Watch this space for details of our next Public Living Room!
Join Us for another Pop-Up Public Living Room: A Community Connection Experience!
The Pop-Up Public Living Room is a no agenda, judgment-free zone designed for people to come together, chat, build new connections, and enjoy a bit of relief from the demands of everyday life. This event encourages anyone from the community to stop by, engage in informal dialogue, and share a space of mutual understanding and kindness.
Public Living Rooms, which started in the United Kingdom, have gained momentum worldwide, and FAMA is proud to be part of the Camerados movement. This movement aims to create spaces where people can freely interact and support one another, reinforcing the value of face-to-face conversations in a world that’s often digitally disconnected.
Scenes from our first Public Living room on January 29 at Haggerty Plaza
About Public Living Rooms
Public Living Rooms have been springing up in communities starting in the United Kingdom and spreading around the world. They are open to everyone and are set up by members of the Camerados movement. The Fourth Avenue Merchants Association recently joined this impressive movement to provide another free community building experience for the Historic District.
Public Living Rooms are spaces where people can relax, connect with others and be themselves. Those who come to a Public Living Room get a warm welcome, light refreshments and a feeling of community. What they’ll never get is judgement or anyone trying to fix them.
Camerados’ founder Maff Potts said: ‘Times have been tough for people all over with the pandemic and now the cost-of-living crisis and I don’t know anyone who hasn’t found it hard. I hope that Public Living Rooms will be a place where anyone can take a break from their daily worries, have a chat and feel a sense of connection. Sometimes that’s all we need to help us to keep going.’
The first Public Living Room was set up in Sheffield UK in 2016 and now they can be found across the UK and the world including locations such as Blacksburg VA, Denver, CO, Auckland New Zealand, Perth Australia, Freetown in Sierra Leone, and now in Tucson, Arizona.
Anyone can be a Camerado, whether they decide to set up a Public Living Room themselves or just pop in for community and conversation. What Camerados all have in common is that they try to stick to six simple ideas for getting along with others. These include disagreeing respectfully, mixing with people unlike themselves and having a bit of a laugh.
For more about Camerados visit: camerados.org