Community Events & Space Reservations

Upcoming Events

Feb. 10, Tues. 6:30pm - 8pm

New Volunteers Orientation

Location: 700 N Main St, Suite E, Blacksburg, VA and google meet

Description: Orientation is a chance to learn about our values, norms, and agreements; how a consensus-based space operates; and specific ways to get involved.

Feb. 14, Sat. 1pm - 3pm

Valentine’s Day Bake Swap

Location: 700 N Main St, Suite E, Blacksburg, VA and google meet

Description: SPOTS ARE LIMITED! Please make sure to RSVP here. Participants are required to wear masks and make at least 24 servings of what they’re baking. Gluten-free and dairy-free options will be available!

Feb. 15, Sun. 1pm - 3pm

Mutual Aid Distribution

Location:
preparation (1-2pm) at 700 N Main St, Suite E, Blacksburg, VA

distribution (2-3pm) behind the North Main Laundromat at 1003 N. Main St, Blacksburg

Description: Take what you need, leave what you can. Food, toiletries, and household supplies are available at no cost and with no questions asked. Interested volunteers should dress warmly. Future distros will be held every third Sunday of the month from 2pm-3pm. Feel free to join our weekly Sunday logistics and organizing meeting at the community space beforehand from 3pm-5pm as well.

Feb. 15, Sun. 5:30pm - 6:45pm

Trans-Centered Queer Sex Ed

Location: 700 N Main St, Suite E, Blacksburg, VA

Description: A comprehensive sex-ed class centered around safer sex and reproductive choice. Focused on trans and queer experiences but open to all orientations and genders. Feel free to join our weekly Sunday logistics and organizing meeting beforehand from 3pm-5pm as well.

Feb. 28, Sat. 1pm - 4pm

Volunteer Workday

Location: 700 N Main St, Suite E, Blacksburg, VA

Description: Volunteers will split into two groups, with one group staying at the FEC space to work on screenprinting merch and general organizing, and another group (make sure to bring warm clothing) heading to our storage unit to sort through what to sell, give away, and trash. Stay for as long or as short as you would like!

Recurring Community Events & Opportunities

Name and Type

Community Events (The Fun Stuff)
Events TBD

Workshops (The Educational and Fun Stuff)
Screen-Printing Workshops
Zine-Making Workshops

Volunteer On-boarding and Engagement
Volunteer Orientations
Volunteer Engagement Workdays
Distros
Cooking Series
Weekly Organizing Meetings

Community Engagement
Community Meetings
Potlucks

Dates, Times, & Locations

see above

Every n xday of the month, a - bpm (TBD)
Every n xday of the month, a - bpm (TBD)

Every 2nd Saturday of the month, noon - 1pm
Every 2nd Saturday of the month, 1pm - 4pm
Every 3rd Sunday of the month, 2pm - 4pm
Every n xday of the month, a - bpm (TBD)
Every Sunday, 3pm - 5pm, at Southpaw

First Sunday of Every Semester, 3-5pm
Potlucks — Times and Locations TBD

Space Reservations

For those wanting to rent out FEC’s community space, group/hosts may be interested in a comparable way to support us. Keep in mind your group's capacity and capabilities! We appreciate all forms of support and mutuality. If you have a specific idea of what your group desires, that’s great too. If you don't feel you have the capacity for our suggestions, please let us know! All payment options are a pay-what-you-can sliding scale. We will do our best to work with you to find a workable option to use the space as long as your space usage purposes align with FEC’s DEIAB, anti-oppression, and liberatory values.

Monetary Donation
artist, workshop or community group rate -- $5-$100/hr
party rate -- $60-250/hr
corporate rate -- $150-250/hour
Make your event a fundraiser — Event/workshop as a fundraiser for FEC and/or affiliated orgs

Supplies Donation
Fill the community fridge, stock one of our distros, or stock the winter closet per event/workshop/meeting
Make your event a food/essentials donation drive for our community fridge, one of our distros, and/or our winter closet.

Labor Trade
A maintenance task per event/workshop/meeting (i.e. cleaning the bathrooms, sweeping the floors, vacuuming carpets, dusting surfaces, general upkeep for the space)
Volunteer hour trade — individual rate: 2-4 hours of volunteering per hour in the space
Volunteer hour trade — group rate: 3-6 hours of volunteering per hour in the space
Run a free community workshop at the community space

Other
Craft your own way to support FEC

External Groups Space Rental Application Form (Click Here)