Commons Festival at Lingnan fosters inclusive community with handmade businesses and social services
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LU’s Department of Cultural Studies and Centre for Cultural Research and Development (CCRD) organised the Commons Festival on 12 April at Kin Sun Square (Skylight), where five community-based enterprises and service providers focusing on community connection, fair trade, reading promotion, self-help peer support, and shared space showcased their handmade products and services.
Apart from a market place, the event also acted as a platform for social enterprises and service providers to communicate with students and the public directly, enhancing community-based economy and mutual support, and advocating equal and inclusive local cultures.
(From left) Peggy, Jenny and Eva from Sharing Kitchen (共廚家作), a social enterprise offering co-cooking spaces in licensed food factories, explain the story behind the enterprise and their products including homemade coffee powder, herbal tea cookies and low-sugar jam.
Exhibitors and their background:
- i-COMMON HK - a platform under CCRD which initiates the ideas of Commons and its associated values, including "Co-Establish", "Co-Governance" and "Sharing".
- Fair Circle - a social enterprise established in 2005, with a mission to mobilise fair trade movements.
- Rolling Books - bringing interactive and engaging reading activities to schools and caring communities with mobile libraries and events.
- Tin Zi Zok Wai - creating an opportunity for women in Tin Shui Wai to bring new vibes and creations in the neighbourhood.
- Sharing Kitchen - recruiting grassroots to produce food products at restaurant kitchens during non-peak hours and run their business.