Street Roots • July 24-30, 2015
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Tell us about your interaction with a
Street Roots vendor. Fill out a form
online at streetroots.org or contact
Cote Merkel at coie@streetrcots.org.
If you have any urgent issues
regard I ng a vendor, please call us
at 503-228-5657.
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earn their way out of their individual situations through a collaboration of award-winning journalism, local business
partners and their own hard work. U se 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 .
Meet
Vendors
■ Vendors — the men and
■ With the money made
■ Street Roots is an award
■ Donate to the organization
a Vender
women who sell the
selling the newspaper,
winning newspaper focusing
and give vendors experiencing
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newspaper — are at the core
vendors are able to secure
on issues of social justice with
hom elessness and poverty a
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Monday and Wednesday, and 11 a,m,
Friday at our office: Street Roots, 211
NW Davis S t, Portland, OR 97209
Rose City Resource Guide
of Street Roots’ mission. Each-
basic needs, independence
year, more than 400 individuals
and dignity, and work toward
coverage on a wide variety of
interests. Street Roots is a
the newspaper but our
work as vendors with Street
obtaining housing. Vendors
member of the Society of
advocacy efforts on poverty
Roots. A t any given time,
buy papers, as many as they
Professional Journalists and
issues throughout Oregon.
throughout the city,
adheres to its standards of
■ Volunteer your tim e and/or
approximately 80 vendors are
want, for 25 cents each, and
sell them for $1 each, keeping
ethics in journalism.
expertise and help the
at work, rain or shine. Vendors
all income and tips from each
play an active role in the
sale.
hand up. It supports not only
organization grow.
■ Share Street Roots with
management of Street Roots,
your network and tell people
about the organization.
meeting regularly to discuss
the program and acting as
members 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.
Board of Directors.
Wendor orientations are a t1 pjitMondays and Wednesdays, and 11 ajn .frid aysatth e Street Boots office.
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