Stone Soup Worcester

1 – There are rooms available in Stone Soup! You can start your art project, your grassroots group, your micro-enterprise or co-op business, you-name-it for really cheap, and have access to the computers, meeting rooms, kitchen and extended stone soup community. We’re talking $200-300/month all included. Or be a caretaker (we’re looking for caretakers starting in November). Get in touch if you’re interested and we’ll show you the space. General Stone Soup number: 508-755-4974.

2 – We’re open most week days during the day and often in the evening, but we’d like to be open more… we need YOU to volunteer with us for open hours. Contact Paula to find out more: harrisop -at- gmail.com

3 – There are hundreds of rad books on topics from Latin American social movements to gay liberation, from anarchism to cultural studies in the Firecracker Lending Library – but the library collective needs your help sorting, cataloging and tracking the books to make this resource functional and available! Contact Lauren to help out: tankgrrrl12 -at- hotmail.com

4 – There’s a very welcoming community bike shop and a place to earn a free bike. Worcester Earn-A-Bike operates out of the Stone Soup basement and is open Weds. 4:30-6:30, Sat. 2-4:30, and Sun 7-9 (Sun. is age 17+). Bike donations welcome, as well! Contact Gray for more info: gray -at- worcesterearnabike.org

5 – There’s a full capacity Graphics Shop with screen printing and printmaking machines. Open to community participation. Contact Cosme for more info: csierra9407 -at- charter.net

6 – And at 5:00 on the first and third Sundays of the month, join EPOCA to learn about grassroots community organizing to reform our criminal justice system, and our democratic, worker-owned biodiesel cooperative.

7 – Stone Soup Collective has open general meetings every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month at 6pm. Come bring your ideas and energy to help us make this space even more useful to artists, activists and the community.
Some of the ongoing projects include a newsletter, building a commercial kitchen, 3rd floor renovations, a co-op online bookstore, winterizing, energy saving and more.

Next meetings are:
Tuesday, Sept. 23rd, 6:00pm
and
Tuesday, Oct. 13th, 6:00pm

8 – There are monthly opportunities to get your hands dirty for environmental justice. Worcester Roots Project hold hands-on volunteer days on the last Saturday of the month, meeting at 10am at Stone Soup, 4 King St. Help the Toxic Soil Busters Co-op tackle contaminated yards and learn about plants that pull toxins out of the soil! Next hands on volunteer day is Sept. 27th, 10am.

Now you know. All this and a lot more at
Stone Soup
4 King St
Worcester, MA
508-755-4974

http://www.StoneSoupWorcester.org

Please consider donating all or a portion of your “economic stimulus” rebate to Stone Soup, a new community center that is truly revitalizing Worcester’s inner city.

Help support our work for true community improvement:

1. Stone Soup members are creating worker and housing cooperatives to provide secure jobs and to prevent future home foreclosures.

2. Volunteer-based sustainability projects for people and the planet at Stone Soup:

• Earn-A-Bike promotes bicycling culture in Worcester
• Worcester Roots Project helps create healthy green spaces for growing food
• Ex-prisoners and Prisoners Organizing for Community Advancement (EPOCA) is developing a green-collar jobs program.
• Stone Soup also strives to be an example of sustainability with roof-top gardens, recycling/composting and future plans for green building.

3. Cultural projects and events. Stone Soup has hosted 16 cultural events since its inauguration in January of 2006. We just held the first “Encuentro Jíbaro de Primavera/Springtime Puerto Rican Musical Gathering” on April 20th, which was a great success.

4. Incubator of new projects and community-based endeavors.

We invite you to work together with us, building on our collective strengths towards a positive, sustainable future for all.

We are currently fundraising for improvements to the space such as wheelchair accessibility, commercial kitchen, and insulation. To donate to Stone Soup, send a check made out to “Stone Soup” to 4 King Street, Worcester, MA 01610. For a tax-deductible donation, make the check out to our fiscal sponsor, Worcester Common Ground, and send it to the same address above. Or DONATE NOW ONLINE: