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Street Roots • Nov. 2-8, 2018
V e n d o rs
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Our Mission
We c r e a te income opportunities for
people experiencing homeiessness
and poverty by producing a newspaper
and other media that are catalysts fo r
individual and social change.
“When you are at
peace with yourself,
any place is home.
Street Roots helps me
maintain that peace
here in this place. ”
Publication Schedule
Street Roots publishes every Friday
and is available through our vendors.
Our Network
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“1 We’re a proud member
H WSfH 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
homeiessness worldwide.
Buy from a Vendor
All badged Street
Roots vendors
complete a formal
t r a in in g s e s s io n w ith
Buy our newspapers
only from badged
vendors.
Ben Eiland
Street Roots Vendor
PHOTO BY ALAN BORRUD
The buck starts here
e a r O ie in A z a ^ u ^ O ie iM n d M a ija r s itl^
throughl acoliaboratlon of
partners and their own hard work. Use these four simple 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
Tuesday and 11 a,m, Fridays at our
office: S treet Roots, 211 NW Davis
St., Portland, OR 97209
Rose City Resource Guide
journalism, local business
■ Vendors - the meh and
■ With the m oney m ade
■ Street Roots Is an aw ard
■ Donate to the organization
w om en who sell the
selling the newspaper,
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and give vendors experiencing
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vendors are able to secure
on Issues of social justice with
h om elessness and poverty a
Street Roots’ mission. Each
basic needs, Independence
coverage on a w ide variety of
hand up. It supports not only
year, more than 400 Individuals
and dignity, and w ork toward
Interests. Street Roots is a
the new spaper but also our
w ork as vendors with Street
obtaining housing. V endors
m em ber of the S ociety of
advocacy efforts on poverty
Roots. A t any given time,
buy papers, as m any as they
Professional Journalists and
issues throughout Oregon.
throughout the city,
want, for 25 cents each, and
adheres to Its standards of
■ V olunteer your tim e and/or
approxim ately 80 vendors are
sell them for $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.
organization grow.
■ S hare S treet Roots with
m anagem ent of Street Roots,
yo ur network, and tell people
about the organization.
m eeting regularly to discuss
the program and acting as
m embers 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 at 1 p.m. Tuesdays and 11 a.m. Fridays at the Street Roots office. Arrive 15 minutes early.
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.
Mail
Street Roots
211 NW Davis St.
Portland, OR 97209
Give one-time or
recurring donations online ■
streetroots.org
.