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About Street roots. (Portland, OR) 1998-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 15, 2016)
Street Roots • Jan 15-21, 2016 Page 2 s treet WMVK 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 orange We're Weekly! Stieei Roots publishes every Friday and is available through our vendors. Our Network i We’re a proud, member inspl, [of the International «J Network of Street Papers BIS I (INSP). H ie network Includes more than 120 newspapers around file world, each one sharing news and , information on poverty and homelessness worldwide. Buy From a Vendor Alt badged Street Roots vendors complete s formai 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 Bose City Resource Guide The buck starts here Street Roots and its vendors a r e a powerful, com m unity-driven solution 'to the-problem of hom elessness. O ur vendors earn their w ay out ot their individual situations through a collaboration of award-winning journalism, local business partners and their own hard work. Use these four simple steps to be part of the solution. Meet iBuy iG et Vendors la Paper ■Informed Action ■ 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 140 vendors are at work, rain or shine. Vendors play an active role in the. ■ With the money made selling the newspaper, ■ Street Roots is an award winning newspaper focusing ■ Donate to the organization and give vendors experiencing 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 on issues of social justice with coverage on a wide variety of interests. Street Roots is a homelessness and poverty a hand up. It supports not only member of the Society of Professional Journalists and adheres to its standards of ethics in journalism. all income and tips from each FIND US ONLINE AT STREETROQTS.ORG E 1O D Q @ STREETROOTS members of the organization’s Board of Directors. . 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, meeting regularly to discuss the program and acting as 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. Take your network and tell people about the organization. | I Vendor orientations are at 1 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, and 11 a.m. Fridays a t the Street Roots office. Donate Today! We can’t do it without your help. Donors like you make if possible to keep the lights on, fund program s and em power people experiencing homelessness. Please consider a one-tim e or recurring donation to Street Roots today. Mail Street Roots 211 NW Davis St. Portland. OR 97209 Give one-time or recurring donations online streetroots.org Thank you!
