Earth Month Convergence + Dandelions Assembly
\nSaturday April 19 | 12 – 4 pm
\nSaturday April 26 | 12 – 7 pm<\/p>\n
RSVP for free HERE \u2014 donations welcome, pay what you like, but not required!<\/p>\n
We are pleased to partner with Start:Empowerment and their co-host Dandelions Assembly for the fourth annual Earth Month Convergence (EMC)\u2014a 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.<\/p>\n
Want to see how the EMC has created change over the years? Read the Impact & Overview Report!<\/p>\n
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\nSaturday, April 19
\nThe 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.<\/p>\n
12:30-1:30 PM:\u00a0 \tWorking with the Land and Seed Bombs: Building Solidarity\u00a0through Ecological Healing by Emilyn Sosa and Janaira Ramirez
\n \tBreaking Ground: Reimagining Food Systems beyond Agrochemicals\u00a0+ Factory Farms by Erika Xananine Calvillo Ramirez<\/p>\n
1:45-2:45 PM:<\/p>\n
\tTaller Aguacate\/Avocado Workshop by La Resistencia Olla Comun
\n \tOn Climate Survival: The Role of Community Defense by Community Scout Network3:00-4:00 PM:<\/p>\n
\tStewarding Our Urban Forest: Come Express Your Love and Reciprocity for Our City Trees by Big Reuse
\n \tKnots of Resistance: A Twine-Lash Bookshelf Making Workshop<\/p>\n
YOUTH ZONES: \t12\u201312:30 PM: Kick-Off:\u00a0We\u2019ll welcome youth to the EMC, share community agreements, and get to know each other through games!
\n \t12:30-2:00 PM:\u00a0Zine Making Workshop:\u00a0Join us for a hands-on tutorial on the history of zine-making, read from our zine library, and make one of your own.
\n \t1:30-3:00 PM:\u00a0Plant Walk and Discussion:\u00a0We\u2019ll take a walk around the park, connect to the history of the land, and meet the plant relatives around us! Following the walk, we\u2019ll have a guided discussion exploring our local ecosystems and taking care of our mental health by connecting to nature.
\n \t3:00-4:00 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\u2019ll gear up for a group discussion and closing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
ALL DAY<\/p>\n
\tLiving Soils Rising: Visible Soils-Mending and Crip Stitch Workshop
\n \tCompost Bike Tour: From Pedal to Peel, Join us on Journey through the Soil (RSVP for Bike Tour Required: Please use this link here)
\n \tMushroom Magic: Engage in Self-Guided Ritual Inspired by the Power of Mushrooms to Clean Our Environment of Human-Made ToxinsAbout The Hosts
\nStart:Empowerment is a youth BIPOC-led non-profit at the nexus of climate education, solutions, and environmental justice. With programming across Turtle Island, we offer high-quality justice-centric climate education that blends science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics (STEAM) skills with traditional ecological knowledge. Our mission is to empower youth of color to innovate, imagine, and build a just and sustainable future. For more info visit their website www.start-empowerment.org\u00a0.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":7805,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"event-category":[],"class_list":["post-7804","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/socratessculpturepark-2026.kudos.nyc\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/7804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/socratessculpturepark-2026.kudos.nyc\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/socratessculpturepark-2026.kudos.nyc\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socratessculpturepark-2026.kudos.nyc\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/socratessculpturepark-2026.kudos.nyc\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socratessculpturepark-2026.kudos.nyc\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-category?post=7804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}