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Support Cooperative Community Commons!

Help turn two houses on Detroit's East Side into living, working, community spaces!

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Support Cooperative Community Commons!

Support Cooperative Community Commons!

Support Cooperative Community Commons!

Support Cooperative Community Commons!

Support Cooperative Community Commons!

Help turn two houses on Detroit's East Side into living, working, community spaces!

Help turn two houses on Detroit's East Side into living, working, community spaces!

Help turn two houses on Detroit's East Side into living, working, community spaces!

Help turn two houses on Detroit's East Side into living, working, community spaces!

Lyz Luidens
Lyz Luidens
Lyz Luidens
Lyz Luidens
1 Campaign |
Detroit, United States
$2,812 USD 51 backers
28% of $10,000 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal
Overview
Brick and Mortar collective is a non-profit housing Co-operative association in Detroit. Field St. Block Club is a medium to resource the community, organizing around foreclosures, access to affordable co-op housing, urban farming, eviction defense and more! Together we are working to renovate two houses on Detroit's East Side, which will become member owned cooperatives focused on offering both affordable housing and accessible community space.

Who We Are

Brick and Mortar collective is a non-profit housing Co-operative association in Detroit. We provide affordable room and board to activists, artists, educators, community builders, organizers, and students. The Field Street Block Club is a medium to resource the community. We organize around prevention of home foreclosures, access to affordable co-op housing, urban farming, eviction defense and community production made possible through 3D Printers and other technologies. Both Brick and Mortar and the Field Street Block Club are affiliate organizations of the Charlevoix Village Association.

What We're Doing

The Brick and Mortar Housing Collective and the Field Street Block Club are partnering to support our shared vision of collective, community focused housing. For a year our organizations  have been working on a vision of what collective spaces could be, and after a series of proactive actions and conversations,we’re excited to announce our partnership!

Our goal is to support existing collective living practices in our community by building and promoting collectively owned homes (commons). These homes will serve as affordable living spaces, while also supporting sustainable places to increase neighborhood resiliency, support education and organizing efforts.

Collective Commons, Now More than Ever

In the pursuit of this goal, our organizations have begun renovating a pair of homes on Detroit’s east side. Our two projects are in slightly different places. Brick and Mortar has been working for over 18 months to renovate our collectively owned home, and we estimates that we are just $5,000 away from completing initial repairs and making the space livable. The Field Street Block Club's Sheridan St. house is a new project of the more than 50 year old organization. Having acquired the property we estimate that we need roughly $10,000 to complete repairs.

As we observe the rise of the far right in connection with the surging wave of foreclosures,  evictions and gentrification in the city, we believe that collectively owned, democratically  run spaces like these are more necessary than ever.

All money donated will go toward supporting these two projects.

Values

We are aspiring feminist, anti-racist, and anti-capitalist organizations. We work to manifest these values in our standing rules, application procedure, meeting structure and organizational culture. We do not simply want to live affordably in Detroit, we want to be part of the process of collaboration, resistance and  building meaningful, impactful connections in the city.

We value art, education,  sustainability and solidarity. Group discussions on politics are commonplace and we seek to push ourselves and encourage one another to be better people everyday. We aim for our spaces to not only house members, but also community meeting spaces, small scale libraries, computer services, workshop stations and more!

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Shoutout + Button!

$5 USD
For $5 we'll give you a shoutout on one of our social media pages, and mail you a button!
Included Items
  • Social Media Shoutout
  • Brick House Button
3 claimed
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Shoutout + TWO Buttons!

$10 USD
For $10 we'll give you a shoutout on one of our social media pages, and mail you two buttons with collective housing artwork on them!
Included Items
  • Social Media Shoutout
  • Two Buttons!
1 claimed
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Digital Art Print!

$15 USD
For $15 we'll send you a digital print of some artwork created by Brick & Mortar Members on the theme of Collective Housing!
Included Items
  • Digital Art Print!
6 claimed
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Brick & Mortar Tshirt!

$50 USD
For $50, we'll send you a Brick and Mortar Tshirt, designed and screenprinted by our members! Just be sure to let us know what size you'd like.
Included Items
  • Brick & Mortar Tshirt!
3 claimed
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Linoleum Relief Art Print

$75 USD
For $75, we'll send you an original relief print by Brick & Mortar member and artist, Lyz Luidens!
Included Items
  • Original Relief Art Print!
1 claimed
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Two Relief Art Prints!

$100 USD
For $100, you'll receive two linoleum relief prints by Brick & Mortar member and artist, Lyz Luidens, of imagery relating to collective living!
Included Items
  • Two Relief Art Prints!
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Add a Book to our Library!

$150 USD
For $150, you can choose a book that you'd like us to buy to add to our small but mighty collective library!
Included Items
  • Add a Book!
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SelfCare Package, Zine, & Note

$200 USD
For $200, we'll send you a self care package, zine, and personal note, all created by our members!
Included Items
  • Selfcare Package, Zine, & Note
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Inscribed Brick of Thanks!

$250 USD
For $250, we'll get your name inscribed on a brick, and either send it to you or add it to the future garden path at the Brick and Mortar Collective!
Included Items
  • Inscribed Brick of Thanks!
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Dinner at Brick & Mortar!

$300 USD
For $300, we'll make a special dinner for you at one of the collective houses!
Included Items
  • Dinner at Brick & Mortar!
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Oil Painting!

$1,500 USD
For $1,500 Brick and Mortar member and artist Ian Matchett will create an oil painting of the Brick and Mortar Collective House!
Included Items
  • Oil Painting!
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