Sunday, March 2nd from 1pm-4pm PST/4pm-7pm EST, Garden Talks will be giving space for ideas/dreams/rants that will light the digital space on fire! Below, check out the schedule of events and make sure to RSVP here! ASL will be provided, and further accessibility information can be found here.
Until next our avatars meet,
J Mase 🪻
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Tentative Schedule of Events
March 2nd, 2025
Introduction
I Don't Think That Word Means What You Think It Means: On The Importance of Specificity of Language and It's Role in Our Liberation // Skyriver
Are you still going around calling for a Revolution? Do you believe that an apocalypse is end of everything? Well I don't think those words mean what you think they mean. This talk will illustrate that many words that we have been taught to fear are our friends and many words that represent ideas that we venerate are holding us back. Come learn how tear this colonizer's language apart and make it work for us- once more, like we've done so many times before.
Backrooms // Lani
It's about the backrooms.
Internalizing Self-Compassion via Actions // Ang
A brief overview of how to build self-compassion and grow self-trust.
10 min break
Show Me Who You Are Inside // Mars
A collection of autobiographical poems and images about capacious love, loss, vulnerability, the concept of everlasting, and our place in the world.
Protecting Your Data Online // Caroline
The U.S. is terrible with protecting our individual information. There are frequently data leaks and companies sell our info all the time. The result? Your first and last name, your recent addresses, your occupation, the names of your family members are all put out there for the world to see. I will walk through a free (albeit tedious) way to remove your information from the internets and also give general tips on how you can protect yourself as an online user.
How Lin Manuel Miranda’s work represents everything wrong with the latine community // Mo
Is this man talented? Yes. Is his work revolutionary? Absolutely not. Join me in a roast of Lin Manuel Miranda. I’ll explain why his attempt at “celebrating” minorities only highlights the racial problems in the latine community.
How Algorithms Are Destroying Your Friendships // J Mase
Have you noticed communications with loved ones getting a little bit more spicy over the years? How has social media changed the way that we talk to folks we love, why is that important and how can we re-direct?
10 min break
Hadestown the Musical: Legend of Orpheus & Euridice — Sonoran Desert Bird Edition // Ru
Hadestown the Musical if it was CATS the Musical, and the cats were birds found in the Sonoran Desert.
Pilates // Ze
Pilates (history, the method, the practice, etc.) and how it’s impacted the life of a professional hip-hop/break dancer.
Dreams in Music-Words // lia
A little time to breathe and imagine new worlds with cosmic and earthbound poetry to guide you through a tea break, a smoke break, or a lil dreaming for a world anew.