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About Street roots. (Portland, OR) 1998-current | View Entire Issue (April 28, 2017)
V e n d o rs Page 2 __ — S tre e t R o o ts • A p ril 2 8 - M a y 4 , 2 0 1 7 _____ _____ street 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 means good friends, meeting new friends - good new friends. ” ■ . J' " J' ■ ' • • . 111! ■ » Street Roots publishes every Friday and is available through our ve ndors. i ï iilr Our Network We’re a proud member 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. ' ' ' ' AH badged Street . Roots vendors complete a formal training session Street Roots staff. Buy our newspapers Bradford unrd û M fc U i KV PStl mt ('>*»> only from badged vendors. 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 you have any urgent Issues regarding a vendor, please call us at 503-228-5657. ■ ecome a Vendor Vendor orientations are at 1 p.m. every Tuesdays and 11 a.m. Fridays at our office: Street Roots, 211 NW Davis St., Portland, OR 97209 Rose City Resource Guide 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 □ □ □ □ PHO TO BY A L A N BORRUD i' Buy From a Vendor I . 1 ' W allace O utw ater Street Roots V endor @STREETROOTS The buck starts here S tre e t R o o ts a n d its v e n d o rs a re a p o w e rfu l, c o m m u n ity -d riv e n s o lu tio n to th e p ro b le m o f h o m e le s s n e s s . O u r v e n d o rs e a rn th e ir w a y o u t o f th e ir in d iv id u a l s itu a tio n s th ro u g h a c o lla b o ra tio n o f a w a rd -w in n in g journalism , local b u s in e s s partners and their own hard work. Use these four simple steps to be part ot the solution. Take Meet 'S ü í i ■ Vendors - the men and w om en w ho sell the new spaper - are at the core of Street R oots’ m ission. Each year, m ore than 400 individuals w ork as vendors with Street Roots. At any given tim e, throughout the city, approxim ately 80 vendors are at work, rain or shine. Vendors play an active role in the m anagem ent of Street Roots, m eeting regularly to discuss the program and acting as m em bers of the organization’s Board of Directors. ■ W ith the m oney m ade selling the new spaper, vendors are able to secure basic needs, independence and dignity, and w ork tow ard obtaining bousing. Vendors buy papers, as m any as they want, for 25 cents each, and sell them for $1 each, keeping all incom e and tips from each sale. ■ Street Roots is an aw ard w inning new spaper focusing on issues of social justice w ith coverage on a w ide variety of interests. Street Roots is a m em ber of the S ociety of Professional Journalists and adheres to its standards of ethics in journalism . ■ D onate to the organization and give vendors experiencing hom elessness and poverty a hand up. It supports not only the new spaper but our advocacy efforts on poverty issues throughout O regon. ■ V olunteer your tim e and/or expertise and help the organization grow. ■ Share S treet R oots with your netw ork and tell people about the organization. Vendor orientations are a t 1 p.m. Tuesdays and 11 a.m. Fridays a t the Street Roots office. Arrive 15 minutes early. Donate Today! ! c a n ’t d o it w ith o u t y o u r h elp. D o n o rs lik e yo u m ake it p o s s ib le to ke ep th e lig h ts on, fu n d p ro g ra m s and e m p o w e r p e o p le e x p e rie n c in g h o m e le ssn e ss. P lease c o n s id e r a o n e -tim e o r re c u rrin g d o n a tio n to S tre e t R o o ts to d a y. Give one-tim e o r Street Roots 211 NW Davis St. Portland, OR 97209 re cu rrin g d o n a tio ns o n lin e sfreetroots.org
