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#bedstuysurvivalcollective is a mutual aid org formerly known as #bedstuystrong. all donations go directly in the neighborhood 🤝 venmo: bedstuystrong

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we are now Bed-Stuy Survival Collective (formerly known as Bed-Stuy Strong) 🤝 swipe for more information on what’s new here. thank you for your support during our first six years as BSS, we are excited to continue our work in this neighborhood now as BSSC 💙 Bed-Stuy Strong is now... Bed-Stuy Survival Collective (followed by a collage of produce and signs from our distribution events, organizers posing with the Brooklny Pakcers, a wish to abolish the police and let our community thrive, the covers of Assata: An Autobiography and The Revolution Will Not Be Funded) taken in Bedford-Stuyvesant by @bedstuystrong

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TL;DR: Since ioby (our fiscal sponsor and fundraising platform) shut down, we need folks to commit to monthly recurring donations to sustain our work.

The past few years, we’ve taken advantage of “Giving Tuesday” to fundraise as much as we can for our direct mutual aid programs. Honestly, writing these fundraising posts always feels gross. We try our best to operate outside of the nonprofit industrial complex (go read The Revolution Will Not Be Funded), but once a year, we play the game, pulling out statistics and bullet points in order to convince you that we’re “impactful”. It usually works out pretty well for us, but it often feels like we’re compromising our values.

One purpose of #GivingTuesday is to kick off the “end-of-year giving” season, when people who have a lot of money try to maximize their tax-deductible donations for the year in order to pay less taxes. The only way to benefit from this self-serving “charity” is to be a 501c3 nonprofit or be fiscally sponsored by one– grassroots organizing and GoFundMe’s are unfortunately just a tiny drop in the ocean of money being passed around on Giving Tuesday.

In the past, we were lucky to be able to benefit. But this past August, our fiscal sponsor shut down, leaving us unable to accept tax-deductible donations, and, more importantly, automatic recurring donations. Recurring donations through their platform had given us a stable, consistent budget to fund things like direct cash assistance and our storage unit. It meant we didn’t have to constantly fundraise in order to meet people’s needs and lifted a huge weight off our shoulders.

Instead of big donations for Giving Tuesday, we’re asking folks to commit to a monthly donation, no matter how small. Just fill out the form linked in our bio, and each month you’ll get an email reminding you to donate a set amount to our Venmo, Cash App, or Zelle. Of course, one-time donations are still greatly appreciated.

As we enter 2025, our organizers have also been working on building a more sustainable membership model and re-centering our political commitments in our work. Keep an eye out in the coming year for more details on how we’re transforming. 🐛🦋 become a monthly donor: sign up to get an email once a month reminding you to donate to Bed-Stuy Strong (bedstuystrong.com/donate-monthly) (Venmo: @bedstuystrong) (Cash App: $bedstuystrong) (Zelle: fund@bedstuystrong.com) by @bedstuystrong

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(NOTE: Reposted because previous post was missing a slide!! Sorry and thank you for sharing.) If you are looking for food resources within Bed-Stuy beyond our work as Bed Stuy Strong, we hope you’ll take a look at this post! With the SNAP cut-off even more folks are dealing with food scarcity in these times. BSS has always had food central to our work and we’re grateful to be part of a growing network of organizations and communities trying to keep people fed.

In this post you’ll find locations & times for community fridges, hot food distributions & grocery/pantry distros. Note the checkmarks next to the names of spots we were able to verify the information for. Unchecked just means that some of these spots may not be functioning in the same capacity that we found listed online, so we recommend trying to contact those spots before heading over.

While we hope SNAP funding is restored soon, we also know that our government does not do enough to tackle the food insecurity that is prevalent in this city/country. We hope if you have the means, you’ll consider supporting some of these initiatives with your time and/or money in the days/weeks/months/years to come.

Thank you to the organizers/volunteers who came together to make this. ALT text for each slide is available. Free Food Distributions
Bed-Stuy taken in Bedford-Stuyvesant by @bedstuystrong

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The Bed-Stuy Survival Collective Reading Group is excited to announce our 2026 Fall Study Series!

This fall, we’ll be reading Border and Rule: Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism by immigrant rights organizer and anti-capitalist activist @harshawalia8

One of the central tenets of Donald Trump’s political ideology has been his anti-immigration stance, which is largely predicated on stereotypes and outright falsehoods regarding the U.S.’s immigrant population.

In Border and Rule, Walia dismisses the dominant narrative of a “border crisis” and instead asserts that border regimes subject migrants and refugees to displacement, criminalization, and exploitation to impede the formation of an international working class consciousness while expanding a far-right, nationalist, ruling-class empire.

As ICE actively terrorizes our neighbors, citizens and undocumented immigrants alike, it’s crucial for us to dismantle the propaganda that keeps us from effectively organizing against far-right forces that know we’re weaker separated than united.

Our first session will take place on Monday, November 2 from 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm. We’ll be reading the forward and the introduction after group introductions & norms!

Reading materials + Zoom link can be found linked in our bio under “Start Here! Border & Rule” 🔗

Reach out with questions at bssreadinggroup@gmail.com. We look forward to reading with you! by @bedstuystrong

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BED-STUY SURVIVAL COLLECTIVE (@bedstuystrong) SUMMER PARTY! Happening now at Herbert von King Park. Come meet your neighbors & grab a free book 💞 taken in Herbert Von King Park by @bedstuystrong

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Our annual Summer Party is coming up *this* Sunday. We are celebrating our evolution from Bed Stuy Strong to Bed Stuy Survival Collective, a summer of wins and six years of ongoing work to make sure our community survives. We will be in Herbert von King park, by the Marcy/Greene corner with music, hot food, free seasonal produce, a free store and much much more!

Join us between 2-6pm, we will be giving away fresh seasonal produce in partnership with @brooklynsupportedagriculture, DJ @professa_prince will be spinning tunes, there will be free books from @nonbinarianbike & @brooklynbookbodega , a clothing share and a free store table. We will also have @bestoliveswbas selling olive oil & olives, know your rights info & activities for all ages.

From 2:30-5:30pm, we will have various workshops and resources for our neighbors to partake in, including health screenings, ongoing narcan trainings, a clothes mending table, a lamp repair demo, political education reading and discussion, DIY air purifier build demo and learning about herbs to support grief. The two air purifiers built will be raffled away to attendees.

A full list of our giveaways, partners, skill shares and offerings can be found in the post above or the link in our bio.

If you would like to help out, we are still looking for volunteers - especially folks with cars. Help us pick up or drop off items from our storage, help us set up or breakdown, man one of our tables for a few hours. Many hands make light work.

As always, we would love folks to continue donating to our fundraiser. Every dollar donated goes back out to the community - from groceries and hot food, to baby essentials like diapers. Every dollar counts and gets us to our goal of feeding 200 people.

venmo: @bedstuystrong
cashapp: $bedstuystrong
zelle: bedstuystrong@bedstuystrong.com
mention “summer party” in the note

We are looking forward to seeing you all this weekend. Bring a blanket, a bag and your neighbors. Let us celebrate the abundance of the summer and our work together.

Sunday, August 23rd
Herbert von King Park (Marcy & Greene)
Masks required + provided
2pm - 6pm. taken in Bedford-Stuyvesant by @bedstuystrong

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We are halfway to our goal of feeding 200 people at our upcoming Summer Party 💚 If you’re able to, consider donating to our community fund today! We’re hoping to provide another hundred people with a week’s worth of high quality food in partnership with @brooklynsupportedagriculture next weekend.

$60 provides groceries for a single individual, $125 for a household of three, and $200 for a household of five, but ANY donation amount is welcome 🙏
venmo: @bedstuystrong
cashapp: $bedstuystrong
zelle: fund@bedstuystrong

We hope to see you at our annual Summer Party on Sunday, August 23! If you’d like to volunteer at the event for a shift, please complete the Volunteer Sign-up Form linked in our bio 🔗 We could use more people, and more drivers! 🚗❤️ by @bedstuystrong

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Hey neighbors! You’re invited to Bed-Stuy Survival Collective’s (fka Bed-Stuy Strong) sixth annual Summer Party on Sunday, August 23rd from 2–6 pm 💕🍉🌞

We will be at Herbert von King with music from @actuatordj, seasonal produce in partnership with @brooklynsupportedagriculture, hot food, a kids activity area, free books from @nonbinarianbike, a free people’s store with a clothing swap, and more. Throughout the party, we will also be hosting various skillshares + health screenings including an Herbs for Grief workshop, narcan training, a mending table, and so much more. The full schedule of party offerings will be released soon!

👉 If you’d like to volunteer at the party for a shift, complete the “Summer Party Volunteer Form” linked in our bio. We need hands! Come hangout, enjoy all the party offerings, and complete a volunteer shift while you’re there 🤝

👉 We are still raising funds toward feeding at least 200 people. We’re at 30% of our goal!

Donate to us with the note “summer party” to help provide a week’s worth of quality food to a neighbor 🥕
Venmo: @bedstuystrong
Cash App: $bedstuystrong
Zelle: fund@bedstuystrong.com

👉 You can also support the Summer Party by donating used clothing and other essential items! Drop off your donated items at 1320 Fulton Street Monday 8/3 from 4–8 pm and Saturday 8/15 from 8 am–12 pm. Swipe through these graphics for a list of approved items we are accepting 👗🍼 If you can’t make it in person but would still like to donate an item, consider purchasing something off our baby essentials registry. It will get shipped directly to us! link in bio 🔗

Questions?! Hit us up in our DMs or email hollenbeckskyler@gmail.com

See you there! 💛💛💛

Bed-Stuy Survival Collective Annual Summer Party
Sunday, August 23 from 2 - 6 pm
(Rain date: Sunday 8/30 from 2 - 6 pm)
Herbert von King Park (Marcy & Greene Ave)

Extra seating available by asking a BSSC volunteer. Masks required & provided. 😷 by @bedstuystrong

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hello neighbors! starting next week, Bed-Stuy Strong will be accepting in-person donations 👚🍼💞 drop off gently used clothing items or new, unopened hygiene essentials at 1320 Fulton Street, Brooklyn (inside the State Farm entrance).

we are accepting clothing items appropriate for the summer and autumn months, and the following essential items—diapers (any size), baby formula and wipes, sunscreen, paper towels, toilet paper, laundry detergent, pads and tampons, condoms, clorox wipes, toothbrushes and toothpaste, Ibuprofen, deodorant, and school supplies. *please do not drop off any unapproved items* everything will be redistributed at our upcoming Summer Party 🎈

Collection Dates:
Sunday 7/26: 1 pm - 4 pm
Thursday 7/30: 4 pm - 8 pm
Monday 8/3: 4 pm - 8 pm
Saturday 8/15: 8 am - 12 pm

if you’d like to contribute but can’t make it in person, you can purchase an item off our Baby Essentials Registry, linked in bio, and it will get shipped directly to us!

we’re also still collecting $ donations to support our fresh grocery distribution. $60 feeds a single person for a week, $125 feeds a household of 3, and $200 feeds a household of 5, but ANY donation amount is welcome

Venmo: @bedstuystrong
Cashapp: $bedstuystrong
Zelle: fund@bedstuystrong.com

& if you’d like to support this effort beyond a one time donation, we’re asking you all to get creative and organize your very own mini-fundraiser! we have seen various fun ideas throughout the years ranging from hosting a party and donating the ticket sales to selling speciality baked goods. DM us with questions or if you need any support.

☀️ MORE DETAILS ON THE SUMMER PARTY COMING SOON! Stay tuned for information on date, time, location, and details on volunteering ☀️ by @bedstuystrong

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buy your neighbor a bag of fresh groceries 💚

this August, Bed-Stuy Strong is hoping to feed at least 200 people during our Summer Party. donate now to contribute! the goal is to provide a week’s worth of fresh produce and quality cooking essentials to anyone who stops by. we source all our food in partnership with the Black-led worker-owned @brooklynpackers @brooklynsupportedagriculture 🤝

it is critical we continue to feed each other. we know vibes in NYC feel pretty good right now, but food insecurity in our neighborhood continues to be a pressing concern. let’s keep each other full. if you’re in the position to, we hope you contribute today 🥕

$60 feeds a single person for a week, $125 feeds a household of 3, and $200 feeds a household of 5, but ANY donation amount is welcome

if you’d like to support this effort beyond a one time donation, we’re asking you all to get creative and organize your very own mini-fundraiser! we have seen various fun ideas throughout the years ranging from hosting a party and donating the ticket sales to selling speciality baked goods. DM us with questions or if you need any support

Venmo: @bedstuystrong
Cashapp: $bedstuystrong
Zelle: fund@bedstuystrong.com

☀️ MORE DETAILS ON THE SUMMER PARTY COMING SOON! Stay tuned for information on date, time, location, and additional ways to support ☀️ by @bedstuystrong

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🚨 our neighbors need life-saving air
conditioning this summer 🚨

Bed-Stuy Strong is launching our annual AC redistribution drive! if you have a working air conditioner you’d like to donate, a car to transport AC units within Bed-Stuy, or if you need an air conditioner for your home, please complete the “AC Redistribution 2026” form linked in our bio 🔗

Please note: we are a small group of neighbors coordinating this project, so we have chosen to focus our efforts on Bed-Stuy. If you live outside of the neighborhood and need assistance with air conditioning, try checking out the NYC’s Cooling Assistance Program by visiting access.nyc.gov/programs/cooling-assistance-benefit/ or seeing if you have a local mutual aid group on nyc.silver.is or mutualaid.nyc taken in Bedford-Stuyvesant by @bedstuystrong

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hi families! popping up with fun free food twice this weekend~

🍕 fri may 8: pizza tomorrow at 3:45 pm · 76 Downing St
🍪 sat may 9: decorate a cookie (for your mom, another loved one, or yourself!) · on Willoughby near Fort Greene Park (will post exact location Sat morn)

free, optional donations will go to @bedstuystrong

please share w your Clinton Hill/Fort Greene/Prospect Heights folks 🙏🏽 and follow @bkcounter for exact Saturday location and for info on more popups! by @bedstuystrong

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