EXTRA! EXTRA!
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LEGITIMATE INCOME &
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GET INVESTED
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How it works: a purposeful alternative to panhandling
We print a bi-weekly social justice newspaper. People experiencing homelessness train and receive a badge and 10 free papers. Vendors can choose where to sell and when to sell. Sales ideas, biweekly meetings, housing navigation, partner organizations, and fantastic volunteers in an office open 5 days a week provide a supportive community to succeed.
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Vendors grow their micro-businesses by purchasing more copies for $.25, which they sell on the street for $2.00. This is the vendors' money to keep. Free papers, gear and map badges (reserved locations) incentivize vendors to grow their micro-businesses.
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You dignify their efforts by buying and taking the paper, which honors the investment they have made in their own abilities, provides immediate income, and incentives their path towards independence. Then go deeper. Read the paper. Learn about your neighbor. Embrace our common humanity!
BUY, READ, REPEAT!!
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Overcoming obstacles to become business owners
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70% of our six month tenured vendors obtain housing. |
In the last 12 years vendors contributed over $19 million to our local economy. |
Since 2009 nearly 8 million papers sold by 3900 vendors. |
Every dollar you invest in The Contributor becomes $6 in a vendor's pocket. |
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