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Page 2 Street Roots • June 8-14, 2018 V e n d o rs street and other media that are catalysts for individual and social change. We’re Weekly! Street Roots publishes every Friday and is available through our vendors. Our Network _ "1 We’re a proud member ” SPJof the International C * * 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. Buy From a Vendor All badged Street Roots vendors complete a formal training session with Street Roots staff. Buy our newspapers only from badged vendors. PH O TO BY A LA N BORRUD 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 r o 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 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 jo u rn a lis m , lo c a l b u s in e s s partners and their own hard work. Use these four simple steps to be part of the solution. 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. ■ Vendors - the men and ■ With the money made ■ Street Roots is an award Become a Vendor ■ Donate to the organization women who sell the selling the newspaper, winning newspaper focusing and give vendors experiencing 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 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 hand up. It supports not only year, more than 400 individuals and dignity, and work toward coverage on a wide variety of interests. Street Roots is a the newspaper but our work as vendors with Street obtaining housing. Vendors member of the Society of advocacy efforts on poverty Roots. At any given time, buy papers, as many as they Professional Journalists and issues throughout Oregon. throughout the city, want, for 25 cents each, and adheres to its standards of ■ Volunteer your time and/or approximately 80 vendors are sell them for $1 each, keeping ethics in journalism. expertise and help the at work, rain or shine. Vendors all income and tips from each organization grow. play an active role in the sale. ■ Share Street Roots with Rose City Resource Guide management of Street Roots, your network and tell people about the organization. meeting regularly to discuss the program and acting as members 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 □ □ □ □ @STREETROOTS Board of Directors. 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! . Donors like you keep the lights on, fund people experiencing consider a one-tim e or Street Roots today. Mail Street Roots 211 NW Davis St. Portland, OR 97209
