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We are a nonprofit street newspaper sold by vendors who are managing their own micro-business. We are a Nashville Solution to Homelessness.
Nashville, Tennessee
Joined August 2009
Loved the Disposable photos we debuted last week? Didn't have a chance to come see the show in person? Want to order a print? We've got you covered! Visit the 🔗 below to see the virtual show, and maybe even order a print or two while you're at it 😉.
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Calling all Contributors 📢 help @UWNashville gather data about food insecurity around Nashville. Visit the link below to give your input!
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Extra 📢 Extra 📢 New issue of The Contributor is out today! $2 cash or venmo from your local neighborhood vendor #buythepaper #readthepaper #housethehomeless
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RT @freddieoconnell: Folks, support micro-enterprise. Buy a copy of @TheContributor. And take the paper.
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Will your neighborhood vendor be getting an award at our Annual Breakfast Fundraiser and Vendor Awards?? Buy your ticket today and find out in 2 weeks!! .
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Our Annual Breakfast Fundraiser and Vendor Awards are only 3 weeks away! Will your neighborhood vendor get an award? How about you buy a ticket and find out 👀
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Thank you @boulevardbolt for inviting us to celebrate the 2023 race as a grant recipient! The funds raised from this event directly support our neighbors in Nashville experiencing homelessness. We also want to thank everyone who participated in the race for your support 🥳❤️
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The Contributor Vendor office is CLOSED 1/19 and 1/20 due to dangerous road conditions. If you are in need, take bus 23b to the warming shelters! See you on Monday!!
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VENDOR WRITING: Michael G. reviews all three Wonka movies.
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Three movies for the price of one paper!
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VENDOR WRITING: Norma B. describes how different songs accompany her sales days. She also writes a follow up to her article in the last issue about panhandling.
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I was having a hard time getting motivated to go out and sell the paper the day after Christmas.
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MOVING PICTURES: American Fiction satirizes progressive hypocrisies in one of the year’s best films.
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American Fiction is based on Percival Everett’s 2001 novel Erasure.
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HOBOSCOPES: Mr. Mysterio is not a licensed astrologer, a certified tire specialist or an endangered marine mammal.
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A FEW QUESTIONS WITH: We spoke with Marshall Crawford, an affordable housing expert who has served as President and CEO of The Housing Fund, a Community Development Financial Institution private nonprofit revolving loan fund, since 2017.
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LEARN MORE ABOUT: Nationwide senior homelessness is on the rise. And the United States seems ill-equipped to deal with the special needs of aging adults experiencing homelessness.
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Nationwide senior homelessness is on the rise. And the United States seems ill-equipped to deal with the special needs of aging adults experiencing homelessness.
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FEATURE: Decades of commuting challenges have led to passionate calls for change in the city's transit infrastructure - a call embraced by Nashville's newly elected mayor, Freddie O’Connell.
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Nashvillians who hope for bicycling to become a practical, safe and sustainable daily mode of transportation know the city has a long way to go to reach that goal.
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Q&A: As Will Connelly enters his second month as The Contributor's executive director, we sat down and asked him about a few of his priorities as he begins in his new role.
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FEATURE: Former Contributor Executive Director Cathy Jennings pens a letter to our readers as she transitions into a new role.
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NASHVILLE HISTORY CORNER: Ridley Wills II explains how legislation in U.S. Congress granted Sarah Childress Polk a pension as a widow of a president of the United States.
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Bill wrote his brother urging him to introduce legislation in Congress to grant Mrs. Polk a pension as a widow of a president of the United States.
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