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Street Roots • May 22-28 2015 E d it o r ia l Page 3 Write in . If you would like to have / / something \ — \ — -*--** that you’ve written published \ / In our pages, or would like to get involved as a member of our reporting staff, contact Managing Editor Joanne Zuhl at 503-228-5657, joanne@streetroofs.org. We ask that all submissions include the author’s name and contact information, if available. ' Street Roots 211 NW Davis S t Portland, OR 97209 503-226-5657 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 7:30-11 a.m. Sun. Vendors A ndi Howard, Paulette Bade and Allen B ennett smile fo r the camera at the Street Roots office. Advertising Interested in advertising in Street R oo ts?' Contact Israel Bayer at israel@streetroots.org Investing in the love of Street Roots eople ask me, why should I invest in Street Roots? B Israel B a yer is the executive d irector o f Street Roots. You ca n reach h im a t israel@streetroots. org o r fo llow him on, Twitter @israelbayer. environmenfrand social justice causes througboutthe W e b e lie v e in p e o p le . We w ork to give voice with a purpose and strategically. Our goal is to hundreds of people a hand up on a weekly basis. help shape public opinion and create social change in; In fact, each year we give nearly 400 people our community. experiencing homelessness and poverty an alternative We believe in social ju stice. Street Roots is a income through sales of the newspaper. Vendors make between - proud member of the Oregon Housing Alliance, the . ■ $200 and $1,600 monthly Welcome Home Coalition (a coalition co-founded by depending on their individual Street Roots), and the Western Regional Advocacy If S circumstances. Some are able to Project. We believe in working to acquire more housing B B S S climb out of homelessness, while and services for people on the streets, while always others are able to prevent it. More defending the civil rights of anyone being discriminated By Israel Bayer than anything, Street Roots against, including people on the streets. 1 provides a space to maintain We b elieve in inform ation for th e people. We stability and improye people’s publish more than 160,000 Street Roots Rose City quality of life. That’s no joke. Resource booklets annually. The pocket-sized, 104-page We believe in love. Street Roots believes in guide has the most comprehensive print resources for nonviolence, understanding that everything about ; people experiencing povertyTn our community. The , poverty is violent. We meet people where they are at guide is distributed by more than 400 community and work from those behaviors. We ask people to treat institutions interfacing with people on the streets. Ohé another with respect, regardless of people’s We are a part o f a global m ovem ent. Street Roots individual histories. - is one of more than 120 street newspapers in 40 We provide quality journalism . Street Roots j | countries. Street Roots prides itself on being a leader in doesn’t fool around. Our editorial team is committed to the street newspaper movement by providing content delivering readers in-depth news on matters you won’t and sharing best practices with newspapers from find anyw here else. Our reporters aren’t chasing press Vancouver, B.C., to Mexico City. Street Roots is a proud releases, or what’s on the 10 o’clock news. We pride member of the International Network of Street Papers ourselves on building genuine relationships with the based in Glasgow, Scotland. community and presenting well-researched material on We believe in you, our readers. We work hard to issues that matter to our region. We are also award-- provide more than 15,000 readers a way to stay ■ winning members of the Society of Professional engaged. Each day, readers and vendors build genuine Journalists. relationships on the streets. Out of those relationships We give our com m unity a voice. Since going to a come countless conversations and new friendships. We weekly publication schedule in January, Street Roots has hope to change the way the general public views highlighted more than 40 community organizations, homelessness; published more 100 poems from people on the streets, Street Roots does all of this with a very small team of and published the work of vendors, elected officials, staff and a tremendous amount of love from volunteers. civic leaders and more. From start to finish there is no We have a modest goal of raising $25,000 this spring newspaper in the city that gives voice to more to help keep Street Roots strong. A recurring donation Portlanders. will be matched until the end of 2015. You can give a We say w h at others w on’t. Street Roots isn t afraid donation by sending a check to 211 NW Davis, or to tackle tough subject matters, or to use the visiting www.streetroots.org. Your love is very newspaper and our network to advocate for better appreciated. We couldn’t do it without you! policies effect people experiencing poverty, the Staff Executive Director Israel Bayer israel@streetrooti.org Managing Editor Joanne Zuhl - joanne@streetroots.org Vendor Coordinator Cole Merkel cole@streetroots.org Operations Director Sarah Beecroft Program Assistant Grace Badik, Jesuit Volunteer, grace@streefroots.org Development Director Sarah Cloud Development Assistant Ann-Derrick Gaiiiot Reporters Emily Green, Sue Zalokar, Christen McCurdy, Sarah Hansell, Sam Bouman, Jacques Von Lune'n,Jared Paben Photographers Diego Diaz, Joe Glode Canvasser Desmond Hardison Board of Directors Chairman Bruce Anderson Vice-Chairman Brad Taylor Treasurer Heather Stadick Secretary Amber Bielman Directors Rich Rodgers, Michael Anderson, - Leo Rhodes, Nora Coon, Darren Alexander, Eddie Barbosa, Rachel Langford Volunteers Jan Bayer, Rob Shyrock, Stacey Heath, John Barker, Sarah Hansell, Aaron Von Reyn, Chere : Cobb, Audrey Cerchiara,Jade Maniscaico, Anjali Rathore, Eltese Baker, Doug Spangle, Susannah Kamala, Susan Gallagher, Tom Ray, Lee Ko, Dan Jones, Lisa Waldo, James Yu, Sam Bouman, Cherie Vedal If you are interested in volunteering with Street Roots, please submit a volunteer applicationatstreetroots.org/volunteer.Or call Volunteer Coordinator Grace Badik for .more information at 503-228-5657;
