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About Street roots. (Portland, OR) 1998-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 21, 2015)
Street Roots • Aug. 21-27, 2015 Page 2 street 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 change. We’re Weekly! Street Roots publishes every Friday and is available through our vendors. Our Network i We’re a proud member ) of the International 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 ; Street ‘Roots staff. Buy our newspapers only from badged The buck starts here S tre e t R o o ts a n d its v e n d o rs a re a p o w e rfu l, c o m m u n ity -d riv e n s o lu tio n to th e p r o b l e m j r i J iQ in e le s s ^ ^ e a rn th e ir w a y o u t o f th e ir in d iv id u a l s itu a tio n s th ro u g h a c o lla b o ra tio n o f a w a rd -w in n in g jo u rn a lis m , lo c a l b u s in e s s partners and their own hard work. Use these fo u r sim ple step s to be part of the solution., ______ vendors. Take Get Informed Action 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 ■ Vendors — the men and ■ With the money made ■ Street Roots Is an award ■ Donate to the organization women who sell the winning newspaper focusing and give vendors experiencing newspaper — are at the core of Street Roots’ mission. Each selling the newspaper, vendors are able to secure basic needs, independence on issues of social justice with hom elessness and poverty a coverage on a wide variety of hand up. It supports not only year, more than 400 individuals and dignity, and work toward interests. Street Roots is a the newspaper but our work as vendors with Street obtaining housing. Vendors m ember of the Society of advocacy efforts on poverty Roots. At any given time, buy papers, as many as they Professional Journalists and issues throughout Oregon. throughout the city, want, for 25 cents each, and adheres to its standards of ■ Volunteer your tim e and/or approximately 80 vendors are at work, rain or shine. Vendors sell them for $1 each, keeping ethics in journalism. expertise and help the play an active role in the sale. organization grow. all income and tips from each ■ Share Street Roots with your network and tell people m anagement of Street Roots, 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. FIND US ONLINE AT STBEETROOTS.ORG El O D D @STREETROOTS Board of Directors. Vendor orientations are a t 1 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, and 11 a.m . Fridays a t th e S treet Roots office. Donate Today! We c an’t do it w ith o u t y o u r help. D ono rs lik e you m ake it p o s s ib le to keep th e lig h ts o n , fu n d progra m s and em pow er people e xp e rie n cin g ho m elessness. Please co n sid e r a on e -tim e o r re c u rrin g d o nation to S tree t R oots tod ay. :1 S § Mail Street Roots Give one-tim e o r ; '^ « 211 NW Davis St. Portland, OR 97209 V; ; re curring donations online streetroots.org i M SIÎÜLλ ICÏ Sgnoe ¿t;--.* '..J. ' Thank you!
