Close the Gap

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Dear Friend,

Fellow Artist,
Art Worker, Art Educator, Student, Audience Member,

 

On April 15th 2020,
we launched
SOS Relief, an online tool to facilitate the
direct person-to-person transfer of small amounts of money between people who
can spare it with those in need. We did this because when we looked around us,
we saw too many people slipping through the gaps of existing governmental
support. The crisis brought about by COVID-19 merely served to make clear what
we have known for a long time: the current economic system simply does not work
for many. 

 

Since we set up SOS
Relief, €90,000 has been given to 300 people in need. That amount is
staggering, and inspirational. However, as it stands 300 people are still
waiting for a total combined amount of €100,000. With the new measures, but
also in the long run, this gap will keep growing. Unless we act. 

 

That is why we are
writing to you, now, to
close the gap

 

In order to do this
in a sustainable way, we propose an experiment. We propose that each and every
one of us with the means to do so will commit to give €50, €100, €200, or €400
every month over the next six months to a different person each month who is in
need, via SOS Relief. We propose this not only to show solidarity with all
kinds of people who aren’t currently in a position of financial stability, but
also to recognise that by supporting them we are also supporting the ecosystems
of the arts (many participants are artists/artworkers) and the wider society
upon which all of our livelihoods depend.      

 

That’s why we have
introduced a new feature in the SOS Relief tool which enables a new form of
commitment, called Golden Reliever. As a Golden Reliever, you will get an email
from SOS Relief to match you with a new person in need, every month, for six
months. Click
here to make your pledge today. You can cancel at any time in between matches if your situation changes
and you are no longer able to give. And of course there is always the option to
make only a one time
donation.

 

Please share this letter, and the tool,
with your friends and colleagues.
The more people we
can reach, the greater the chance of making this work for all of us. 

 

Thank you!

 

Philippine Hoegen


SOS Relief intends to
provide an alternative vision about how solidarity, wealth redistribution and a
recognition of our interdependence could help to transform our society into one
which is fairer for all. For many it became a beacon of hope amidst the gloom
of cancellations and uncertainties brought about by the COVID-19 crisis. It is
a modest experiment based on mutual trust, without administrative
justification, in times that call for us to rethink our ways of living and our
relationships to each other.  

 


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