been to cover a wide Simply being able to become a weekly . ' variety of issues newspaper is indicative of the amazing crew h h impOftant to of reporters, editorial contributors, u Oregonians — in depth volunteers and supporters. They join many and to represent the other volunteers who keep our engines " voices of people on running, from the front desk to behind the and near to the lines. Everyone has stepped up and streets. That has meant exposing the committed to making each edition of the catastrophic gaps in our Social Security paper a great read and a great buy. Thank Disability services, exploring the lax you! | oversight on our environmental resources, These might be unlikely times for a print and reporting on the now constant newspaper to expand its publication population of homeless students in Oregon schedule, but with each passing year, our schools. That means award-winning circulation has increased, and so has the coverage on not only homelessness, but degree to which readers and vendors look poverty at large, and the issues of health to each edition for something new, care, addiction, criminal and social justice something out of the ordinary. And for the and the concerns facing our communities of vendors, particularly, this new Street Roots color. ■ will mean twice as many opportunities for No - in many ways, we’re not changing a success. We hope our new Page 2 helps thing. people better understand how a simple And we’re changing a lot. As a weekly thing like a newspaper sale can turn into a publication, our news cycle has doubled. lifelong investment. We’ve hired a full-time reporter, Emily Thank you, and we’ll see you next week! Green, who will work alongside our team of ■ Writein • that you’ve written published in our pages, or would »J Street Roots 211 NW Davis St. Portland, OR 97209 503-228-5657 Fax:503-227-3117 www.streetroots.org www.news.streetroots.org Hours: 7:30 a.m,-3 p.m. Mon.-Fri,, 7:30 a.m.-2 p.m, Sat., and 7:30-1T a.m. Sun. S taff Executive Director Israel Bayer Managing Editor Joanne Zuhf joanne@streetroots.org Vender Coordinator Cole Merkel cole@streetroots.org S R Israel Bayer is the executive director o f Street Roots. You can reach him at israel@streetroots. org o r follou) him on Twitter @israelbayer. things Street Roots By Israel Bayer offers are self- confidence and hope. The self-confidence to get up every single day while experiencing the hell of homelessness, and the hope that one day there will be a brighter tomorrow. The idea that people are able to earn an income through the sales of the newspaper while gaining that self-confidence and hope is what makes it all come together. Street Roots started a little more than 15 years ago with community volunteers an d . five vendors. During that time we’ve helped thousands of individuals and families improve their quality of life. We helped hundreds of people access housing and helped maintain housing for hundreds more. Street Roots exists to give people a hand up through the sales of the newspaper. The money and friendships developed around the city are priceless. The journalism that Street Roots is producing speaks for itself.. Offering vendors the best newspapér we can produce is always our highest goal. The activism and voice Street Roots offers in the commúnity will not only continue with a weekly publication, but it will get stronger. Not so long ago Street Roots set out to go from a biweekly to a weekly publication. It’s been a dream since the organization started. That dream becomes a reality today with the first edition of a weekly - publication. “Going weekly will bring more customers, better dialogues, better relationships and more money for vendors,” says Betty Jo who sells the newspaper at Alberta Food Cooperative. Here’s how you can help: ■ Take a photo of you and the new weekly paper and/or with a vendor and post the pic on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram using the hashtag #SRGoesWeekly ■ Purchase Street Roots on a weekly basis ■ Share the paper with your friends, family or coworkers. Telling people about the quality of the newspaper and how the vendor program works makes you a Street Roots ambassador. ■ Tell businesses where Street Roots vendors are located how much you appreciate having a vendor ¿in the neighborhood. It makes all the difference in the world. By doing one o r a ll of these simple steps you are helping spread the Street Roots love. . The best years at Street Roots are ahead of us and that has everything to do with you. Everyone at Street Roots couldn’t be more excited and looks forward to bringing you a professional publication week-in and week-out. Cheers. . ..... . Operations Director Sarah Beecroft Program Assistant Grace Badik, Jesuit Join the celebration of our new weekly publication ome of the best memories of my life have been made with Street Roots. I could write a book about the many beautiful and tragic stories that I’ve witnessed on the streets. Honestly, there’s nothing more rewarding than watching people come together l M O T f t ' t collectively to better l i V > V » 81 themselves. Some of D E SK the most powerful , " like to get involved as a , member of our reporting staff,. contact Managing Editor Joanne Zuhf at 503-228-5657, joanne@streetroots. com. We ask that all submissions include the author’s name and contact information,-If available. Street Roots is; honored to have an original work by Northwest artist Nikki McClure on the cover of our inaugural weekly edition. McClure, of Olympia, Wash., is a self-taught artist who has been making paper-cuts since 1996. She is known for illustrating the themes of motherhood, nature, community and activism in intricate and beautiful paper cuts using an X-acto knife and a single sheet of paper. “I wanted to show light and eye contact. Street Roots brightens the community by making both happen. This man’s smile brightened my days. I really enjoyed hanging out .with.him, T hank, you.” volunteer ' • grate@ streetroot^.orq'’uw Development Director Sarah Cloud Development Assistant Ann-Derrick Galliot Reporters Emily Green, Sarah Hansell, Sam Bouman, Jacques Von Lunen Photographers Diego Diaz, Kristina W right Board of Directors Chairman Bruce Anderson Vice-Chairman Michael Anderson - Treasurer Heather Stadick Secretary Eddy Barbosa ; Directors Rich Rodgers, Brad Taylor, Leo. Rhodes, Ken Hawkins, Mora Coon, Darren Alexander, Amber Bielman Volunteers Jan Bayer, Rob Shyrock, Stacey Heath, John Barker, Dane NickJas, Kevin Glasei, Sarah Hansell, Sam Bouman, Eliese Baker, Tom Ray, Chérie Veda!, Jessie Carver, Mary Locke, James Yu, Melissa Kahn, Vinnie Kinsella If you are interested in volunteering with Street Roots, please submit a volunteer application at streetroots.org/volunteer. Or call Volunteer Coordinator Grace Badik for more information ' at 503-228-5657.
