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About Street roots. (Portland, OR) 1998-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 9, 2016)
S t r e e t R o o ts • S e p t. 9 - 1 5 , 2 0 1 6 V e n d o rs Page 2 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 |*5 "J We're a proud member l i n s p l o f the International *■ ■ * Network of Street Papers (1NSP). The network includes more than 120 newspapers around die world, each one sharing news and information on poverty and homelessness worldwide. Buy From a Vendor Ail badged Street Roots vendors complete a forma! 3 I tr aining session with o •StteeVRootestaft. gp Buy our newspapers , on/y from ,* vendors. G iv e PHOTO BY ALAN BORRUD The buck starts here S treet R oots and its vendors are a powerful, community-driven solution to the problem of homelessness. Our vendors earn their way out of 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. 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 ■ W ith the m oney m ade ■ Street Roots is an award- ■ Donate to the organization wom en who sell the selling the newspaper, winning newspaper focusing and give vendors experiencing newspaper — are at the core of Street Roots’ mission. Each vendors are able to secure on issues of social justice with hom elessness and poverty a basic needs, independence and dignity, and w ork toward coverage on a wide variety of interests. Street Roots is a hand up. It supports n o t only year, more than 400 individuals w ork as vendors with Street obtaining housing. Vendors m em ber o f the S ociety of advocacy efforts on poverty Roots. A t any given time, buy papers, as m any 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 sell them for $1 each, keeping ethics in journalism . expertise and help the at work, rain or shine. Vendors all incom e and tips from each play an active role in the sale. the newspaper but our organization grow. ■ Share Street Roots with m anagem ent of Street Roots, your network and tell people m eeting regularly to discuss about the organization. . the program and acting as m em bers 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 STREETROOTS.ORG □ □ □ □ @STREETROOTS Board of Directors. Vendor orientations are a t 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 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 Give one-tim e o r Street Roots 211 NW Davis S t Portland, OR 97209 recurring donations online streetroots.org Thank you!
