Street Roots • January 16-22, 2015
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Our Mission
We create income opportunities for
people experiencing homelessness
and poverty by producing a newspaper
and other media that are catalysts for
individual and social change.
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“Street Roots gives us a sense
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helps us, io communicate with
the community, to get to know
the Community, dyd it makes
us feel like we're part o f the
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Street Roots publishes every Friday
and is available through our vendors.
Our Network
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Network of.Street Papers
(INSP). The network includes more
than 120 newspapers around the
world, each one sharing news and
information on poverty and
homelessness worldwide.
From a Vendor
All badged Street
Roots vendors
complete a formal
training session
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staff. Only buy our
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newspapers from
badged vendors.
Give Vendor Feedback
Tell us about your interaction with a
Street Roots vendor. Fill out a form
online at streetroots.org or contact
Cole Merkel atcole@streetroots.org.
If you have any urgent issues
regarding a vendor, please call us
at 503-228-5657.
Become a Vendor
Vendor orientations are at 1 p.m. every
Monday and Wednesday, and 11 a.m.
Friday at our office: Street Roots, 211
NW Davis St., Portland, OR 97209
Rose City Resource Guide
The Street Roots Rose City Resource is
the most comprehensive, updated list of
services for people experiencing
homelessness and poverty in
Multnomah and Washington counties.
The Rose City Resource is free to
individuals and organizations. To
inquire, please call us at §03-228-5657.
FIND US ONLINE AT STREETROOTS.ORG
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Frank and Tiffany Quiroga
Street Roots vendors
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partners, and their own hard work. Use these four simple steps to be part of the solution.
Meet
Vendons
■ Vendors — the men and
women who sell the
newspaper
are at the core
of Street Roots’ mission. Each
year, more than 400 individuals
work as vendors with Street
Roots. At any given time,
throughout the city,
approximately 80 vendors are
at work, rain or shine. Vendors
play an active role in the
management of Street Roots,
meeting regularly to discuss
the program and acting as
members of the organization’s
Board of Directors.
■ With the money made
selling the newspaper,
vendors are able to secure
basic needs, independence
and dignity, and work toward
obtaining housing. Vendors
buy papers, as many as they
want, for 35 cents each, and
sell them for $1, keeping all
income and tips from each
■ Street Roots is an award
winning newspaper focusing
on issues of social justice with
coverage on a wide variety of
interests. Street Roots is a
member of the Society of
Professional Journalists and
adheres to its standards o f .
ethics in journalism.
sale.
■ Donate to the organization
and give vendors experiencing
homelessness and poverty a
hand up. It supports not only
the newspaper but our
advocacy efforts on poverty
issues throughout Oregon.
■ Volunteer your time and/or
expertise and help the
organization grow.
■ Share Street Roots with
your network and tell people
about the organization.
Vendor orientations are a t 1 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, and a t 11 a.m. on Fridays a t the Street Roots office
Donate Today!
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Street Roots
211 NW Davis S t
Portland, OR 97209
streetroots.org
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