Hey Garden(ers),
This weekend, Irish protestors raised flags for both Palestine and Ireland amidst celebrations for St. Patrick's Day, to demand their government act against genocide. Everyday is the right day for resistance. Whether you are out in the streets protesting against deportations/genocide/fascism, moving resources for folks resisting on the ground, educating your communities, or finding your place in the movement, know we are in this together.
For Trans and Queer Garden members, we have a collaboration coming up with Trans Tech Social, an organization for LGBTQ+ community that provides accessible education programs, inclusive events, and equitable opportunities for job seekers. We'll be supporting their upcoming Trans Tech Action Summit by hosting virtual programming, happening March 28th-30th, in a separate Gather.Town space. To get access to the space/event, you will need to sign up for a (free) Trans Tech Social membership and the registration for the event will be emailed to you.
Spring Solstice is upon us, and ze will be hosting two ceremonies rooted in Mesoamerican heritage/Indigenous culture: Part 1 - 12 Tékpatl: Bundling of the Year Ceremony on Thursday March 20th (6pm PST) and Part 2 - 13 Kalli: Our House in The New Year (8am PST) on Saturday March 22nd. Participants are encouraged to attend both sessions as they will compliment each other. Learn about the importance of the Spring Equinox, how ancient Mesoamerican communities “bundled time”, the practice of “Nēnmontēmi” (meaning, “they will the void”), along with the significance of the number 13, and deepening our understanding of cyclical time. Note to Participants: Please arrive promptly as both ceremonies will start on time; each ceremony will be about an hour long; reflect ahead of time on what you’ve experienced for the past year, and think about possibilities of what and how you want to focus your intentions in this new year. RSVP here.
🏳️⚧️Join Lady Dane & J Mase in Finding the Divine Trans (Continued), 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 tomorrow March 18th at 5pm PST, whether you are an experienced writer or novice. Expect to come out of this session with 2-3 new poems. We'll share more stories of Trans Divinity and give space for your radical imagination of Trans Liberation to be expanded. Make sure to RSVP!
❓Want to have spontaneous conversation with others in Garden/learn interesting facts about one another chosen by fate? Join 3,000 Questions About Me with D! This will be a 2 hour segment in which Gardeners gather to choose a number between 1-3,000 from the book of the same title. Don't want to answer the question you got? No problem! Skip it and pick another! Feel free to participate just by being there, text, talk, or video. Friday March 21st from 5PM-7PM PST.
🎨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 March 22nd 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.
😴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? We will have Day Passes for non-garden members available upon request!
☀️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 and next week's QRC groups 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 a 2004 zombie comedy set in London. 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 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.
💼Severance fans, we'll be meeting every Saturday at 3pm PST until the end of the second season! Join us March 22nd, we'll be watching episode 10 with a discussion afterwards! RSVP here
🦾 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 next Friday March 28th at 6pm PT. Click here to 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! The next showing will be Saturday April 19th. 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.
⚖️Transgender Law Center's Action for Transformation Fund is a rapid response grant of $5k-$20k and takes rolling applications for Trans-led, movement-building work, that is rooted in collective liberation.
🎥Docs in Action offers funding and distribution to short films and online videos that explore topics of social and environmental justice topics. "Through Docs in Action, we provide finishing funds to nonfiction media-makers, and we curate and tour short films with partners directly impacted by the issues at hand and are leading the change." Applications for grants up to $30,000, are due April 21st.
📱It's Your World Creator Grant from Galaxy is offering $20k to content creators to build out their platforms.
🧪It's that time again, we got a large donation of Rapid Antigen Tests that we can distribute to 20 or more Garden member households. Want some? Fill out the form here. Tests will be mailed out by Monday March 24th.
🍉 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!
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