Please help In Other Words stay afloat!

December 13th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized

We know the economic downturn is hitting us both globally and locally in very significant ways. Now more than ever, we need to think quite carefully about where we spend our money and who benefits from purchases and donations that we choose to make. Please read the following letter from an important local shop, In Other Words.  We are posting it not to guilt anyone into spending money but to support a local business that shares many values in their mission with the Sprockettes.

Dear friends,

In Other Words, like so many of our fellow bookstores, has fallen upon incredibly hard financial times. With the decline in our current economy, we have experienced severely decreased revenue. If we are unable to raise $11,000 by the end of December, In Other Words will have to close its doors.

We desperately need your help. We are confident that if everyone who cares about In Other Words makes a contribution, large or small, we will meet our goal. Please give as generously as you can to save the last remaining non-profit, feminist bookstore in the country: the place where so many Portland artists, activists, organizers, readers, writers, political thinkers, musicians and poets find their voice, their power, their community, and their political home.

Our community cannot afford to lose In Other Words, please help us save her!

You can make your tax-deductible donations on the In Other Words secure website, or by stopping into the store.

Please forward this widely to your community, we need all the help we can get!

Sincerely,
The Board, Staff and Volunteers of In Other Words