This June, Future Economy Collective is hosting trivia, a Juneteenth cookout and more!
Future Economy Collective is located at 700 N. Main St, Suite E, Blacksburg VA, above Mill Mountain Coffee.
You can expect future installments of this newsletter once or twice a month, and find more info at our website: FutureEconomyCollective.org
June Events
Jam Session: Saturday June 6th 7pm-9pm at the FEC Space. Build community through music and stop by for a jam session. All instruments welcome! Be sure to bring everything your instrument needs as we will not have any equipment for use.
Queer Game Night: Tuesday June 9th 5:30pm-7pm at the FEC space. Video games, board games, card games, just hang out and connect with other queer and allied gamers.
Queer in the South Trivia: Friday June 12th, 6pm at the FEC Space. Join us for a night of fun and community! Trivia questions will be about southern queer history, culture, and life. $5 suggested donation.
Book Swap: Wednesday June 17th, 6:30pm at the FEC Space. Are your bookshelves too empty or too full? Whatever your problem is, the book swap will help solve it. Bring any books that could use a new home, and take home some new books to add to your collection.
Juneteenth Community Cookout Fundraiser: Saturday June 20th, 5pm-8pm at Blacksburg Municipal Park, Shelter 4. This Juneteenth, we are collecting donations for local bail funds because no one is free until we are all free. Vegan and vegetarian options are available. Expect food, drinks, and fun!
Mutual Aid Distribution: Sunday June 21st from 2pm-3pm behind the North Main Laundromat at 1003 N. Main St, Blacksburg. Take what you need, leave what you can. Food, toiletries, and household supplies are available at no cost and with no questions asked. Future distros will be held every third Sunday of the month from 2pm-3pm.
Weekly Planning Meetings: every Sunday from 3pm-5pm at the FEC Space, and online through Google meet, found at this link. Anyone interested in being involved with the planning and shaping of FEC is welcome to join.
Volunteer Opportunities
Mutual Aid Distro: Sunday June 21st. Sort materials from 1pm-1:45pm at the FEC space, then distribute supplies from 2pm-3pm behind the North Main Laundromat at 1003 N. Main St, Blacksburg. Anyone can take what they need and leave what they can.
Weekly Planning Meetings: every Sunday from 3pm-5pm at the FEC Space, 700 N. Main St, Suite E and online through Google meet, found at this link. Anyone interested in being involved with the planning and shaping of FEC is welcome to join.
Select Future Economy Collective through the Kroger Community Rewards Program, and Kroger will give us a donation every time you shop! Simply sign in to your account then go to kroger.com/account/communityrewards. If you are using the app, go to "Rewards" then "Community Rewards." Search for "NH184" or "Future Economy Collective" and enroll.
Support our efforts
All monetary donations support our day-to-day operations or are invested directly back into the community through our free fridge and mutual aid distros. Everyone at FEC is a volunteer, so no donations go towards salaries. Please consider making one-time or recurring donations through Zeffy (preferred), Patreon, or Paypal.
The Community Fridge and Pantry behind Ukirk Presbyterian Campus Ministry at 305 Washington Street SW in Blacksburg are always open for donations. Needed items include cleaning products, toiletries including menstrual products, and non-perishable foods such as peanut butter, canned protein, pasta, and baby food. Make sure to include a full ingredients list on any home-made items, and write the date you added them to the fridge.
Future Economy Collective is a grassroots, community-based, all-volunteer-run, certified 501c3 based in southwest Virginia’s New River Valley.
Our website is futureeconomycollective.org or check out our Linktree
You can reach us by replying to this email or reaching out to [email protected] or [email protected]
The Future Economy Collective Space is located at 700 N. Main St, Suite E, in Blacksburg, VA. It is on the second floor above Mill Mountain Coffee, across from the brow bar.
