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LAWRENCE
Solidarity fights to keep its doors open
BY DAVID UGARTE
dugarte@kansan.com
The Solidarity Revolutionary Center and Radical Library is on the verge of closing. The library, which stays open through donations, is having trouble coming up with money to pay the rent and bills for its space at 13 E.8th St.
The Solidarity Center is a library containing thousands of books on topics such as anarchism, environmentalism and different social movements. It is also a free community space available for hosting meetings or events, and discussing beliefs on social issues. A group of volunteers for Solidarity are trying to find other methods to solicit donations.
Shona Clarkson, volunteer coordinator, said that Solidarity used to function off of a generous donor base, but that donations had dropped off.
"We're not a space that makes profit, so every month is a scramble," Clarkson. St. Louis junior, said.
Clarkson said she felt a sense of community at Solidarity that she did not have anywhere else. She said Solidarity was an interesting space to her, because it was attempting to exist outside of the capitalist culture.
Sarah Madden, Solidarity's treasurer, hosted a workshop June 27 to help volunteers practice discussing Solidarity's services with people in the community who are unaware of Solidarity's services. Robert Vodicka, American Studies doctoral student, led an open dialogue about how to approach people about Solidarity, or anything else participants in the workshop might want to discuss with people in their community.
The workshop also discussed how groups could have effective conver-
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