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About Street roots. (Portland, OR) 1998-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 19, 2018)
Page 2 Street Roots • Jan. 19-25, 2018 V e n d o rs Our Mission We create incom ejpporiunities for ' people experiencing homelessness' ' - and poverty t y producing a newspaper and other media that are catalysts for < ' individual and social change. “I love waking up in the morning, com ing in here, and k&viffg a warm cup o f coffee. If- ju st gives you that home feeling o f warmth.” ¡W e ’re Weekly! . Street Roots publishes every Friday and is available through our vendors.. Our Network . n "l We’re a proud member w of the International Network of Street Papers (INSPj: The network includes more than 120 newspapers around the information on poverty and PHOTO BY ALAN BORRUD Buy Front a Vendor IE • ¡«J®®»« s tre e t J g ! i All badged Street Roots:vendors^ complete a formal 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 riy e n s o lu tion 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 r s earn their way out of their individual situations through a collaboration of award-winning journalism, local business p a rtn e rs a n d th e ir o w n h ard w o rk . U s e t h e s e f o u r s im p le s t e p s t o b e p a r t o f t h e s o lu t io n . 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. Meet Vendors ■ Vendors - the men and Become a Vendor women who sell the Vendor orientations are at 1 p.m. every Tuesdays and 11 a m . Fridays at our office: Street Roots, 211 NW Davis S t , Portland, OR 97209 newspaper - are at the core of Street Roots’ mission. Each 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 © □ □ □ @STREETROOTS 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 Get Informed ■ 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 ■ Street Roots is an award ■ Donate to the organization winning newspaper focusing on issues of social justice with and give vendors experiencing homelessness and poverty a hand up. It supports not only coverage on a wide variety of interests. Street Roots is a the newspaper but our member of the Society of Professional Journalists and issues throughout Oregon. adheres to its standards of ethics in journalism. all income and tips from each sale. management of Street Roots, meeting regularly to discuss the program and acting as members of the organization’s Board of Directors. advocacy efforts on poverty ■ Volunteer your time and/or expertise and help the organization grow. ■ Share Street Roots with your network and tell people about the organization. Vendor orientations are a t 1 p.m. Tuesdays and 11 a.m. I Donate Today! W e c a n ’t d o it w ith o u t y o u r h e lp . D o n o rs lik e y o u m ake it p o s s ib le to k e e p th e lig h ts o n , fu n d p ro g ra m s a n d 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 s s n e s s . P le a se c o n s id e r a o n e -tim e o r r e c u rrin g d o n a tio n to S tre e t R o o ts to d a y . M ail G ive one -tim e o r Street Roots 211 NW Davis SL Portland, OR 97209 re c u rrin g d o n a tio n s o n lin e streetroots.org Thank you!
