Land Back Call to Action
Sarah Montoya
11:00-11:50
We begin our day with a call to action acknowledging the ancestral stewards of the land where we host today's event, encouraging action over recognition of the stolen land. The session will acknowledge the complex history of the property on which the garden sits, and serve as formal introduction of Just Harvest's newest community pantry.
Soil & Gut Health: Our connection to the earth through consumption & excretion
Yemisi Badmus
12:00-12:50
This workshop will use the gut as analytic to teach about soil health is intertwined with human health. The goal is to expand our perspective to other life-forms that impact our health and gardening.
*Please note: This workshop runs at the same time as "Literacy as Liberation" Please choose only one workshop to attend.
Sacred Parenting: Tools for the BIPOC Community
Dr. Emily Avakian
1:00-1:50
Sacred Parenting workshops provide BIPOC community members with the opportunity to reexamine parenting approaches through a traditional lens, emphasizing healing from historical trauma and the use of traditional medicines.
*Please note: This workshop runs at the same time as "How We Be Free" Please choose only one workshop to attend.
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Keeping our Seeds, Keeping our Stories
Lex Wiley
2:00-2:50
Together, we will explore the seedkeeping tradition and its connections to Black and Indigenous American traditional ecological knowledge. Participants will learn how to clean and preserve seeds from their gardens.
*Please note: This workshop runs at the same time as "Messy Printmaking..." Please choose only one to attend.
Cultural Culinary Experience
Ashley Senegal
4:00-4:50
Led by Ashley Senegal, this workshop will feature a demonstration of open hearth cooking, a discussion of the obstacles BIPOC communities face when accessing Traditional foodways. Workshop will end with food sharing and fellowship.
*This workshop has capped attendance, please register early to guarantee your spot.
Literacy as Liberation: Building Pathways to Justice
Fon Calhoune
12:00-12:50
This workshop will engage the participants in exploring why framing literacy as the first battle or baseline, establishes how other justice movements cannot succeed without it. The workshop will emphasize how all people of color must bridge academic depth with community urgency.
*Please Note: This workshop runs at the same time as "Soil & Gut Health" Please choose only one workshop to attend.
Writing Decolonial Poetry in a Colonial Language
Jessica Vigil
1:00-1:50
Jessica will discuss how she as an Afro-Indigenous poet uses poetry in a colonizer language such as English to decolonize herself, reconnect with her ancestors, and represent her intersectional identities as a queer Afro-Indigenous woman.
*Please note: This workshop runs at the same time as "Community seed keeping" Please choose only one workshop to attend.
How We be Free: A Call & Response Workshop
Jessica Valoris
2:00-2:50
What ancestral memories and medicines are available to us when we engage embodied reflection and collective study of Black fugitivity? What can legacies of enslaved resistance and collective care teach us in this moment? In this workshop we will engage tools from the How We Be Free: Black Fugitive Study Kit through storytelling, movement, personal reflection, and poetry.
*Please note: This workshop runs at the same time as "Sacred Parenting" Please choose only one workshop to attend.
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Paatch-ah Exchange
Lynnea Jackson
11:00-4:00
As part of this year's Colors of Cultural Exchange, we're excited to once again host our Paatch-ah Giveaway Table.
Paatch-ah is an Algonquin term that refers to a giveaway—the practice of sharing with the community without expectation of receiving anything in return. It reminds us that abundance grows when we care for one another and that what we have to offer, no matter how small, can be a blessing to someone else.
We're inviting our fellows, facilitators, volunteers, and friends to bring an item (or a few!) to contribute to the table. Donations might include:
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Fresh garden vegetables or fruit
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Shelf-stable food items
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School supplies
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Craft or art supplies
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Handmade soaps or body care items
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Homemade goods (jams, preserves, non perishables etc.)
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Books
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Gently used small kitchen accessories
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Seeds or plants
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Small tools or garden supplies
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Anything else you think might bring joy or be useful to someone in our community
Throughout the fellowship, everyone is welcome to browse the table and take home something that speaks to them or fills a need. There is no expectation that those who take must also give. The spirit of Paatch-ah is rooted in generosity, reciprocity, and caring for one another.
Thank you for helping us make this years Paatch-ah a meaningful expression of sharing, abundance, and mutual care. We look forward to seeing what our community brings—and what our community takes home.
Messy Printmaking through Monotypes
Kayla Payne
3:00-3:50
This hands-on activity will show how to make a monotype, a painterly printmaking technique that's accessible to all ages. Monotyping is a fluid, expressive, & fast approach that allows ideas flow where participants will also learn about how past/present printmakers' expressed their identities, culture, & society.
*Please note: This workshop runs at the same time as "Keeping our Seeds..." Please choose only one workshop to attend.
Paatch-ah Exchange
Lynnea Jackson
11:00-4:00
As part of this year's Colors of Cultural Exchange, we're excited to once again host our Paatch-ah Giveaway Table.
Paatch-ah is an Algonquin term that refers to a giveaway—the practice of sharing with the community without expectation of receiving anything in return. It reminds us that abundance grows when we care for one another and that what we have to offer, no matter how small, can be a blessing to someone else.
We're inviting our fellows, facilitators, volunteers, and friends to bring an item (or a few!) to contribute to the table. Donations might include:
-
Fresh garden vegetables or fruit
-
Shelf-stable food items
-
School supplies
-
Craft or art supplies
-
Handmade soaps or body care items
-
Homemade goods (jams, preserves, non perishables etc.)
-
Books
-
Gently used small kitchen accessories
-
Seeds or plants
-
Small tools or garden supplies
-
Anything else you think might bring joy or be useful to someone in our community
Throughout the fellowship, everyone is welcome to browse the table and take home something that speaks to them or fills a need. There is no expectation that those who take must also give. The spirit of Paatch-ah is rooted in generosity, reciprocity, and caring for one another.
Thank you for helping us make this years Paatch-ah a meaningful expression of sharing, abundance, and mutual care. We look forward to seeing what our community brings—and what our community takes home.