Street Roots: Making change, every day By Israel Bayer, Executive Director People tell me all the time how great the vendors are in the community and what a community asset they are for local neighborhoods. They also tell me, often with bewilderment, that ...
3 Jul 2012 - Street Roots
Vendors, readers make winter brighter Street Roots wants to take the time to give special thanks to all of our hard working vendors. It’s this time of the year that we call the “February freak out” at SR. We’re months into the rainy season and tensions ar ...
25 Feb 2011 - Street Roots
Extra! Extra! Relief is here! Not just the cooler weather, but also the new edition of Street Roots, practically smoking with the heat of the press on its pages. Help a vendor out and take one off his hands this weekend, and enjoy cool interviews and impo ...
19 Aug 2010 - Street Roots
Housing programs and Street Roots team up to support vendors By Becky Mullins & Israel Bayer Staff Writers Kristi E. Skeie came to Street Roots in early May wanting to become self sufficient and provide a stable environment for herself and her service ...
2 Jun 2010 - Street Roots
Extra! Extra! How much difference can one little newspaper make in your life? The answer lies in the hands of your friendly neighborhood vendor, who will be cradling the latest edition of Street Roots starting at 9 a.m. Friday. Here’s what your eyes will ...
4 Mar 2010 - Street Roots
Extra! Extra! One minute it’s warm and sunny, the next it’s cold, foggy and grey. It’s tough to know what to wear these days. But you always know what to read! And starting tomorrow, you’ll have a fresh copy of Street Roots to keep your mind warm and toas ...
18 Feb 2010 - Street Roots
Extra! Extra! If you don’t think 2010 holds in store anything special for you, then you’re forgetting that the new edition of Street Roots hits the pavement tomorrow, warmed by the personalized delivery of a friendly neighborhood vendor! Here’s a preview ...
21 Jan 2010 - Street Roots
Vendor passes along thanks to SR readers By Israel Bayer Staff Writer Kevin Robinson has been looking for work. But like many who find themselves out of work during this long recession— Robinson has had no luck. “I came to Street Roots to continue to buil ...
15 Jan 2010 - Street Roots
West Coast stands together to tackle roots of homelessness By Israel Bayer Executive Director, Street Roots The Western Regional Advocacy Project or WRAP (of which both Street Roots and Sisters Of The Road are founding members) is working to build a movem ...
10 Dec 2009 - Street Roots
Paper day, early Friday morning [caption id="attachment_2423" align="aligncenter" width="426" caption="Paper arrives."] [/caption] Street Roots vendor Bruce Heino helps unload the truck when papers arrived Nov. 27. ...
30 Nov 2009 - Street Roots