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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.
We’re Weekly!
Street Roots publishes every Friday
and is available through our vendors.
Our Network
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Juliet Taliaferro
Street Roots Vendor
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homelessness worldwide.
The buck starts here
Buy From a Vendor
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vendors.
Give Vendor Feedback
T el 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.
Street Roots 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.
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■ Vendors - the men and
women who sell the
newspaper - are at the core of
Street Roots’ mission. Each
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
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
■ With the money made
selling the 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
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■ Donate to the organization
■ Street Roots is an award
winning newspaper focusing
on issues of social justice with
and give vendors experiencing
homelessness and poverty a
coverage on a wide variety of
interests. Street Roots is a
hand up. It supports not only
the newspaper but our
member of the Society of
Professional Journalists and
adheres to its standards of
advocacy efforts on poverty
issues throughout Oregon.
ethics in journalism.
expertise and help the
all income and tips from each
■ Volunteer your time and/or
organization grow.
■ Share Street Roots with
sale.
management of Street Roots,
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.
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Vendors
Become a Vendor
Rose City Resource Guide
Get
your network and tell people
about the organization.
Board of Directors.
Vendor orientations are at 1 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, and 11 a.m. Fridays at the Street Soots 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 St.
Portland. OR 97209
Give one-time or
recurring donations online
streetroots.org
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