Hey Garden(ers),
March 28th-30th, Garden will be teaming up with TransTech Social and supporting TransTech Action Summit's virtual programming, which is open to Trans & Queer folks. Come to learn more about AI & Surveillance, Content Creation, Building Virtual Communities, Disability & Access in Tech, network, gain job leads and more! Register for free here!
The registration page for the Dreaming is [Trans]cendent Festival (April 19th & 20th) is live for both Garden Members and Non-Garden Members. Come explore, feel and [Trans]cend! Featuring: Venus Kii Thomas, Déjà Pascale, Mondo Millions, edxi and Famehodiɛ Ɔkyeame! Check out the schedule, artist bios and RSVP links here! ASL Provided.
For those of you who missed Garden Talks, or wanted a re-watch, some of the talks were recorded and are now embedded in the Pandemic Sanctuary section of the Enchanted Library on the second level. Come check out what ideas have been blooming!
Since our digital doors opened here at Garden, it's been a whirlwind! So, we did some calculations and wrote up a bit of what we've been doing in this Impact Statement.
😴Mark your calendars for the Dreaming is [Trans]cendent Festival which will be taking over Garden April 19th & 20th. 5 Black Trans Disabled Artists build an immersive world of visual art and performance. Come explore, feel and Transcend. RSVP here! Want to bring a BIPOC friend who is not already a Garden member? Day Passes are available for non-Garden members via this form.
☀️Our 24 hour long Summer Solstice event to welcome the sun will be going down June 21st-22nd! Have an offering? Check the volunteer form here and RSVP here! Day Passes will be available.
🫁 Want to increase your lung capacity? Come to Breathing in the Knowledge Nursery! Every weekday at 9am PST. RSVP here!
🥣 Grab your favorite cereal for dinner and watch anime & cartoons with us at Monday Night Cereal! Join us every other Monday at 5pm PST. Tonight we're watching people's grandpas and little brothers get stolen for the sake of a children's card game. Your move! Read more about the event here.
💃🏾Join Caroline for Co-Twerking on Tuesdays at 2:30pm PST! We will follow video(s) with a warm-up and cooldown sequence, with dancing in between. This is meant to be an aerobic exercise, so bring water and items that will provide you comfort while dancing your butt off! Video suggestions welcome. Duration: ~30 minutes. RSVP here
📔Quiet-ish Reading Club / Connect (QRC) 💜💛📚 This week's QRC group will be cancelled, and will return in April! Learn more about QRC - Garden Edition. Like to be kept up-to-date on QRC meet-ups in Garden? Fill out this interest form. RSVP here
🎥 Name That Movie (Night!) is Wednesday at 5:30pm PST! This week's movie is the first in a popular 2000's fantasy film series about power and some very special jewelry. Think you know what it is? Come thru and find out! RSVP via the visit page.
🫂 The next session of Chronic Illness and Long Covid Support Group will be this Thursday March 27th from 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.
🪷 Stretch it out as Caroline leads us in another weekly afternoon Yoga sesh Fridays 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.
🦾 Self Defense Discussion Series with Caroline will be Sundays at 8am PT. Each group includes reading, discussion and (potential) movement on self-defense principles! In these politically challenging times, it is especially important for our collective liberation and self-care to learn self-defense. RSVP via the visit page!
🪩Honoring Uncle Clifford's Rule #.0025 — 'Wear Y'all Mu’Fuckin Mask,' we’re keeping it safe so everyone can party in Chucalissa without leaving home! Join Deeda and GenDoc for 'Nights at the Pynk,' a 'P-Valley' virtual watch party every other The next viewing will be this Friday March 28th at 6pm PT. Click here to RSVP!
🎨Skyriver will be guiding us into Imagination & Creative Space, an open space and time to work on creative projects, and crafts every other Saturday. The next session is April 5th at 12pm PST. Finish an old project, start a new skill, follow the offered prompt or do your own thing. Joy is resistance. Imagination is the path to liberation. RSVP here!
📺 Join us every 3rd Saturday of the month at 11am PT for Garden Ghibli, where we view a Ghibli movie and attempt to make our way to watch all the magical Ghibli movies! We are skipping April's showing, and resume the next showing on Saturday May 23rd. RSVP here!
😷 Hang out, chill and play games with Black folks who take COVID precautions at Bonfire in Garden every 3rd Saturday! The next Bonfire is Saturday April 19th at 5pm PST. We'll be talking and journeying through the Dreaming is [Trans]cendent Festival. RSVP here.
💻 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.
🌱Seeding Sovereignty’s Mutual Aid Program is proud to launch CARE (Community Aid for Renewal and Empowerment), a groundbreaking monthly online herbal remedy training workshop designed to make herbal knowledge accessible, empower community healing, and uplift the work of BIPOC herbalists. They are currently seeking BIPOC Herbalists for paid opportunities.
🎥Trans Lash Media tells trans stories to save trans lives and is seeking a remote Project Manager. This is a part time position set at $54,000 annually.
🍉 Centering Palestine has a zoom every Tuesday at 5pm PST, along with other resources to show up for Palestine available here.
😷World Health Network has a weekly call to organize community members against mask bans every Friday at 12pm PST.
🌻 We are looking to open Garden up to more 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
💌Don't forget, we can design and host non-Garden virtual events too.
Until next our avatars meet,
🪄Al, 😻Gata & 🪻J Mase
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!