04 | EVENTS
Upcoming Events
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Upcoming Events 〰️
Saturday, April 19th 2025
Black Land + Liberation Day
In honor of Earth day, on Saturday, April 19, we’ve got a powerful day of environmental learning, cultural storytelling, and creative reflection planned in Bed-Stuy and Weeksville!
As part of our Mapping Black History Project, we’re linking climate resilience with cultural heritage—highlighting how Black communities have always been stewards of land, memory, and liberation.
Come ready to get dirty and learn.
On Saturday August 10th, we created a Black Utopia in the heart of Brooklyn at the Flatbush African Burial Ground.
It was beautiful to see us lounging in hammocks, resting, sharing, dancing, painting. 🎨✨ We built altars to our ancestors, to visionary Black women, men, femmes… 🕯️ We reclaimed our space, our joy, and our future.
We nourished our souls and bodies with the best from @wadadlijerk , @bunnanbk , and @yawdieq 🍽️ We listened to 800 years of skill and technique in kora and balafon, as @salieususo sang songs our ancestors sang millennia ago. 🎶
We reclaimed playing in the dirt, resting, and cultivating seeds that we'll watch flourish next year. 🌱 Our journey is just beginning, and the roots we’ve planted will grow strong.
Images below: Zachary Schulman
Much love to our partners
Ibisanmi Relational Health - Expressive Arts
Adrian Luke - Self Defense
Billy’s LIght - Reiki
Building Beats - Music
Creative Urban Alchemy - Seed Ball Making
Emmanuel Thingue - Community Conversation/Design Charrette
Salieu Suso - Griot + Kora
As well as
@cua_design - design support
@deena_darby - project management @urbandesignforum - multifaceted support
@anhdnyc - multifaceted support
@ctworganizing - accounting support
@mellonfoundation - funding
@fabgcoalition - thought partnership
@streetlab - furniture and visioning support @bedstuyforever + @sugarhoneyiceddee - production support
