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Characterization through Setting: A Generative Fiction Writing Workshop
Location: 700 N Main St, Suite E, Blacksburg, VA
Description:
Sliding scale suggested donation of $5-$25 with 100% of funds going to support Future Economy Collective. No one turned away for lack of funds. There will be plenty of time to write, and everyone will walk away with a few original excerpts. Please bring something to write with.
Location: 700 N Main St, Suite E, Blacksburg, VA
Description:
Join us for a community potluck before our weekly planning meeting. Everyone is welcome, dish optional.
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.
Location: 700 N Main St, Suite E, Blacksburg, VA
Description: Learn how to use Narcan (naloxone) to intervene in an opioid overdose. Take home some Narcan!
Location: 700 N Main St, Suite E, Blacksburg, VA and via 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.
Training: 1pm-2:30pm
Social: 2:30pm-4pm
All volunteers old and new are invited to a social hour with snacks.
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!
Location: Millstone Kitchen, 4237 Prices Fork Road, Blacksburg, VA
Description:
Help stock our community fridge with freshly prepared meals at Millstone Kitchen. Space is limited; please text Jocelyn H. at 929-326-7994 if you are interested. After this month’s session fills up, interested volunteers will be put on a waitlist for the following month.
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
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
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
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