Compiled by Jesse D. Palmer
Building communities of resistance, solidarity, mutual aid, creativity, pleasure and human connection are easier when there’s physical spaces other than businesses and private homes to gather. Community isn’t something you have — its something you do. Now’s the time to assemble, welcome others in, invest your energy, plot and plan — and then deepen those connections to it when you need them. Here’s some spaces we’ve heard about since we published the 2026 Slingshot organizer contact list. The list is online at slingshotcollective.org.
Burdock Book Collective – Birmingham, AL
An intersectional queer feminist bookstore and community space that hosts Alabama Books to Prisons. 131 41st St. South, Birmingham, AL 35222 burdockbookcollective.com
Punk Truck Stop – Fayetteville, AR
Screen print shop that stocks graffiti supplies, radical books, music and t-shirts and hosts shows and events. 2002 South School Avenue, Fayetteville, AR 72701 479-225-4607
Bear Creek Social Center – Talent, OR
Third space that hosts meeting and events with a lending library, zine, and gender affirming clothing closet. 806 South Pacific Highway Unit B, Talent, OR 97540 IG bearcreeksocialcenter
Mondragon Books – Lewisburg, PA
Community supported used bookstore that hosts events. 302 Market St. Lewisburg, PA 17837 570-523-1540 mondragonbooks.com
Autonomous Gallery – Vallejo, CA
Community space with a small zine library that hosts mutual aid and events. “You are welcome to be your fullest self here. This is a space for creative expression, interpersonal exploration, and building alternative culture. May we all get free together.” 419 Georgia St. Suite 8, Vallejo, CA 94590 214-537-6179
Shoe Bones Collective – Salem, MA
A queer and trans, neurodivergent leftist art collective safe space with harm reduction supplies that hosts events. 28 Boston Street, Salem, MA 01970 IG shoe.bones
manyworlds – Corvallis, OR
A diy community center hosting open hangouts, events, and skillshares. “We house a free fridge, radical library, tool share, and educational garden.” 1013 NW Taylor Avenue, Corvallis, OR 97330 manyworld.diy
Bric A Brac – San Francisco, CA
Infoshop and art space that hosts shows and events and has a zine library. 178 Ireland Avenue, SF, CA 94134 IG @bricabracofsanfrancisco
Firehouse Community Arts Center – Birmingham, AL
A non-profit community learning space with classes, practice space and a DIY venue. 412 41st Street South, Birmingham, AL 35222. firehousecac.org
Area 54 – Buffalo, NY
Community based venue and events space. 3234 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14214 IG: @amys_place_buffalo
Boxcar – Opelika, AL
Microcinema, music and performance space, art exhibition space and cafe. 706 1st Avenue, Opelika, AL, 36801
Letters Community Bookshop – Durham, NC
Community-owned new and used bookstore co-op that hosts events. 116 W Main St., Durham, NC 27701 919-973-2573 lettersbookshop.com
All People’s Barbershop – Middletown, CT
A barbershop with mutual aid supplies that hosts events. 386 Main Street Middletown, CT 06457 860-333-8717 allpeoplesbarbershop. square.site
Corazón Cafe SLO – San Luis Obispo, CA
Mexican/Chicano cafe and community/cultural space with heritage and art that hosts events and meetings. 847 Higuera St., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 805-439-3823 corazoncafeslo.com
Community Driven – Minneapolis
Not an open storefront, but a resource for food for community events & people in need. 64 Melbourne Ave. SE Minneapolis, MN 55414 community-driven.org
Proyecto Lingüístico Quetzalteco de Español – Quetzaltenango (Xela), Guatemala
A language immersion school that teaches Spanish and Mayan K’iche’ collectively owned by an association of Guatemalan teachers. PLQ has a long history of and a continued commitment to working in solidarity with human rights groups and social justice organizations in Guatemala in order to be a model for socially-responsible language instruction. PLQ has a sister school called La Escuela de la Montaña (escuelamontana.org), which is located in a rural Mayan community known as Nuevo San Jose – get directions at PLQ. 5a calle, 2-40, zona 1, Quetzaltenango (Xela), Guatemala, plqe.org
Myselium – Svendborg, Denmark
An anarchist commune in the countryside generally open for people to come through. Herredsfogedvej 9, 5700 Svendborg, myselium.org
Ch’o Tinimit – Quetzaltenango (Xela), Guatemala
A social center and anarchist infoshop that hosts events, provides mutual aid and has radical resources in Spanish and English. “A space to share ideas, literature, art, knowledge, to continue building networks without borders or nations. A space without hierarchy, with anti-colonial force, anti-carceral ideals, against repression and cooptation, and outside of state and individual violence.” 6a Calle 4th Avenida 6-31 Zona 1, Quetzaltenango (Xela), Guatemala IG @cho.tinimt
Corrections to the 2026 Organizer
• The phone number for Kismet Creative Center in St. Louis should be 303-524-5729.
• Fort Collins Food Co-op has moved to 1100 W. Mountain Ave. Fort Collins, CO 80521.