Care Currency and Juneteenth Workshops
Lay out your good clothes, we're almost there!
How perfect is it that the land we will gather on is in Liberty, North Carolina? Though its origins may not be directly connected to our freedom day, we will be staking our claim on the 21st day of June.
As the menu takes shape based on what our Farmers have coming up, a beautiful multi-course expression of our freedom throughout the African Diaspora is emerging. As Pam, Ryan, Claire, Nia and me design the layout, the flora, the installations, table scapes and details involved in world building—I find myself up late with my sketchbook feeling giddy. As me and our amazing DJ text songs back and forth that inspire and evoke the perfect balance of ancestral recall and liquor house liberation; I grow more and more excited to welcome and host you very soon.
I’ve heard that some of you want to be at the table, but the price point is out of range. My team and I have been talking a lot about ‘care currencies’, and what it’s looked like historically to create our own strong service based economies. The alignment of it all is that my grandparents ran a business that incubated other businesses, employed our neighbors and relatives, and became a big part of our communities care system by understanding ‘care currency’ barter and trade. The restoration of this same mechanic shop is what this event’s sales will in large part, support.
In the spirit of Denkyem, We’ve decided to open a limited amount of seats at a sliding scale rate. Learn more here.
We are also offering some seats for barter, and we will send out a form to anyone who might be interested in this sort of currency exchange. You can email us at revivalsuppers@gmail.com to apply and learn more.
We are also asking that if you are not of African descent, but want to support please consider buying a ticket and we will gift that seat to a Farmer, culture worker or artist in our community. You can purchase those tickets here, labeled ‘A Joyous Gift’. Thank you for the gift of solidarity and for supporting my/our work in the midst of so much cultural erasure.
Now, ticket holders! You can learn more and sign up for our workshops below. These were designed to connect you with people who are at the center of food systems, community organizing, and other important resources as we navigate the world we live in. Come with offerings if you can, and plan to expand your own care system.
Also, no pressure, you can frolic barefoot through the wild mint from one workshop to the other, or gather, sip, snack and socialize instead. You’s free!
If you transferred your tickets from the April 27th event, please confirm by sending an email to Nia, at revivalsuppers@gmail.com. Happy Freedom Month.
Reclaiming the right to protect ourselves | A More Intentional Firearm Workshop (45 mins) In Kellie Carter Jackson’s book, ‘We Refuse’, she beautifully archived the balance of protest, action, and revolt. I couldn’t hold space for our freedom without honoring the complexity of this ongoing fight, while carving out a safe space for us to learn more about safely arming ourselves.
Join our friend Alan Thompson as he shares his journey, experience and framework around firearm ownership and our relationship to protecting ourselves in this short but informative workshop. This session is meant to create an opportunity to ask questions and get informed in an intentional communal environment.
Winemaking | Chef and Farmer Bernard of Nebedaye Farm (60 mins) In intimate groups you will be guided through curating small batches of blueberry wine. Gabrielle will share some ways to transform the leftover fruit skins. The wine will be used at a future gathering, presented with everyones names that participated.
Wild Seed | Lessons in Denkyem (adaptation) from seed keeper and elder Boneetta Adeeb of Ujamaa Farming Coop Shell okra seed while enjoying this story forward session. This seed circle will center our history as keepers with the ability to adapt both plant and self to new and harsh environments. Hear about the ancestral methods being employed to adapt some of the food staples we love to new environments being shaped by climate change.
You can shop Ujamaa’s seed collection and support the furthering of their work, while expanding your seed library (or a friends).