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S tre e t R o o ts • Dec. 9 -1 5 , 2016
V e n d o rs
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“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
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* * | We’re a proud member
ID S p l o i h e International
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Network of Street Papers
(INSPJ. The network includes more
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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
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@ 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!