Street Roots • May 22-28 2015
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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
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Contact Israel Bayer at israel@streetroots.org
Investing in the love of Street Roots
eople ask me, why should I invest in Street Roots?
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Israel B a yer is the
executive d irector o f
Street Roots. You ca n
reach h im a t
israel@streetroots. org
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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
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circumstances. Some are able to
Project. We believe in working to acquire more housing
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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
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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;