Toledo Streets

Toledo Streets is a street paper with a mission to empower individuals struggling with extreme poverty to participate on a new level in the community through self-employment, job training, and contributorship.

Archive for the ‘Employment’ Category

Internship at ELLE offered to homeless girl

Posted by Amanda Faith Moore On August - 31 - 2009

Bri, new intern at Elle magazineTime for some good news, eh? This article comes from a post on Homeless Tales, and quickly sketches an out-of-the-ordinary story for a hard-working young woman who was determined to make sure she covered all her bases. And guess what? It got her a hit – and, hopefully, will get her home.

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Employment, Featured, National

Nashville’s street paper thriving in down economy

Posted by Amanda Faith Moore On August - 19 - 2009

Nashville streetSteve Samra posts an article on change.org regarding the positive growth of The Contributor, Nashville’s local street paper.

Editor’s note: I had a chance to spend a little bit of time with Tasha French and Mark Lemley of The Contributor while at the NASNA Conference in Denver. Tasha and Mark were very patient and helpful, and have continued to be so as Toledo Streets works on its own launch.

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Employment, Featured, National