Stone Soup Artist and Activist Collective and Community Resource Ctr

At A Glance

Location: 

Worcester, Massachusetts

Primary Issue Area:

  • Living Economies
  • Food

Active since:

2004

Core volunteers:

30

Community Size:

181,000

Our Purpose

To build grassroots power by connecting and enriching groups and individuals in our communities who are working for social and environmental justice in Worcester, MA. We are building community and economies based in cooperation, sustainability and creativity while resisting oppression and gentrification. Stone Soup is a volunteer run organization that brings together various Worcester leadership development and organizing groups doing social, environmental and economic justice work in the city of Worcester MA.Through our community center at 4 King Street, we provide resources such as office spaces for organizations and work space for artists, community meeting rooms, an arts and crafts area, a free resource and lending library, a community kitchen, a computer/internet lab, a community garden, and hopefully soon a greenhouse. While there are other buildings in Worcester where organizations can rent offices, Stone Soup is a unique space. Previously separated, Stone Soup has brought together important social and environmental justice organizations under one roof providing for increased collaboration and sharing of vital resources. All the organizations are co-owners and collaborate in shaping the mission of the space.