Street Newspapers -
A Voice for the Homeless & Impoverished
The benefits of street papers go far beyond
economic opportunity. Street newspapers build relationships. For
the vendor, they offer a positive experience of self-help that
breaks through the isolation that many homeless people
experience. They offer the public a means to reach out with
their dollar to help a homeless person directly and, over time,
form a caring relationship.
Street newspapers
offer dignity, opportunity, and advocacy to those who often have
the very least in our society. During a time when social justice
issues are too often fragmented into narrow interest groups,
these papers have broad appeal based upon the ethic of self-help
and caring for one another across class-boundaries.
Street newspapers
build a bridge between the very poor and the wider public by
helping people to understand the issues and take action, as well
as publishing people’s personal stories and poetry.
Street newspapers
have created greatly increased public awareness of poverty
issues and immediate, flexible employment opportunities for
homeless people in cities across North America as well as cities
worldwide.
WAYS TO HELP Street Zine and its vendors
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Support your vendor and donate $1.00 for your copy
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Support the paper with advertising
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If you are a writer or journalist submit pro bono articles for
publication in Street Zine
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Sponsor a Vendor
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