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About Street roots. (Portland, OR) 1998-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 30, 2015)
S tr e e t R o o ts • J a n u a ry 3 0 -F e b ru a ry 5, 2 0 1 5 Page 2 street “Street Roots allows M Me kindness in other p e o p le ” i " o . . and poverty by producing a newspaper and other media that are catalysts for indMdualandsociafchange. We’re Weekly! Street. Roots publishes every Friday and is available through our vendors. Our Network : "I We’re a proud member I * *"* 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. Buy From a Vendor I s tre e t q Ail badged Street Roots vendors / r i complete a formal | training session | l i l i f l 1 rw B r with Street Roots j staff. Only buy our newspapers from badged vendors. WWffBBWi 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 at cole@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, arid 11 a.m. Friday at our office: Street Roots, 211 NW Davis S t, 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 503-228-5657. FIND US ONLINE AT STREETROOTS.ORG El O D D @STREETROOTS Allison Strange Street Roots vendor PHOTO BY AL A N BORRUD The buck starts here Street Roots and its vendors are a powerful, community-driven solution to the problem of homelessness. Our vendors earn their way out of their individual situations through a collaboration of award-winning journalism, local business partners, and their own hard work. Use th ese fo ur sim ple steps to be part of th e solution. Meet IBuy IGet ITake Vendors l a Paper BlnformedlAction ■ 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 ■ 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, want, for 25 cents each, and sell them for $1, keeping all income and tips from each approximately 80 vendors are at work, rain or shine. Vendors play an active role in the ■ 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 of • ethics in journalism. ■ 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 sale. management of Street Roots, meeting regularly to discuss the program and acting as members of the organization’s Board of Directors. your network and tell people about the organization. Vendor orientations are 1 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, and 11 a.m. on Fridays at the Street Roots office. Donate Today! 4 ' • ' • = . . . • W e c a n ’t do it w ith o u t yo u r help. D on ors like you m ake it po ssib le to k e e p th e lig h ts on , fu nd p rog ram s and em p o w er p e o p le ex p erien cin g h o m e less n es s. P lease co n sid er a o n e -tim e or recu rring do n a tio n to S tre e t R oots to day. Mail Street Roots 211 N W Davis St. Portland, OR 97209 G ive one-tim e or recurring donations online streetroots.org Thankyou! \ - - '• - * Ì x;-
