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Memberships and Residencies at The CommonUnity The CommonUNiTY Collective is a social club consisting of members and residents who share a passion for building community and promoting sustainability within a creative and supportive environment....

What is the CommonUNiTY?

https://julieapaige.weebly.com/commonunity/welcome-to-the-commonunity-collective

Jules vending at Bass Bin in GR. You can also now find some of her jewels at Grammotones downtown!

PEACE, LOVE & COMMUNITY
d e t a i l s in c o m m e n t s

Just sayin

I got one of my first tattoo's at Purple East downtown Grand Rapids. The butterfly on my back (her name is Parkay - cause I can't believe she's not a real butterfly) was a gift from my foster dad for my 18th birthday.

At that time they had the skate park and it was literally a staple and had a lot of traffic. These laces were safe spaces in a world outside where we were criminalized and tormented for our love of herb. Purple East and Shakedown were all we had for a long time. 💜

Over the years Purple has shifted gears a few times. It has moved locations and scaled down, but, at the heart of it all is a man I truly admire and support who holds tight the spirit of what I miss so much about our culture. Drew Phillippy has single handedly taken on something that could have died long ago, but, he gives himself, his time, his effort, his heart to keeping Purple East alive.

I knew way back when I was a heavily involved in the campaign that put medical 🌳 on the ballot that eventually/finally passed with ease that legalization would lead to what we have now, which is the gross consumerism, McDonald's version of 🌳. We jump in line to buy taxed versions of this in heavy plastics that will outlive our great grandchildren for ONE joint. Completely out of the spirit of what 🌳 was for us for all this time.

Now with cheap versions of shops everywhere, and online shopping, places like Purple East are struggling. The truth is, it's very close to being a thing of the past. A distant memory of a time long ago.

It's a damn shame.
Cause my message from mother g***a was that we were connected to nature. That this was the last piece of that sacred fire that we all gathered around to share and connect over. Now its all vapes and dispo's.

I'm just saying...
If you need something REAL in your life - a piece of glass, art, clothing, etc from real people IN YOUR COMMUNITY, consider making an effort to show these places your support.

And, I'm not knocking on all "other" places...I'm just saying. Consider your sources and support the places and things you consume with intention and in alignment with your personal values, please. You have to admit our addition to convenience, consumerism and gluttony are out of control. I thought we were figuring that out and it seems like we're backsliding again into apathy now that we have all these pacifiers.

We out here! CHARIVARI PREPARTY WSG SILLYGIRLCARMEN

Live stoney jewelry making sesh coming in HOT 🔥

CHARIVARI PREPARTY WSG SILLYGIRLCARMEN - TONIGHT!

Check it ouuuut!

Had the most amazing time sharing space, time, and energy with an incredible community of creative and like minded individuals at Lakes of Fire this weekend. There is something special about that "work hard play harder" concept in the burner community. I love the collective contribution and emersive experiences we create together in the spirit of sharing and sustainability.

We are continuously so blessed and my heart is overjoyed.

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Wow, y'all. We are so blessed and grateful to everyone right now. So much support and love shown to us by the people who made it out and those who wanted to but couldn't. So many who weren't there were still so felt.

Special thanks to Furburn Franks for your amazing live painting skills. You constantly blow our minds. Also, to PlantSlut for always bringing the vibe and art. Love your presence.

We couldn't have don't this without DJ Prodigy or the hosts of our secret location. Huge thanks for letting KNOMADIK come through with the takeover.

D'Luna (Chakea Payton) and K@$H ONLY (Kashmir McVay) - YOU both really bring the noise and the vibe. Yall are and continue to be the truth. Juliea (OG Jewels) 90s Playlist was an undeniable hit getting you all in the nostalgic feels. It was SO FUN to just kick it and enjoy all those tunes together like that.

Have to also say thank you to Blaine for helping with setup and tear down and to Jazzalyn, Nate, Ryan and of course Jacqueline..grl - you go above and beyond. You know you do and we know it, too.

Huge thanks to Mitzi, Anna Marie, Kevin Barranco, Brittany, Furbur Franks, and Autumn Patterson for these pics and videos!!
(Videos will be in a separate post cause apparently FB won't let us do both in a fan page post).

Please know that it is because of each of YOU we can do this. The vibe would never be what it is without any of you. You are a part of this, and, you each mean so much to us!

We are so stoked for the Totally 90's PLUR Party tomorrow night!!

All I wanna know is....whose com'min with me, man?

April 21 - come be the vibe.