Hey Garden(ers),
Did you know on this day, 193 years ago (1831) after two months of leading the enslaved rebellion, leader Nat Turner was executed in Jerusalem, Virginia? Nat Turner's rebellion was considered one of the largest scale rebellions in the so-called US. May we honor him, those who joined the rebellion, and those of us who keep rebelling against their oppressors. What ancestors inspire you?
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🏳️🌈 November 15th & 22nd at 6pm PST, Ru and Chanelle will be finishing up the Non-Stop Heartstopper Slumbie Party series, which will feature the queer teen romance show Heartstopper! This Friday they will be starting with the first 4 episodes of Season 3, and finishing the whole series November 22nd. Join them at the Up All Night room for slumber party vibes! Wear pajamas and bring your favorite snacks and comfort items! RSVP to get a reminder!
📺 Join this Saturday November 16th (every 3rd Saturday of the month) at 11am PST for Garden Ghibli, where we view a Ghibli movie and attempt to make our way to watch all the magical Ghibli movies! This week we are watching a crowd favorite involving a princess, a cursed boar, and forest spirits. Think you know what we're gonna watch? RSVP here for reminders!
😷 Hang out, chill and play games with Black folks who take COVID precautions at the Bonfire in Garden! This Saturday November 16th (and every 3rd Saturday of the month) starting at 5pm PST. We will be having an open mic! RSVP here.
🏳️⚧️December 7th at 1pm PST, join Lady Dane & J Mase for Finding the Divine Trans (a writing workshop), for Trans, Non-Binary &/or Gender Expansive Gardeners about discovering our Trans stories of divinity, creation and calling ourselves into existence! Come whether you are an experienced writer or novice. Expect to come out of this session with 2-3 new poems. RSVP for updates.
🪩New Year's Eve/Day is right around the corner! We're looking for performances, vendors, workshops, space holders, DJ's and more! If you're interested in volunteering, check out the interest form here! RSVP for the festivities!
🫁 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. November 18th, 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.
🎥 Name That Movie (Night!) is Wednesday at 5:30pm PST! This week's movie is a thriller told through computer screens starring John Cho as he desperately searches for his daughter. 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 Thursday November 21st 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 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.
🦾 Saturdays at 6pm PST, Caroline hosts a Self Defense Discussion Series which 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! Have you attended self-defense and/or wanting to join? Please fill out this feedback form regarding a potential schedule change and brief reflections. Deadline to fill it out is Sunday 11/24,
💻 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.
🖊️Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poetry offers $1,000 and publication annually for a debut poetry collection by an African poet. Writers who were born in Africa, are African nationals or residents, or whose parents are African are eligible. Submit a manuscript of at least 50 pages by December 1st.
🏠Women’s Studio Workshop offers residencies in the categories Art-in-Education Artist’s Book, Artist’s Book, and Artist’s Book for Indigenous Artists for women and trans, intersex, nonbinary and gender-fluid visual artists. Their studios are located in the foothills of the Hudson Valley’s Shawangunk Mountains. Due November 15th.
💫 Cosmic Healing Sistas (Erica Joy + kay), have assembled a group of brilliant, spiritual, rageful folks in the Cosmic Healing sphere to come together and share in the well-deserved, under-resourced, and generations-deep rage that they experience as colonized people in this colonized world. Join their upcoming virtual series Sharing Our Sacred Rage, which kicks off November 23rd.
🗾You're invited! Are you interested in learning about Godzilla, Japan's King of the Monsters & the US-Japan connection and community responsibility? Support our fellow Garden member, ze (they/elle) as they host Part 2 & Part 3 of the J-Talks Godzilla Webinar series this week, Thursday, November 14th and next Wednesday, November 20th!
🍉 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.
🐣If you are a parent and filled out our parents' survey, expect a direct email to announce the scheduled meet up time! If you are a parent, interested in meeting with other Garden parents, and haven't filled it out, make sure you do!
🌻 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
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!
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