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Faces of Street Roots from the photography show

Faces of Street Roots from the photography show Click here to see: Faces of Street Roots It’s difficult to imagine the range of work, the variety of skills, the spread of personalities and the constantly shifting environment that are part of publishing an ...

9 Dec 2009 - Street Roots
Hard work, high energy means a ticket home

Hard work, high energy means a ticket home By Kaisa McCrow, Contributing Writer Dymar Blanton sells Street Roots outside of Voodoo Donuts, a spacious corner on Second Avenue and Burnside, a mini downtown center. Groups of people, mainly tourists and Satur ...

25 Mar 2011 - Street Roots
Vendor profile: The new face on the block

Vendor profile: The new face on the block By Kaisa McCrow, Contributing Writer The corner of NW Lovejoy and 11th Avenue where Starbucks is located doesn’t quite pick up foot traffic until noon, when the sun finally hits that side of the pavement. The tal ...

7 Jun 2011 - Street Roots
Vendor portraits — what does SR mean to you?

Vendor portraits — what does SR mean to you? Street Roots has more than 250 vendors experiencing homelessness and poverty that sell the newspaper each year to improve their quality of life. Photos by Israel Bayer Photos by Israel Bayer Find out more about ...

22 Dec 2011 - Street Roots
Vendor profile: Staying positive a rewarding role for vendor

Vendor profile: Staying positive a rewarding role for vendor By Cole Merkel, Staff Writer Brian Schmidt sells Street Roots like a corner newsman at the turn of the 20th century. “Great articles in today’s Street Roots, read all about it for a couple quart ...

1 Feb 2012 - Street Roots
Vendor Profile: ‘It’s not the cards you’re dealt, it’s how you play them’

Vendor Profile: ‘It’s not the cards you’re dealt, it’s how you play them’ by Cole Merkel, Contributing Writer At 19 years old, Jacob Anderson may look young, but a difficult past has forced him to grow and brought him a lot of wisdom in the process. “I’ve ...

16 Feb 2012 - Street Roots
Vendor profile: Building real relationships with each sale

Vendor profile: Building real relationships with each sale By Cole Merkel, Contributing Writer The morning rush hour traffic on Northeast Broadway is almost deafening. Automobiles accelerate toward the I-5 on-ramps at the Rose Quarter, cyclists commute to ...

23 May 2012 - Street Roots
Vendor column: Finding a caring community keeps this vendor standing tall

Vendor column: Finding a caring community keeps this vendor standing tall Marlon Crump By Marlon Crump, Contributing Writer “Community cannot feed for long on itself; it can only flourish with the coming of others from beyond, their unknown and undiscover ...

23 May 2012 - Street Roots
Director's Desk: Everyone is equal at Street Roots

"Bill is a hero!” That’s how the email ended from an employee at Powell’s who recently communicated a story that unfolded with a Street Roots vendor. Earlier this month, Bill found what turned out to be a Bronze Star issued to a local military vetera ...

18 Feb 2013 - Street Roots Staff
Vendor Profile: Swing by for a paper and a bit of metta for the road

By Ann-Derrick Gaillot, Contributing Writer The Starbucks at Southwest Fourth Avenue and Oak Street attracts all kinds. Teenage boys fooling around with a video camera; in the corner two men with thick glasses and slick hair discuss television; a man in a ...

27 Feb 2013 - Street Roots Staff