Looking for a warm, welcoming space to connect?
Come relax, share stories, and meet new friends in our Public Living Room—a cozy community spot for conversation and belonging.
Why come?
Build connections and reduce isolation
Enjoy a stress-free, inclusive environment
Spark ideas and community engagement
Build connections and reduce isolation
Enjoy a stress-free, inclusive environment
Spark ideas and community engagement
Join Us in our next Public Living Room!
DATES COMING SOON!
The Y Center, 1000 N Main St, Blacksburg, VA 24060
Thanks to our partners:
The Camerados & Public Living Rooms
We, at the YMCA at Virginia Tech, are proud to be part of the Camerados movement and enjoy hosting our own PLRs.
Public living rooms have sofas and cuppas, maybe some tunes, maybe some board games. They are warm welcoming places with people who listen, who treat everyone the same, who don’t judge or try to fix each other.
Each public living room is different. They are not manned by staff, they are set up and organised by camerados for their communities and are open to all. And all of them use the six simple camerado ideas to underpin how they run.
Some are pop ups for short periods, some are at regular times each week and others are open daily, and you’ll find them all over the place. They’re in Sierra Leone, in the USA, in New Zealand, and all over the UK; in shopping centres, town halls, old shops, hospitals, cafes. And one day we want there to be one in every neighbourhood.
LEARN MORE HERE: www.camerados.org/
