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Wild Fig Worker Co-op: Saving Our Sacred Space

We need your help saving the safe, sacred space provided by Kentucky's only Black owned bookstore.

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Wild Fig Worker Co-op: Saving Our Sacred Space

Wild Fig Worker Co-op: Saving Our Sacred Space

Wild Fig Worker Co-op: Saving Our Sacred Space

Wild Fig Worker Co-op: Saving Our Sacred Space

Wild Fig Worker Co-op: Saving Our Sacred Space

We need your help saving the safe, sacred space provided by Kentucky's only Black owned bookstore.

We need your help saving the safe, sacred space provided by Kentucky's only Black owned bookstore.

We need your help saving the safe, sacred space provided by Kentucky's only Black owned bookstore.

We need your help saving the safe, sacred space provided by Kentucky's only Black owned bookstore.

April Taylor
April Taylor
April Taylor
April Taylor
1 Campaign |
Lexington, United States
$4,619 USD 80 backers
30% of $15,000 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal
Overview
As one of less than 50 Black owned bookstores in the country and the only Black owned bookstore in Kentucky, Wild Fig Books & Coffee is a beloved community treasure. Current owners Ronald Davis and Crystal Wilkinson are selling the store as they pursue the next chapter in their artistic endeavors. In order to preserve this safe, sacred space, we are asking for help raising $25,000 to purchase the intellectual property rights and remaining inventory to turn it into a worker cooperative.
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Wild Fig Worker Co-op Share
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Wild Fig Worker Co-op Share

$21,920 USD $25,000 USD (12% off)
The transition committee of the Wild Fig Worker Cooperative has been offered a financing option, but has not yet been able to reach terms that ensure the community will be able to sustain ownership of the business. We are offering an ownership share to the person who is able to help us ensure the community can retain ownership our sacred space.
Included Items
  • Special Thank You Letter
  • Commemorative Cup Sleeve
  • Activist Book Selection
  • Wild Fig Worker Co-op Share
Estimated Shipping
September 2018
0 out of 1 of claimed
Wild Fig Love Letter

Wild Fig Love Letter

$15 USD $20 USD (25% off)
During out fundraising campaign launch, community members wrote love letters and poetry to Wild Fig. This perk includes a one of a kind Wild Fig Love Letter from a community member working to save our sacred space.
Included Items
  • Special Thank You Letter
  • Wild Fig Love Letter
6 claimed
Commemorative Cup Sleeve

Commemorative Cup Sleeve

$25 USD $50 USD (50% off)
A commemorative Wild Fig cup sleeve signed by artist Ron Davis or author Crystal Wilkinson. Some sleeves will include what have come to be known as "Ron quotes."
Included Items
  • Commemorative Cup Sleeve
21 claimed
Wild Fig Crusader Package

Wild Fig Crusader Package

$100 USD $200 USD (50% off)
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Included Items
  • Commemorative Cup Sleeve
  • Love Letters to Wild Fig
Estimated Shipping
October 2018
1 claimed
Ready for the Revolution

Ready for the Revolution

$250 USD $1,000 USD (75% off)
This package will make sure you're ready for the revolution with a commemorative Wild Fig coffee cup sleeve and a Wild Fig book that is a favorite of the organizers and activists who have relied on Wild Fig as a space to build community.
Included Items
  • Commemorative Cup Sleeve
  • Activist Book Selection
5 claimed

Wild Fig Hero Package

$1,000 USD $2,000 USD (50% off)
This will include a printed copy of love letters and poems community members have written about Wild Fig, a commemorative Wild Fig coffee cup sleeve with a one of a kind Ron quote, and an activist book selection from a community member who uses the sacred space at Wild Fig to organize and build community.
Included Items
  • Commemorative Cup Sleeve
  • Activist Book Selection
  • Wild Fig Love Letter
0 out of 25 of claimed
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