Janet Smith Graduate Student Co-op

09/10/2020

Emergency Information for Lane County:

EMERGENCY ALERTS: Sign up for Emergency Management Alerts for Lane County: https://lanecounty.org/…/lane_county_emerg…/emergency_alerts

EVACUATION: Evacuation Level Information Explanation:
https://lanecounty.org/…/lane_county…/evacuation_information

TRAVEL ROUTES: ODOT Trip – Public Road Routes and Closures
https://www.tripcheck.com/

08/31/2020

Look at our beautiful new floor! Janets have been hard at work making our cooperative even better 🤩🤩🤩

08/08/2020

Happy Friday from the JS!

05/08/2020

The Students' Cooperative Association is a collection of 3 non-profit student housing cooperatives in Eugene, Oregon. We provide affordable housing for low-income and marginalized students in Lane county.

With the onset of the corona virus pandemic, many of our members have unfortunately lost or seen a significant decrease in their source of income. Collective living has been difficult to navigate in these times in many ways, and Spring, usually one of our busiest times of the year for applications and new member move-ins, has been very quiet. This just so happens to coincide with several large planned maintenance projects that now are in limbo as we scramble to adjust our budgets. These maintenance projects are time-sensitive and cannot be put off for long.

We are in need of help covering some of our base operating costs so we can continue providing much-needed affordable housing when this is over.

The Students' Cooperative Association is a collection of 3 non-profit stude… Jimi Wood needs your support for Students Cooperative Association COVID 19 Relief

03/20/2020

Introducing MECCA made craft kits available for drive up purchase on Sat 3/21 from 11-2.

We lovingly (and safely) made craft kits to inspire creativity and art making while we each do our part to self isolate. Our sincerest hope is that art making will provide us with a meaningful way to pass the time, to engage with our family at home and digitally, and to provide a much needed outlet for anxiety and uncertainty.

Whether you write poetry, paint, garden, cook, make music, knit, or craft with a child, may we harness the healing power of creativity and artistry. Let this be a time to create.

Craft kids include:
Kids craft kit, $25 value for $5-$10 sliding scale.
Including but not limited to:
Paper- scrapbooking, construction, and ruled, pipe cleaners, pony beads, chalk, foam, crayons, markers, pencils, colored pencils, rubber stamps, scissors, ribbons, strings, pompoms, sequins, stickers, cards, collage items & $5 MECCA bucks for when we reopen

Crafting essentials, $15 value for $5
Paper-scrapbooking, construction, and ruled, glue, paint and paintbrush, stickers, crayons, markers, colored pencils, foam, & $5 MECCA bucks for when we reopen

Mystery craft bag challenge, pay what you want
A mystery assortment of creative reuse items and & $10 MECCA bucks for when we reopen. Tag us and we'll give you $5 MECCA Bucks.

2 for 1 MECCA Bucks

Drive by only. Please stay home if you are symptomatic, we'll do this again.

During this closure, we are committed to keeping our staff paid and employed to the best of our ability. Purchase of these kits and MECCA Bucks will help in this endeavor.

03/17/2020

02/17/2020

Work party (winter / false spring) 2020

02/03/2020

An early sign of spring! Thank you to the past Janets who planted all the beautiful flowers in our yard 🥰

01/05/2020

New year. New skills.

12/11/2019

A little piece of local Eugene history

Into the mid-1960s, hotels and restaurants in Eugene refused to serve People of Color, including famous Black performers like Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, and Nat King Cole. Instead, these and other performers were hosted by the Mims (whose house is pictured here) and the Washingtons, two local Black families. The Mims also housed Black UO athletic recruits who were not permitted to stay on campus during their visits. Today, the Mims House is still owned by the Mims family, and leased by the NAACP Eugene Springfield Oregon Unit 1119.

Visit our newest exhibit and learn more about the history of local Black communities’ ongoing efforts towards justice: https://mnch.uoregon.edu/exhibits/racing-change-oregons-civil-rights-years-eugene-story

12/08/2019

The Janet Smith has a long and proud history of supporting the GTFF. We are so proud of Ricardo Friaz and their endeavors to provide a space for graduate students of color!

PS: We LOVE the references to Peter the Cat, a former JS resident, and our Janet Smith influence of the caucus' meeting norms.

A new committee in the University of Oregon’s graduate-employee labor union seeks to make space for students of color.