We all play a part in making our community and our world a better place
Supporting Street Roots has never been more important.
When you give a donation to Street Roots, you’re sending a message that you still believe in humanity. You’re sending a message with your money.
In the Nov. 10-16 print edition of Street Roots, you’ll find an envelope on Page 5 to give a donation. Five dollars. Ten. Twenty. One hundred. Every penny counts. You can also give a donation to Street Roots through the Willamette Week Give!Guide or on Street Roots' website .
Why give to Street Roots?
First and foremost, Street Roots provides income opportunities for people experiencing homelessness and poverty. We build relationships across class and political lines through the sales of the newspaper. Regardless of where you come from or where you’re going, Street Roots believes that each and every one of us play a part in making our community and our world a better place.
Your investment in Street Roots means giving to in-depth, grassroots journalism in a time when propaganda is flooding the airwaves. It means supporting hundreds of individuals on the streets who refuse to give up, regardless of how hard the howling winds blow outside. It means being a part of something bigger than ourselves.
Street Roots continues to shape public opinion in Portland around the issue of not only poverty, but the environment, the criminal justice system, race and more. Street Roots isn’t afraid to tackle hard subject matters and deliver readers important information that helps support solutions to the problems we face as a community.
When you support Street Roots, you’re supporting the idea that homeless people aren’t lazy and that, yes, in fact, each one of us has something to contribute to society.
Your support of Street Roots means that no matter what’s happening in the world, people still do believe in humanity. We believe that together, given the opportunity, we will do the right thing and support one another through hard times. We will stand up to injustice. We will stand up in the face of hate with love. We will march on, regardless of the hardships we face both individually and collectively.
I encourage all readers to think about the newspaper you’re reading. What it takes to create and maintain such quality content every single week. What it means for people on the streets to have the publication to sell, to survive and to improve their quality of life.
Street Roots is reader-supported. Your donation, no matter how small or large, means the world to us. It means believing in humanity. Thank you for your consideration, your readership and your support. You are a part of the difference. You are a part of the solution.
Israel Bayer is the executive director of Street Roots. You can reach him at israel@streetroots.org or follow him on Twitter @israelbayer .
The print edition of Street Roots is available from a neighborhood Street Roots vendor. Street Roots vendors experiencing homelessness and poverty buy the newspaper for 25 cents and sell it for $1 in the Portland metro area.
