Keep Steki (in Thessaloniki) plugged in!

Dear all,

I am forwarding you an urged call for money to rescue the Social Center / Immigrants’ Place in Thessaloniki. Many people are now threatened to pay the huge debt, because they had signed with their real names. If the money couldn't be found in the near future, this will not only destroy the political antiracist initiative but also the people personally. Please read the self-descripiton of the group:

In the last few months the Antiracist Initiative of Thessaloniki and the Social Center / Immigrants’ Place in Thessaloniki – or just “Steki”, from the Greek word for “a place to hangout” – have been threatened with closure due to a long overdue debt. It is a debt of 85.000€ to the Public Power Corporation (PPC, or DEI in Greek) and of 5.000€ to the Municipality of Thessaloniki owed by the now defunct Refugee Shelter. The Antiracist Initiative and Steki have been bearing the burden of this debt for 6 years now since the only Refugee Shelter in the city of Thessaloniki was threatened with closure. At that time, we offered our own legal name as the bearer of the electricity costs of the Shelter. That was the only immediately available solution to keep the shelter operational and prevent refugees hosted there from becoming homeless."

In the following link you can read more about the key-points of the project and follow and support a crowd funding campaign for gathering the money:http://keepstekipluggedin.com/

All the best,

Mathias