Street Roots • July 3-9, 2015
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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.
Street paper
delegates from
around the world
gather fo r the 2015
Global Su m m it o f
the International
Network o f Street
Papers.
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Contact Israel Bayer at israel@streetroots.org
INSP P H O T O
Staff
Street papers worldwide unite around common mission
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Israel Bayer is the
executive director o f
Street Roots. You can
reach him at
israel@streetroots. org
or follow him on
Twitter @israelbayer.
Street Roots had the privilege to
send six delegates to the
. conference, including vendor
Desmond Hardison, who sells at the
Green Zebra on North Lombard
Avenue.
“Man, what an amazing experience,” Desmond told ,
me after the conference. “There really aren’t words to
describe the work that we are collectively doing together.
Being able to connect with other vendors and street
papers from around the world was just amazing. It’s got
me energized.”
“Our diversity is our strength, and what we have in
common trumps our differences,” says Tim Harris, INSP
board member and founder of Real Change newspaper in
Seattle. “We are all in this together, learning from each
other, healing a broken world, one vendor and one
newspaper at a time.”
It’s true. When you’re supporting Street Roots you are
also supporting five young women in Mexico City who
started the latest street paper, sharing tips with St.
- Petersburg, Russia, and Copenhagen, Denmark, about
supporting vendors and sharing news content in
Vancouver, B.C., and Sao Paulo, Brazil,
r Street newspapers can be an incredible, powerful force
in local communities, especially considering the widening
gap between the rich and the, poor in most urban
environments and a constantly changing media climate.
; Not only do street papers provide people experiencing
poverty and homelessness an income, they also help
educate the general public on social-justice issues locally,
while highlighting voices from around the world. Street
israel@streetroots.org
Managing Editor Joanne Zuhk
id you know that Street Roots is part of a growing
global, movement? The International Network of
Street Papers (INSP), based in Scotland, supports
more than 115 street newspapers in 35 countries in 24
languages. Our collective grassroots network is giving
J more than 12,000 vendors at any single time a hand up
through the sales of newspapers
and magazines. It’s really amazing. '
Last week in Seattle, delegates
came together from around the .
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globe to celebrate and share best
l i f e MIC
practices. It was an inspiring affair.
By Israel Bayer
Executive Director Israel Bayer
joanne@streetroots.org
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Vendor Coordinator Cole Merkel
cole@streetroots.org
Operations Director Sarah Beecroft
Program Assistant Grace Badik, Jesuit
P H O T O BY ISRAEL B AYER
Street Roots vendor Desmond Hardison shares a pose with
a new friend, Henrik, a vendor for H us Forbi street
magazine in Copenhagen, Denmark.
papers also serve as a watchdog for issues and policies
affecting the poor. Providing quality journalism while
highlighting the voices of the community is key. The
phrase, “Think globally, act locally,” takes on a whole
new meaning.
As we traveled back from the international conference,
many of us had a feeling in our hearts, much like we did
as kids when we left camp, that we would never be the
same. Our platforms and passion for our Work create a
bond that unites us across many nations and cultures, all
with the goal to give people experiencing poverty a hand
up by producing great publications.
We are a family, and at the end of the day, that extends
to you the reader. Each time you purchase a newspaper
and support your neighborhood vendor you are not only
helping an ihdividual, you are helping thousands of
people working together to support a better life for
people experiencing poverty.
“I have my own things in my house, can buy things I
need and when I go to sleep I can think about the
future,” says a Mr. Oh, a street newspaper vendor in
Seoul, South Korea. “In the past I didn’t, because I had
no hope. It has made a big difference.”
It’s the same all around the world, Thank you, readers.
Volunteer, grace@streetroots.org
Development Director Sarah Cloud
Development Assistant Ann-Derrick
Gaillot
Reporters Emily Green, Sue Zalokar,
Christen McCurdy, Sarah Hansell, Sam
Bouman, Jacques V onlun en, 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 Maniscalco,
Anjali Rathore, Eliese Baker, Doug Spangle,
Susannah Kamala, Susan Gallagher, Tom Ray,
Lee Ko, Dan Jones, Lisa Waldo, James Yu, Sam
Bouman, CherieVedal
If you are interested in volunteering with
Street Roots, please submit a volunteer
application at streetropts.org/volunteer. Or
call Volunteer Coordinator Grace Badik for
more information at 503-228-5657.