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About Street roots. (Portland, OR) 1998-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 28, 2015)
S tre e t R o o ts • Page 2 A u g . 2 8 -S e p t. 3 , 2 0 1 5 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 I t t S p j of the 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 Street Roots staff. Buy our newspapers only from badged vendors. The buck starts here S tr e e t R o o ts a n d Us v e n d o r s a re a p o w e r fu l, c o m m u n ity - d r iv e n , s o l u t i Q n ; f f l h e p r o b l e m ^ o f ^ i o m etes s n e s s . O u r v e nd e rs e a r n 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 r o u g h a c o lla b o r a tio n o f a w a r d - w in n in g jo u r n a lis m , lo c a l b u s in e s s p a r tn e r s a n d th e ir o w n h a r d w o rk . U s e t h e s e f o u r s im p le s t e p s t o b e p a r t o f t h e s o lu t io n . 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. ■ Vendors — the men and ■ With the money made ■ Street Roots rs an award ■ Donate to the organization Become a Vendor women who sell the selling the newspaper, winning newspaper focusing and give vendors experiencing 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 newspaper — are at the core vendors are able to secure on issues of social justice with hom elessness and poverty a of Street Roots’ mission.. Each basic needs, independence 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 w ork as vendors with Street obtaining housing. Vendors member of the Society of advocacy efforts on poverty Roots. At any given tim e ,: 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 ethics in journalism. expertise and help the at work, rain or shine. Vendors sell them for $1 each, keeping ali income and tips from each play an active role in the sale. Rose City Resource Guide organization grow. ■ Share Street Roots with management of Street Roots, your network and tell people meeting regularly to discuss about the organization. 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 I o ; 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 at 1 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, and 11 a.m. Fridays at the Street Roots office. Donate Today! We can’t do it without 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 Mail Street Roots 211 NW Davis S t Portland, OR 97209 Give one-time or recurring donations online streetroots;org Thank you!
