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Benefit Show!!
Thanks again to everyone who has contributed! But i have exciting news, We've raised about 2000 give or take (never mind what the meter says, it's not very good at keeping track) and Burt's Tiki lounge in SLC is holding a benefit show for us this monday!! And more importantly than that... WE'RE SELLING T-SHIRTS!! okay, mostly i'm just really excited because i hand made the t-shirts with the help of my favorite local screen printer <a href="
http://www.etsy.com/people/xrobinbanksx">Robin Banks</a>, but they're awesome and they can be yours for the low low price of 15$!! all the money goes to the house, since Robin was gracious enough to donate the ink and screens out of his love for this place! So, if you're in salt lake, come to the show monday, and if you're not send me an email (thebikehouse@privacyharbor.com) and we'll see about shipping you an awesome hand printed shirt of your very own!!
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THANK YOU!
Everyone who has reposted, contributed, talk about or spread the word at all... FOr everyone who's donated... we have recieved your donations, paypal and the bank account that we're using isn't communicating yet, but it's in the process. So far we've raised just under a hundred dollars in just about a day... you're all incredible.
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Damn The Man! Save the Bikehouse!
For a number of years now, the Bikehouse has been an established activist house in downtown salt lake. It's been home to punk rock kids, artists, vegans and alike. it's been a temporary home for hundreds of bands passing through town, or activists who need a place to crash while touring. It has been featured in a documentary by National Geographic, the book PUNKHOUSE, a number of independent documentaries and articles in papers all over the country. It has been a staple in the punk rock and activist community for nearly a decade. It is one of the longest running squats in the United States, and represents a symbol in the social housing movement, and sticking it to the man!! It is now home to 4 people, 3 cats, and one dog... and it's in jeopardy.
At the end of last month, the residents of bike house recieved a notice from the state that if $6200 is not paid by November 30th, the house would be taken from us. Scrounging together what they could, the residents realized quickly that they didn't have the means to make that much in such short notice, and are looking to the community for help.
Saving the Bikehouse means much more than saving the home of a few kids, it stands for the basic human right to have a safe place to find shelter. It stands for not accepting that we have to dedicate our lives to something that should be a given. In a time where more and more people find themselves displaced and out of a home, a building that was once forgotten and abandonded now serves as not only a home, but a center of a community. It stands as a beacon of what we can do if we take back our basic rights. Help us save the house, stand up for the rights of basic shelter for everyone, and the potential that gives to enrich our community!
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