Really Really Free Market NYC

Happy Buy Nothing Day!

Hi all, unfortunately, there will be NO Really Really Free Market this month!

Due to some changes in the personnel of Judson, there were some difficulties in getting the space we use for our Really Really Free Market for this month. We briefly considered trying to search elsewhere for a venue, but given the rise in the numbers of Covid and the short time we'd have to find a place, we decided to just wait for the next time.

So there will NOT be a Really Really Free Market this month.

It is very likely that we will be able to continue with Judson in April.

If you are looking for free give-away events in the meantime, GrowNYC has a few Stop’N’Swaps coming up:
www.grownyc.org/swap
As does the House of Good Deeds:
https://www.facebook.com/events/252520290287469/

It's now easier to send Really Really Free Market NYC a message.

We are having the next RRFM on October 24th. From 2 to 6 pm at the Assembly Hall at Judson Memorial Church, 239 Thompson Street, New York, NY 10012

The Really Really Free Market is a bazaar & celebration, where we discard capitalist notions of interaction and have fun trying new models of exchange. Expect and share packaged take-out food, skills, clothing, books and fun!
Textile recycling drop-off will be available, but e-waste will not, so please bring working electronics only.

PLEASE NOTE, as per our venue, PROOF OF FULL VACCINATION & ID of participants will be required. We also require that participants WEAR MASKS covering their nose and mouth the entire time they are inside at the event. Thank-you for your understanding and co-operation.

Because we want face coverings to remain in place, we will not be serving food on-site.

Where: Assembly Hall at Judson Memorial Church (239 Thompson Street, New York, NY 10012).

Join Freegan dot info for our film night on Thursday Sept 30th

Details

Join us for our return to in-person film nights! We’ll be returning to Judson Memorial Church to screen Brave Blue World, and a series of short films about water issues. If you’re not in New York, or prefer not to attend in-person events at this time, we’ll also be screening the film at the same time on Zoom. We’ll host a discussion after, though that might just be in-person - it depends how the technology is working.

About the film:
Brave Blue World: Racing to Solve Our Water Crisis
From reuse to energy generation, new innovations across five continents are explored in this documentary about building a future for sustainable water.

When & Where: The film will be shown on Thursday September 30th. We will host the film in the Assembly Hall at Judson Memorial Church - 239 Thompson Street just below Washington Square Park. Doors open at 7pm, film starts at 7:30pm.

To join us online, find us on Zoom at 7:20pm.
https://nyu.zoom.us/j/7118950948
Meeting ID:[masked]

IMPORTANT NOTE: Our hosts at Judson Memorial Church now require proof of vaccination to enter the space and we ask that attendees wear face coverings at all times as well. Freegan.info will be respecting this requirement and checking vaccination proof at the door. If you are unable or unwilling to show proof of vaccination or wear a face covering, please consider joining us instead on Zoom.

In addition, we will not serve food or drink at this event.

Tomorrow July 25th will be the next Really Really Free Market. We will be back indoors at 239 Thompson in the basement. We will be following Covid-19 protocol so everyone must wear a mask for the whole time they are indoors. We will start at 2 pm and end by 6 pm. Please bring small usable items to share by 4:30 so they have a chance to find a new home. We will not be serving food at this RRFM and will not have places for people to sit either. Depending on the crowd size we may limit the amount of time each person can stay in the space. We look forward to seeing you tomorrow in a safe and healthy way.

Quick reminder. The weather looks good today, so the RRFM will be happening starting at 1 in Washington Square Park. See post below for further information.

SUNDAY'S WEATHER FORECAST IS FOR RAIN. THE RRFM IS POSTPONED UNTIL MAY 2nd. Thanks.

Sunday May 2nd
1-5PM • Outdoor Really Really Free Market

Join us (weather permitting) for an outdoor RRFM. Participants can expect to share and pick up a variety of small items that people can easily transport, including clothing, housewares, books, and more. We are operating in a limited space and ask that people bring small items to share. Please reserve larger items for later events. Please bring your items no later than 3:30 to make sure they have time to find a home.

We are still taking precautions to stem the spread of coronavirus, Therefore, we will not provide prepared foods and ask that participants wear face coverings over their mouth and nose and practice social distancing.

When & Where: This outdoor market will take place in Washington Square Park near the Holley Monument on the western side of the Arch. We plan on being there from 1 to 5pm. If you want to stay and help with cleanup, that will be appreciated.

Due to the pandemic, we have decided NOT to hold the RRFM this month (January 2021). We may do one outdoors in the end of April.

Join us tonight on Zoom for our holiday party.

Our usual Christmas tradition is to have a Freegan gift exchange at our Christmas party. We're not meeting in person this year, so we've modified. Will be celebrating tonight. Join us on Zoom.

Details
We’ll have a quick organizational meeting to decide next month’s events, and then we’ll have a virtual version of our freegan holiday party. Bring a song, a poem, a joke or a performance to share, if you like, and you could even bring a freegan gift to show off and save for the someone the next time you see them.

7:30PM meeting 8:30PM party

Join the Zoom meeting: https://nyu.zoom.us/j/7118950948
Meeting ID: 711 895 0948
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Now at Washington Square Park. Join us for an outdoor Really Really Free Market. If you are bringing items to give away, please bring them by 3. Also please only bring what you yourself can reasonably carry, so that we don't have an excess of goods to distribute in a short amount of time and space. Feel free to come by and take something home as well - social distanced and masked of course.

Sunday October 25th, 1-5PM • Outdoor Really Really Free Market

Join us (weather permitting) for an outdoor RRFM. Participants can expect to share and pick up a variety of small items that people can easily transport, including clothing, housewares, books, and more. We are operating in a limited space and ask that people bringing items to share reserve larger items for later events.

As we are still taking precautions to stem the spread of coronavirus, we will not provide prepared foods and ask that participants wear face coverings over their mouth and nose and practice social distancing.

When & Where: This outdoor market will take place in Washington Square Park near the Holley Monument on the western side of the Arch. We plan on being there from 1 to 5pm, and will likely need help after with cleanup.

Ewaste events!

Join the freegans this Wednesday for a film night

Join the Freegans this Thursday for a DIY event on Zoom

Join us this Thursday for another DIY Zoom event.

Do It Yourself event in which we will share skills and have brief performances on Zoom from 6:30 until 8:30 pm. You are invited to attend as a viewer to learn and be in the audience. If you want to show others how to make a mask or a totebag or how to cook or prepare some kind of food or snack or how to draw or play some game or how to build or create something, as long as you can explain it and show a sample and as long as you can advise on how to do this with items that you may already have at home, you are welcome.

Join the Zoom meeting: https://nyu.zoom.us/j/7118950948

Food scraps piling up? Find a solution!

Freegan meeting Monday July 6th at 7:30 p.m.

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Join Freegan.info for a film discussion on Thursday June 18th, at 8 pm.

Freegan.info expresses its solidarity with Black Lives Matter. We acknowledge institutional racism and microagressions. We acknowledge and sympathize with those who have been misjudged, marginalized, overlooked, mistreated, abused and murdered. We recognize that we are a diverse group and that we may ourselves intentionally or unintentionally be complicit in racist innuendo. We aim to work on our issues; we strive to be inclusive and responsive to the imbalances in our society. We welcome people of all backgrounds, races, religions, gender identities, sexual preferences and cultures and promise to address any tensions that we have within our group. We are dedicated to building a world that is more kind, compassionate and sustainable, and recognize that our mutual respect is inherent in creating such a society.

Tomorrow is Earth Day and our virtual DIY event. Looking forward to spending Earth Day with you via Zoom. Details follow.

April 22nd 6:30 to 8:30

Do It Yourself event in which we will share skills and have brief performances on Zoom on April 22 (Earth Day) from 6:30 until 8:30 pm. You are invited to attend as a viewer to learn and be in the audience. If you would like to share a skill or a craft or a song or a poem or something you think others would enjoy, please let us know in the comments. If you want to show others how to make a mask or a totebag or how to cook or prepare some kind of food or snack or how to draw or play some game or how to build or create something, as long as you can explain it and show a sample and as long as you can advise on how to do this with items that you may already have at home, you are welcome.

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Come to your screen with some useful materials to learn:

maskmaking: scissors, some cloth (from socks or t- shirts, underwear or linen/bedding, etc.), elastic or rubberbands or hairbands

calligraphy and Chinese words: paper, brush and ink/paint, or a marker or pens

totebags: t-shirt or other shirt, scissors

What else? you tell me!

Are you willing to show a game, sing a song, play a short recital, recite a poem, a monologue, tell a story or a joke? Do you have a skill or magic trick or words of wisdom to share with others?
Can you share something with others? Do you have a beautiful animal friend who performs or just needs to be admired?
We promise to be a welcoming and friendly audience/"class"!

See you there!

Because in-person freegan meetings and events have been put on hold. We are moving to doing meetings and events on Zoom. We will do a DIY event on April 22nd. See below for more details.

Hello Fellow Freegans:
Participate in our freegan DIY Salon on Zoom!
Due to the quarantine, we have no in-person events in April. Instead of our scheduled feast, we will have a Do It Yourself event in which we will share skills and have brief performances on Zoom on April 22 (Earth Day) from 6:30 until 8:30 pm. You are invited to attend as a viewer to learn and be in the audience. If you would like to share a skill or a craft or a song or a poem or something you think others would enjoy, please comment below. We would like to have a list of what will be happening in advance so that people can know what to expect. If you want to show others how to make a mask or a totebag or how to cook or prepare some kind of food or snack or how to draw or play some game or how to build or create something, as long as you can explain it and show a sample and as long as you can advise on how to do this with items that you may already have at home, you are welcome. If you have a singalong, or a song to sing, or a poem or an exercise to teach ... whatever you may want to share, as long as it is "family friendly" we invite you to participate. Please mention what materials may be relevant to your activity, so that people can come to their screens with those items ready (cloth, scissors, paper, tape, etc.) Also please keep your activity to 10 minutes or less. Thank you.

Have a stash of (gently-used) re-usable bags you want to share? This seems like a good place! Get people to go re-usable without buying a bunch of new bags!

The New York State and New York City plastic bag laws go into effect Sunday, March 1st. To assist in the transition to reusable bags, SurfriderNYC will be sponsoring a Reusable Bag Giveaway to community residents in Rockaway Beach.

Do you have a CLEAN or GENTLY-USED reusable bag or tote that you don't use and would like to donate to the Chapter's Reusable Bag Giveaway this weekend?

Patagonia Bowery has offered to serve as a drop-off/collection point Thursday and Friday Feb. 27th/28th. Simply go to the store and leave your clean or gently-used reusable bag or tote in the designated box. Thanks in advance for supporting this effort! It takes a community to keep our beach clean!

Drop-off Location:
Patagonia Bowery
313 Bowery, NY, NY 10003
Drop-off Dates:
Feb 27th and Feb 28th during store hours (11am-7pm)

Join Freegan.info this Saturday at Judson Assembly Hall for a Make and Create afternoon and take home a reusable shopping bag created by you.

At this free and freegan arts and crafts workshop, we will celebrate New York’s upcoming single use plastic bag ban by creating our own reusable bags out of recycled materials! Possible crafts include recycled t-shirt bags, other cloth bags, fused plastic bags, umbrella bags, juice pouch bags, and whatever you can come up with. We will provide materials and will share skills, but if you have your own t-shirt, plastic bags, juice pouches, or other materials to bring, please do!

We will get started around noon and create together for a few hours. 239 Thompson Ave. See you there.

This Sunday, January 26th, is the first Really Really Free Market of 2020. Come for the food, the skill shares, the stuff, and the gathering of friends and like minded people. The market runs from 3 to 7. If you want to help setup, clean up, or if you would like to offer to share a skill, that is appreciated. Contact us by the day before to arrange. On Sunday, feel free to come anytime between 3 and 7. If you are bringing items (small and portable only please), please have them there by 5:30 so they get a chance to find a new home. The market will be in the Assembly Hall of Judson Memorial Church at 239 Thompson.

This Sunday, December 29th, is the next Really Really Free Market. Come for the food, the skill shares, the stuff, and the gathering of friends and like minded people. The market runs from 3 to 7. If you want to help setup or clean up that is appreciated, contact us the day before to arrange. On Sunday feel free to come anytime between 3 and 7. If you are bringing items (small and portable only please), please have them there by 5:30 so they get a chance to find a new home. The market will be in the Assembly Hall of Judson Memorial Church at 239 Thompson.

Come and create with the Freegans this Thursday at Judson Memorial Church Assembly Hall. Freegan.info is hosting a crafting event on Thursday, December 12th at 6 pm, at 239 Thompson Street. Learn to make embroidery floss bracelets, coin purses from various recycled plastics.

Step out of the shopping treadmill! There are ways to show the love without buying! This freegan crafts evening will help you make gifts from the heart rather than purchase them. We’ll explore card-making, jewelry-making, customized bags, boxes and other creative activities. Great for all ages!

Join freegan.Info this Thursday for an information Forum presented by Extinction Rebellion. 239 Thompson at 7PM.

This Thursday join Freegan.info for film night. We will watch River Blue

This Thursday - Freegan Film Night. Come see River Blue

Thursday, October 17, 2019
7:00 PM to 10:00 PM

Judson Memorial Church (Assembly Hall)

239 Thompson Street · New York, ny

We'll meet in Assembly Hall inside Judson Memorial Church (239 Thompson St. New York NY, 10012).
Details:
Come join us to watch and discuss a freegan related documentary. We’ll screen the documentary RiverBlue. "Through harsh chemical manufacturing processes and the irresponsible disposal of toxic chemical waste, one of our favorite iconic products has destroyed rivers and impacted the lives of people who count on these waterways for their survival. RIVERBLUE brings awareness to the destruction of some of the world’s most vital rivers through the manufacturing of our clothing, but will also act as a demand for significant change in the textile industry from the top fashion brands that can make a difference.”
Freegan refreshments will be available. Doors open at 7 and the film begins at 7:30pm