Hey Garden(ers),
Cinco de Mayo may be over, but the celebration of Mexico fighting against French invaders, had us wanting to honor the little known history of Amelio Robles Ávila. While he was not around for the 1862 fight against the French, he was around in the early 1900's fighting against the Spanish during the Mexican Revolution. Born on November 3, 1889, in Xochipala, Guerrero, he fought as "el coronel Robles" with the Zapatistas from 1913 to 1918. In a time where our history of fighting for our lives, and our communities, is actively being erased, we want to take every opportunity to remind each other of those who came before us!
For those wanting to share a performance, workshop, game and/or offering for Summer Solstice😎, make sure to get your volunteer forms in ASAP as we are starting to plot out our schedule. We will be joined once again by the lovely ASL team at Heartsong Interpreting and Day Passes will be available for non-Garden members!
🥰 Queer Gardeners, don't miss out on 😍 this upcoming Saturday May 10th at 1pm PST, Garden is collaborating with the Freddie Social app for You Should Date Me, an interactive queer dating experience where selected participants will present on why folks should date them as the audience gets to ponder the most important of dating curiosities. Questions, mayhem, and passions ensue! RSVP! Want to be one of the few that gets to pitch yourself or a friend from the digital stage? Apply here ASAP as this form will be closing soon and ! ASL will be provided. If you have BIPOC friends that aren't Garden members but would like to attend, they can RSVP here for a Day Pass!
👁️🗨️ Ebbie (they/them) and Sun (they/he) heard y'all wanted a Part 2 to their New Year's Day offering and are glad to be bringing back Working Towards Witness, this Sunday May 11th from 12pm-3:45 pm PST. This 2 hr 45 min. workshop is a sanctuary space for Black QT (Queer/Trans) people guided in movement, rooted in text and built on each other to explore playfulness, release, and an unshaming heart. Let us build and fortify by engaging in generative conversations about Black autonomy and reclaiming Black Indigeneity practices. Please fill out this interest form to find out more and let them know you're coming!
🌿 May 24th at 2pm PST, GenDoc will be leading a session on Dismantling Anti-Blackness for non-Black Garden members, with a closed session for Black folks the week before on May 17th at Bonfire. As a Black-led, BIPOC space, understanding how anti-Blackness can show up in our communities is an important tenet of our work. RSVP for this session here.
☀️ Our 24 hour long Summer Solstice event to welcome the sun will be going down June 21st-22nd! Have a workshop idea, a shop you want to vend, a performance, a game you'd like to facilitate, a meetup, or have capacity to be a late night hours volunteer? Check the volunteer form here (please fill out by June 1st) 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. Next time, Monday, May 5th, we're watching Yu-Gi-Oh- the second season. Your move!
💃🏾 Join Caroline for Co-Twerking on Tuesdays at 3pm 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) 💜💛📚 meets Tuesdays at 6pm PST! QRC - Garden Edition is where we chill together in mostly quiet company of 45 min reading blocks. Bring your own: book, audiobook, article, magazine, comic book, training manuals, graphic novel, paperwork/forms, poetry, etc. anything you’d like to or need to read. Most of the time will be us practicing sustained silent reading (SSR) in cozy, quiet company together. We will take occasional breaks to chat and socialize - mics optional. 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(s) is a 2019 rom-com featuring two Asian leads. 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 May 8th 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 3pm 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.
🪩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 May 9th at 6pm PT. Click here to RSVP!
🦾 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 Friday. The next screening will be Friday May 9th 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 May 17th 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!
💻 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.
🏳️⚧️ Borealis Philanthropy’s Fund for Trans Generations (FTG) invests in trans-led organizing to support a future where transgender, gender non-conforming, and nonbinary people live with freedom, safety, and self-determination. FTG works to prioritize the needs of trans-led organizations that are grossly underfunded, and create opportunities to access financial resources for their communities. Apply for their Rapid Response Grant here.
✊🏾 Black Feminist Future (BFF) is seeking a mostly remote Senior Director, Communications. BFF is a political hub focused on the dynamic possibilities of galvanizing the social and political power of Black women, girls, and gender-expansive people towards liberation. They accomplish this by building and nourishing the leadership of fierce Black feminists, fortifying aligned organizations and movements, and shifting cultural norms. Salary Range: $105,000 -$125,000. Apply ASAP here.
🍉 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!