Hey Garden(ers)!
Have you been to the Enchanted Library? As you many of you know, it holds a various array of unique rooms to find books and/or wander. A brand new collection of resources can be found in the Kinship Room of the Enchanted Library. If you've never been, the Kinship Room is the first room on the left of the Enchanted Library when you walk the path and cross the first bridge.
I (Gata) and Purple (Garden member) put together a Corsi Rosenthal Filter/Box 101 corner info area in the Kinship Room to help you learn how to make your own Do-It-Yourself (DIY) air purifier. Corsi Rosenthal DIY air purifiers are known to work as well as $300-$400 air purifiers but only at a fraction of the cost, and are fun to build (you can decorate it, and make it look fun).
As numbers rise in this summer surge, be sure that you are cleaning your air at home to keep you safe from COVID and other airborne viruses.
Learn how much it costs to make, what materials you need and how to put one together here.
⏲️Our events are typically listed in Pacific Standard Time (PST). Need help converting PST to your time zone? Check out this handy WorldTimeBuddy clock!
🪩Junia will be hosting another Slooowww Dance Jam (for Black folks) in honor of the New Moon on July 5th at 5pm-7pm PST! Coinciding with the New Moon in Cancer we will be breathing, stretching and dancing together to slow down and move with sensual intention. This session's theme will be 'Journey to the Motherland' with the reflection question: what is your most cherished memory of dance or movement to music? RSVP on the visit page!
💖July 18th at 5:30pm PST, we'll be having a 35+ Meetup for Garden(ers) over the age of 35! Join us by hitting RSVP on the calendar on Garden's visit page!
♠️ We'll be hosting a Spades Tournament Tuesday July 23rd at 5:30pm PST. Winner gets $25 and bragging rights. RSVP on the visit page!
🫁 Want to increase your lung capacity? Come to Breathing with BJ in the Knowledge Nursery! Every weekday at 9am PST. RSVP here!
🎥 Name That Movie (Night!) is Wednesday at 5:30pm PST! This week's movie is a surrealist comedy, in which a Salvadoran toy designer struggles to succeed in NYC before his work visa expires. Think you know what it is? Come thru and find out!
🪷 Stretch it out as Caroline leads us in another weekly afternoon Yoga sesh this Friday at 2:15pm PST by streaming a yoga video from YouTube and following along. Videos will be between 25-45 minutes long between easy to moderate pace. Drop ins are always welcome! RSVP via the calendar on the visit page.
🫂The July sessions of the Chronic Illness and Long Covid Support Group are on Thursday July 4th & 18th at 5:30pm-7:30pm PST with Chanelle! Navigating everything that comes with chronic illness can be difficult - from managing symptoms to experiencing grief over missing your pre-illness life. This is a peer support space where we can share our feelings about living with any chronic/long-term illness, including long Covid, during an ongoing pandemic. RSVP via the calendar on the visit page.
😷 Hang out, chill and play games with Black folks who take COVID precautions at the Bonfire in Garden! Every 3rd Saturday of the month from 5-8pm PST. The next Bonfire is Saturday, July 20th and will be featuring a special art exhibit by Trans-Queer Ghanaian photographer Famehodiɛ Ɔkyeame! RSVP via the calendar on the visit page.
💻 Do you work from home and sometimes feel a little too isolated from others? Come Co-Work with us in Garden! We are a 24/7 drop in space for folks to join to co-work silently, listen to music, play a game or chat amongst each other in the chat box.
📼Black Trans Media has a weekly Zoom meditation space for Black Trans Masculine folks & Black Trans Men at 9am PST Mondays & Fridays. Join here.
🏛️TransTech Social is providing a limited amount of scholarships for LGBTQ folks to take virtual classes on Edx, most of which come with certificates for learning professional skills on topics such as: Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Disability & Tech, DEI in the workplace, Management skills, Environmental Sustainability etc. Classes are at your own pace. Apply ASAP here.
🍉Centering Palestine has a zoom every Tuesday at 5pm PST, along with other resources to show up for Palestine available here.
🌿Garden is once again in a position to offer free Rapid Tests to up to 10 Garden(ers). If interested, please fill out this form no later than July 10th. Priority is to those who fall into one or more of these categories: 1. Low income 2. Disabled and/or Immunocompromised 3. Working in person 4. Caretakers of children and/or adults 5. Those living in a multi-person household. If approved, you will receive a follow up form so we know where you'd like your RAT's sent. If you filled out this form prior, but did not get a follow up form, please check your spam folder.
🌻 We are looking to open Garden up to community orgs who would like to share space with us here. If you are part of an org that may benefit from office/event space here, please email info@meetatgarden.com
We want to shout out some of the wonderful vendors led by BIPOC folks who are taking covid mitigations that we've had grace Garden. This week, we are highlighting Grandma Baby Apothecary! From the vendor: "Grandma Baby Apothecary is a Black-Owned spiritual apothecary that designs and curates tools specific to the Black American (Hoodoo) tradition." Their services include: Divination in the Black American, or Hoodoo, tradition. They use their personal Grandma Baby Black Gold Lenormand Too deck––a Hoodoo cartomancy deck. Book here. Check out Grandma Baby Apothecary via their website and IG !
Until next our avatars meet!
😺 Gata
(BTW I made a surviving summer surge spotify playlist, check it out here)
PS: Have a one-time-event or a recurring event and need a place to host? Email us at info@meetatgarden.com!
Garden is a free 24/7 space, but it does cost money for us to maintain it on Gather.Town. If you'd like to donate to this work, consider throwing some money in the pot here. To send donations directly through our 501c3 fiscal sponsor, email us!