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Street Roots • August 5-11,2016
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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.
“Street Roots helps me get
things that I need. It means
that I don't have to ask
people for money without
giving them something in
return."
We’re Weekly!
Street Roots publishes every Friday
and is available through our vendors.
Our Network
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”1 We’re a proud member
I I t l S p I 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 forma!
training session with
. Strpet R oots staff.
partners and their own hard work. Use these fo u r sim ple ste p s to be part o f th e so lu tio n .
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
The Street Roots Rose City Resource is
foe 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 STREnROOTS.ORG
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Street Roots and its vendors, are a powerful, community-driven solution to the problem of homelessness. Our vendors
only from badged
vendors.
Become a Vendor
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The buck starts here
earn their way out of their individual situations through a collaboration o f a W a rd -w in n in g jo u r n a lis m , lo c a l tJO Sfrtess
Give Vendor Feedback
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P H Ô tp BY, ALAN B.QRRUD
B uy o u r n e w s p a p e rs
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.
©
Jodi Flemming
Street Roots Vendor
@STREETROOTS
Meet
Get
Vendors
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 80 vendors are
at work, rain or shine. Vendors
play an active role In the
management of Street Roots,
meeting regularly to discuss
the program and acting as
members of foe organization’s
Board of Directors.
■ With the money made
selling foe newspaper,
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
all income and tips from each
Take
■ Street Roots is an award
winning newspaper focusing
on issues of social justice with
coverage on a wide variety of
interests. Street Roots is a
member of foe Society of
Professional Journalists and
adheres to its standards of
ethics in journalism.
sale.
■ Donate to the organization
and give vendors experiencing
homelessness and poverty a
hand up. It supports not only
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
your network and tell people
about the organization.
Vendor orientations a re a t 1 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, and 11 a m . Fridays a t the Street Roots office.
Donate Today!
We c a n ’t d o it w ith o u t y o u r help. D onors lik e yo u
m ake it p o s s ib le to keep th e lig h ts o n, fu n d
p ro g ra m s a nd e m po w e r p eo p le e x p e rie n c in g
h om e le ssne ss. Please co n s id e r a o ne -tim e o r
re c u rrin g d o n a tio n to S tre e t R o o ts today.
Mail
Street Roots
211 NW Davis S t
Portland, OR 97209
Give one-tim e o r
recurring donations online
streetroots.org
Thank you!