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We’re Weekly!
Street Roots publishes every Friday
and Is available through our vendors.
Our Network
We?e a Pfoud 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
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“Street Roots gives me a sense
o f direction rather than being
stuck in one place all the lime
and feeling hopeless. When
you go out and your
customers ask you where
yo u ’ve been, they’re worried
about you, they tell you they
miss you, or they tell you that
they really appreciate you
being there. I t ’s a p a t on the
back you really need,
especially when you ’re
homeless. ”
Eric Sweger
Street Roots Vendor
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The buck starts here
Street Roots and its vendors are a powerful, community-driven solution to the problem of homelessness. Our vendors
earn their w ay out of their individual situations through a collaboration of award-winning journalism, local business
p a rtn e rs and th e ir ow n hard w ork. Use these four sim ple steps to be part of the solution.
Give Vendor Feedback
Get
Informed
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.
Become a Vendor
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
Rose City Resource Guide
The Street Roots Rose City Resource is
the most comprehensive, updated fist 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
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■ Vendors - the men and
women who sell the
newspaper - are at the core of
Street Roots’ mission. E ach.
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
management of Street Roots,
meeting regularly to discuss
the program and acting as
members of the organization’s
Board of Directors.
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■ 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
all income and tips from each
sale.
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Donate Today!
it w ithout your help. Donors like you
m ake it possible to keep the lights on, fund
program s and em pow er people experiencing
hom elessness. Please consider a one-tim e or
recurring donation to S treet Roots today.
■ Street Roots is an award
winning newspaper focusing
on issues of social justice with
coverage on a wide variety of
interests. Street Roots is a
member of the Society of
Professional Journalists and
adheres to its standards of
ethics in journalism.
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■ Donate to the organization
and give vendors experiencing
homelessness and poverty a
hand up. It supports not only
the newspaper but our
advocacy efforts on poverty
issues throughout Oregon.
■ Volunteer your time and/or
expertise and help the
organization grow.
■ Share Street Roots with
your network and tell people
about the organization.
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