Support Social/Community centre in Novi Sad

Dear friends,

We send out this letter to invite you to support the Initiative for the foundation of the independent Social/Community Center in Novi Sad. At the core of the Initiative lies a social movement with the aim of establishing the Social/Community Center with its base in a public building (the proposed building is a military barracks facility, abandoned 5 years ago, by now worn down and in derelict condition, all due to negligence and disuse).

Up to now, the Initiative has brought together a great number of organizations and individuals, who live, work and create in Novi Sad. They are activists, professionals, artists, independent cultural and art initiatives, ecological and volunteer organizations, sports clubs, youth and child education associations, organizations for people with disabilities as well as all other active citizens.

The vast extent for this support is no accident. It is a result of the need to react to the present problems which hinder social and cultural development of the city. Above all these are:

- A lack of space for individuals and groups to work on activities of significance for improving the community.

- A lack of space accessible to the general public for independent cultural, sporting, educational and social activities.

- No setting for social interaction and meetings of aforementioned individuals and organizations.

- No space for uniting various creative, educational, recreational and entertainment programs and contents.

The idea for the Social/Community center originated out of these values, and its future existence and work would be dedicated to collecting and facilitating available programs of activities to all citizens and visitors, and it would contribute by its actions to bringing back the life to the public military building, which has not been used for some time.

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Dragi Prijatelji,

Ovim pismom želimo da Vas pozovemo da podržite Inicijativu za stvaranje nezavisnog Društvenog Centra u Novom Sadu. Inicijativa predstavlja društveni pokret koji za cilj ima stvaranje Društvenog centra sa sedištem u javnom gradskom objektu (predlog je da to bude kasarna koja je napuštena pre pet godina i koja se nažalost urušava, a sve zbog nebrige i nekorišćenja). Inicijativa je do sada okupila veliki broj organizacija i pojedinaca koji žive, rade i stvaraju u Novom Sadu. Oni su – aktivisti, profesionalci, umetnici, nezavisne kulturne i umetničke inicijative, ekološke i volonterske organizacije, sportske organizacije, omladinske i organizacije koje se bave edukacijom dece, organizacije koje se bave problemima osoba sa posebnim potrebama i drugi aktivni građani.

Ovako široka lokalna podrška nije slučajna. Ona je rezultat potrebe da se reaguje na uočene probleme koji usporavaju društveni i kulturni razvoj Grada. To su pre svega:
- Nepostojanje prostora za pojedince i grupe koje se bave aktivnostima od značaja za zajednicu.
- Nedostatak građanstvu pristupačnog prostora za nezavisne kulturne, sportske, obrazovne i društvene aktivnosti.
- Nedostatak mesta interaktivnog susreta pomenutih pojedinaca i organizacija.
- Nepostojanje prostora koji objedinjuje različite kreativne, edukativne, rekreativne i zabavne programe i sadržaje.
Na ovoj osnovi nastala je i ideja o stvaranju Društveng centra, koji bi za osnovni cilj imao povezivanje i objedinjavanje pristupačnih sadržaja za sve građane i posetioce, a samim svojim funkcionisanjem doprineo bi oživljavanju javnog gradskog objekta koji je trenutno bez namene.