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About Street roots. (Portland, OR) 1998-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 9, 2016)
P age 2 S tre e t R o o ts • Dec. 9 -1 5 , 2016 V e n d o rs street ■mme “Street Roots gave me a fam ily when I d id n ’t have one, and a sense o f being when I Our Mission We create income opportunities for people experiencing homelessness and poverty by producing a newspaper and other media that are catalysts io t individual arid social change. needed one the most.” We re Weekly! Street Roots publishes every Friday and is available through our vendors. Our Network i * * | We’re a proud member ID S p l o i h e International * Network of Street Papers (INSPJ. The network includes more E than 120 newspapers around the world, each one sharing news and information on poverty and homelessness worldwide. Buy From à Vendor All badged Street Roots vendors complete a formal training session with Street Roots staff. B u y our newspapers only from badged vendors. Todd Young Street Roots V endor PHOTO BY ALAN BORRUD The buck starts here Street Roots and its vendors are a powerful, community-driven so lu tio n to the problem of homelessness?Our ve n d o rs 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 yo u have any u rg en t issues regard in g a vendor, please call us at 503-228-5657. Become a Vendor ■ Vendors - the men and ■ W ith the money made ■ Street Roots is an award ■ Donate to the organization women who sell the selling the newspaper, w inning 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: S tre e t R oots, 211 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 year, more than 400 individuals and dignity, and w ork toward coverage on a wide variety of interests. Street Roots is a NW Davis St., P ortlan d, OR 97209 the new spaper but our w ork as vendors with Street obtaining housing. Vendors mem ber of the Society of advocacy efforts on poverty Roots. A t any given time, buy papers, as many as they Professional Journalists and issues throughout O regon. Rose City Resource Guide throughout the city, want, for 25 cents each, and adheres to its standards of ■ Volunteer y our tim e and/or approxim ately 80 vendors are sell them fo r $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. hand up. It supports not only organization grow. ■ Share S treet Roots with m anagem ent of Street Roots, your netw ork 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 El O D D @ STREETROOTS Board of Directors. Vendor orientations are a t 1 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, and 11 a.m. Fridays a t the S treet 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. Mall Street Roots 211 NW Davis S t Portland. OR 97209 Give one-time or recurring donations online streetroots.org Thank you!
