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Our Mission
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We create income opportunities tor
people experiencing homelessness
and poverty by producing a newspaper
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Street Roots publishes every Friday
and is available through our vendors.
Our Network
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We*re a proucj memker
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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.
Buy From a Vendor
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Roots vend ors,
complete a formal
training session-with
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Street Roots and its vendors are a powerful, c o m m u n ity -d riv e n solu tio rU c H h e _ p ro b le m _ o H T o m e te s s n e s s L_Oijf_vendors_
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partners, and their own hard work. U se th e s e fo u r s im p le s te p s to be p a rt o f th e s o lu tio n .
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 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, and 11 a.m.
Friday at our office: Street Roots, 211
NW Davis S t, Portland, OR 97209
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Vendors
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■ Vendors — the men and
■ With the money made
women who sell the
newspaper — are at the core
of Street Roots’ mission. Each
year, more than 400 individuals
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 25 cents each, and
sell them for $1, keeping all
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,
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■ Street Roots is an award
winning newspaper focusing
on issues of social justice with
coverage on a wide variety of
FIND US ONLINE AT STREETROOTS.ORG
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@STREETROOTS
■ Donate to the organization
and give vendors experiencing
homelessness and poverty a
hand up. It supports not only
member of the Society of
Professional Journalists and
the newspaper but our
advocacy efforts on poverty
issues throughout Oregon.
adheres to its standards of
ethics in journalism.
expertise and help the
interests. Street Roots is a
■ Volunteer your time and/or
organization grow.
■ Share Street Roots with
income and tips from each
sale.
your network and tell people
about the organization.
meeting regularly to discuss
the program and acting as
members of the organization’s
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.
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Board of Directors.
Vendor orientations are 1 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, and 11 a.m. on Fridays a t the Street Roots office.
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