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Street Roots • June 19-25, 2015
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Our Mission
We create income opportunities for
people experiencing homelessness
and poverty by producing a newspaper
and other media that are catalysts for
individual and social*'
“Street Roots has helped me
out a lot. It's helping me to
understand how to work
through selling the papers.
I like my customers. I really
like this place!”
We’re Weekly!
Street Roots publishes every Friday
and is available through our vendors.
Our Network
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We’re a proud member
of the International
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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.
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Buy From a Vendor
All badged Street
Roots vendors
complete a formal
training session with
Street Roots staff.
Buy our newspapers"
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
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 St., Portland, OR 97209
Rose City Resource Guide
Paul Ortiz
Street Roots vendor
PHOTO BY ALAN BORRUD
The buck starts here
Street Roots and its vendors are a powerful, community-driven solution to the problem of homelessness. Our vendors
• earn th ei r way out of their individual"siluations "through a" collabdraiion of awara-winning journalism, local b u s in e s s
partners and their own hard work.
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Use 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 .
I Buy
V e n d o rs la Paper
■ 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,
approximately 80 vendors are
at work, rain or shine. Vendors
play an active role in the
■ 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
want, for 25 cents each, and
sell them for $1 each, keeping
all income and tips from each
I Get
I Infor m ed i Act ion
■ Street Roots is an award­
■ Donate to the organization
winning newspaper focusing
on issues of social justice with
and give vendors experiencing
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.
FIND US ONLINE AT STREETROOTS.ORG
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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,
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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your network and tell people
about the organization.
meeting regularly to discuss
the program and acting as
members of the organization’s
Board of Directors.
Vendororientations are at 1 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, and 11 a.m. Fridays at the Street Roots office.
Donate Today!
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Portland, OR 97209
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