Megaphone is a magazine sold on the streets of Vancouver by homeless and low-income vendors. The magazine comes out every two weeks. Vendors buy the paper for 50 cents and sell the magazine to customers by donation. All money from the transaction goes into the pocket of the vendor.

Selling the paper gives our vendors a sense of pride and has helped some overcome homelessness, drug and alcohol addiction, and their mental of physical illnesses. By giving them a place and a voice in their community it helps raise their self-esteem.

Our Mission

Megaphone's goal is to provide economic opportunities to homeless and low-income people while building grassroots support to end poverty.

Street Corner Media Foundation

Megaphone is published every two weeks in by the Street Corner Media Foundation, a registered non-profit in the province of British Columbia.

History

Street papers have a long and colourful history in Vancouver. The first street paper was named Spare Change and started in 1992. In 1998 the paper was renamed Street News. A few years later a second street paper was started by vendors named Street Corner. In 2007, both papers were brought back together and in 2008 it was renamed Megaphone.