The Hilltop Solidarity Center is a new multi-purpose leftist community space in the Hilltop neighborhood of Tacoma. We're here to provide a meeting and gathering space for socialist, environmentalist, and anti-racist events and causes. The Center also features a small kitchen (ask us if you want to use this) and a backyard with a small playground.
The three founding organizers spent the summer of 2023 cleaning out this space and setting it up. It's now ready to use! We want to offer this gathering and event space to left-wing activists in Tacoma and to the whole community of Hilltop.
For example, we've already had a local EMT host a general-audience Stop the Bleed first-aid course, and next weekend we'll be hosting Tacoma's first Anarchist Bookfair of the 2020's.
So far, the rent and running costs for this space, which total around $1500 a month, have been paid by a single founding organizer. As of October, this funding source is no longer available. We need to share costs with those using the space for events and raise donations to keep the Center open. We've created this Comradery so groups using the space, supportive community members, and comrades from anywhere can pitch in!
Contact us at [email protected] if you want to host a meeting or event here.
-Jacob with Hilltop Solidarity Center
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Posted by Hilltop Solidarity Center on Mar 04, 2025
Hello dear supporters,I have some sad news to share - the Hilltop Solidarity Center has been shut down, effective immediately. The building that hosted our already stuggling project became temporarily infested with rats in February, rendering it unusable for meal preparation. Because of this, Serve ... Continue reading
Posted by Hilltop Solidarity Center on Jan 19, 2025
Hello again backers! Sorry for such a long silence. The back half of 2024 was, to be honest, very challenging for our little project. This is largely due to both Tacoma Coop Net and Hilltop Urban Gardens pulling out from their original plans to use the Center. No ill will on anyone's part here - it ... Continue reading
Posted by Hilltop Solidarity Center on Aug 10, 2024
Hello backers! Hope you're all having a great summer. The Solidarity Center has been running smoothly the last few months. We're also excited to announce we have a new regular user - Hilltop Urban Gardens. H.U.G. is a Black-led nonprofit organization that plants urban gardens and promotes food indep... Continue reading
Posted by Hilltop Solidarity Center on May 10, 2024
This month, we'd like to share a direct update from one of the many organizations that uses the Solidarity Center every month!All power to the people and thank you for being a patron of the Hilltop Solidarity Center. This space has become synonymous with the struggle in the city of Tacoma, and we al... Continue reading
Posted by Hilltop Solidarity Center on Mar 24, 2024
Hello again backers!First I want to share some exciting news - we now have (just barely) enough pledged support from group and individual donors to make our monthly $1400 rent payments every month, without needing to ask for extra donations each month. Thank you all so much for your continued suppor... Continue reading
Posted by Hilltop Solidarity Center on Feb 13, 2024
Just a short little update for backers - we just got confirmation that Tacoma Coop Net will be using the Solidarity Center for their activities in the neighborhood!TCN is a very cool cooperative that uses mesh networking technology to bring affordable Internet access to Tacoma's poorer neighbor... Continue reading
Posted by Hilltop Solidarity Center on Jan 20, 2024
Hello backers!Just a short update for the month of January. The Solidarity Center continues to see great regular use as a place for mutual aid groups to gather, process supplies, and cook community meals. We've also just convened our first official governing board meeting, with representatives from ... Continue reading
Posted by Hilltop Solidarity Center on Jan 10, 2024
Our Comradery is online! Starting this month, I'm aiming to put monthly update posts on our Comradery. Currently, they're on our Patreon.Stay tuned!
