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About Street roots. (Portland, OR) 1998-current | View Entire Issue (May 29, 2015)
S tr e e t R o o ts • Page 2 M a y 2 9 -J u n e 4, 2 0 1 5 Our Mission . We create income opportunities for and poverty by producing a newspaper and other media that are catalysts for individual and social change. We’re Weekly! Street Roots publishes every. Friday and is available through our vendors. Our Network n We’re a proud member H S |> I International 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 All badged Street Roots vendors complete a formal training session with S treet Roots staff, ■ ■■ m ~ : Buy our newspapers I— only 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 Cote Merkel at coie@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: S treet Roots, 211 NW Davis St., Portland, OR 97209 Rose City Resource Guide The buck starts here ■^tm e^RQ Q lS-ancLitS -vendQrs are a pow erful. hom elessness. O u r vend ors earn their way out of their individual situations through a collaboration of award-winning journalism, local business partners and their own hard work. Use these four simple steps to be part of the solution. Meet Vendors Get Take Informed! Action ■ ■ V endors — the men and ■ W ith the m oney m ade ■ Street Roots is an aw ard ■ Donate to the organization w om en who sell the selling the newspaper, winning new spaper focusing and give vendors experiencing h om elessness and poverty a new spaper — are at the core vendors are able to secure on issues of social justice with of Street Roots’ mission. Each basic needs, independence coverage on a w ide variety of hand up. It supports not only year, m ore than 400 individuals and dignity, and w ork tow ard interests. Street Roots is a the n ew spaper but our w ork as vendors with Street obtaining housing. V endors ‘ m em ber of the Society of a dvocacy efforts on poverty Roots. A t any given time, b uy papers, as m any as they P rofessional Journalists and issues throu g ho ut O regon. throughout the city, want, for 25 cents each, and adheres to its standards of ■ V olunteer yo ur tim e and/or a pproxim ately 80 vendors are sell them for $1 each, keeping ethics in journalism . expertise and help the at work, rain or shine. Vendors all incom e and tips from each play an active role in the sale. organization grow. ■ S hare S treet Roots with m anagem ent of Street Roots, yo ur n etw ork and tell people m eeting regularly to discuss a bout the organization. the program and acting as m em bers 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. FIND US ONLINE AT STREETROOTS.ORG © □ □ □ @STREETROOTS Board of Directors. Vendor orientations are at 1 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, and 11 a.m. Fridays at the Street Roots office. Donate Today! We can’t do itw ithout your help. Donors like you make it possible to keep the lights on, fund programs and empower people experiencing homelessness. Please consider a one-time or recurring donation to Street Roots today. g | Mail Street Roots , 211 NW Davis St. Portland, OR 97209 Ä Give one-time or recurring donations online streetroots.org -y. Thank you!
