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Company Description:

Real Change Homeless Empowerment

Real Change Homeless Empowerment Project was founded in 1994 to offer immediate employment options for poor and homeless adults and challenge the structures that create poverty. Real Change serves our vendors and unsheltered folks through three integrated approaches:

Vendor Program: We meet vendors where they are, providing immediate income and job training. Additional opportunities include advanced sales trainings, leadership positions, resource navigation and paid work with our Homeless Speakers Bureau and editorial department.

Real Change Newspaper: As North America’s leading street paper, we provide work for about 700 homeless and low-income people annually, regularly win awards for excellence and focus on economic, social and racial justice.

Real Change Advocacy: Real Change leverages relationships between vendors and readers to increase opportunities for homeless and low-income people to positively impact their lives.

Real Change actively recruits persons of various backgrounds and supports the retention and advancement of people within the organization. A board, staff and volunteer corps with diverse personal and professional backgrounds enhances our mission and effectiveness and creates an environment for individuals to thrive. We are committed to fostering and supporting a workplace culture inclusive of people regardless of their race, ethnicity, immigration status, gender, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, marital status, age, physical ability, political affiliation, religion and any other non-merit factor. We equally value and strive to support all employees and job candidates.