Earth Month Convergence, Day 1

Earth Month Convergence
Saturday April 19 | 12 - 4pm
Saturday April 26 | 12 - 7pm

RSVP at bit.ly/earth.convergence

We are pleased to partner with Start:Empowerment and their co-host Dandelions Assembly for the fourth annual Earth Month Convergence (EMC)—a space to build, strategize, and care for one another and the earth in the face of escalating crises. This is a space for organizers, educators, artists, healers, and all who know another world is possible. Join us and walk away with deeper connections, strategies, and tangible ways to tackle local and global environmental justice issues.

Schedule:

Saturday, April 19
The first Saturday presents a full day of workshops, political education, youth activities, vendors, art-making, seed sharing, and food hosted by local community organizers + indigenous guests from Latin America.
 

12:30-1:30 PM: 

• Working with the Land and Seed Bombs: Building Solidarity through Ecological Healing by Emilyn Sosa and Janaira Ramirez
• Breaking Ground: Reimagining Food Systems beyond Agrochemicals + Factory Farms by Erika Xananine Calvillo Ramirez

1:45-2:45 PM:

• Taller Aguacate/Avocado Workshop by La Resistencia Olla Comun
• On Climate Survival: The Role of Community Defense by Community Scout Network

3:00-4:00 PM:

• Stewarding Our Urban Forest: Come Express Your Love and Reciprocity for Our City Trees by Big Reuse
• Knots of Resistance: A Twine-Lash Bookshelf Making Workshop

YOUTH ZONES:

• 12–12:30 PM: Kick-Off: We’ll welcome youth to the EMC, share community agreements, and get to know each other through games!
• 12:30-2:00 PM: Zine Making Workshop: Join us for a hands-on tutorial on the history of zine-making, read from our zine library, and make one of your own.
• 1:30-3:00 PM: Plant Walk and Discussion: We’ll take a walk around the park, connect to the history of the land, and meet the plant relatives around us! Following the walk, we’ll have a guided discussion exploring our local ecosystems and taking care of our mental health by connecting to nature.
• 3:00-4:00 PM: Radical Dreaming Wind Down Activity: Relax, talk with friends, and imagine the world as you want it to be. Towards the end of the hour, we’ll gear up for a group discussion and closing. 

ALL DAY

• Living Soils Rising: Visible Soils-Mending and Crip Stitch Workshop
• Compost Bike Tour: From Pedal to Peel, Join us on Journey through the Soil
• Mushroom Magic: Engage in Self-Guided Ritual Inspired by the Power of Mushrooms to Clean Our Environment of Human-Made Toxins
  
  
  About The Hosts:
  To learn more about the org visit www.start-empowerment.org/community

Want to see how the EMC has created change over the years? Read our Impact & Overview Report!