Self-Care
Sunday
Workshops
Join us in learning about how to take care of our bodies, spirits, homes, communities, lands, waters, and air through safer cleaning, body, and food products.
"Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation and that is an act of political warfare."
In alignment with our Disability Justice values, and the word of the Lorde, we want to support the wellness of our communities. The world we live in (especially as QTBIPOC) is deeply impacted by the toxic products that corporations push into our homes, and that governments are often slow or unmotivated to prevent. In these workshops we will learn about where we are facing exposure to toxic products, what alternatives exist, and how to dispose of those products if we have them in ways that protect the lands and waters from further harm. We want this work to be prevention, to be harm reduction, to allow us to ground into what our people have always known how to do and to face these realities with the strength of our connection and collective wisdom.
Workshop Series
Facilitators Meryl Haque and Mei
Tending to Our Homes:
Safer Cleaning Products
Sunday, October 6th | 12-3pm
Rainier Beach Urban Farm and Wetlands + Zoom
Concepts of cleanliness can be complicated by intergenerational and individual trauma, racism, and disability. In this workshop we will unravel some of this for ourselves, learn to identify harmful products and safer alternatives, create space for mutual aid, and discuss DIY cleaning kits. We will also make a people and pet safe spiritual floor wash together!
Tending to Our Bodies:
Safer Body Care Products
Sunday, October 13th | 12-3pm
Rainier Beach Urban Farm and Wetlands + Zoom
What we put on our hair and skin can shift our body systems, including our endocrine, reproductive, and neurological systems, causing imbalance or disease. In this workshop we will learn about toxic chemicals present in our products, including formaldehyde and PFAS, assess the safety of our current products, and learn what safer options might be available and how the Toxic Free Cosmetics Act is working to ensure safer products in the future. We will also make our own body products!
Facilitator Shelagh Brown
Facilitator Giselle Castaño
Tending to Our Nourishment:
Safer Foods and Spices
October 20th | 12-3pm
Rainier Beach Urban Farm and Wetlands + Zoom
Some of the ways we make our food tasty and spiced contain heavy metals that negatively impact our health and that of our loved ones. In this workshop we will have the opportunity for folks to learn about ways that lead and other heavy metals have found their way into our foods, to test their spices for toxic chemicals, and to explore ways to connect to locally sourced foods and dream up alternatives! We will also be discussing ways that we can nourish our endocrine system, liver, and kidneys and sharing some herbal supports!
Tending to the Water: Hazardous Waste in the Duwamish
October 24th | 6-7:30 pm
Zoom Only
We know that what harms our bodies often harms the lands and waters we inhabit, and vice versa. In this special session of our Policy Practice Spaces, we hope to look at the intersection of these impacts, investigating environmental justice as it is related to the Duwamish River and those who live along their shores. We will talk about proper disposal of hazardous waste and the policies put into place that can support the health of our local river and community.
Art: Sam Picone-Louro
Zine Project
We are so excited to have Monyee and Såhi creating zines for our communities based on these workshops. They will both be attending the workshops and pulling together the wisdom of the facilitators and participants to create informative art that will help us move this work forward! When they are ready, we will send them out to participants and have them available to community in printed and digital form.
Funded By
These workshops are made possible in part by Public Health Seattle & King County Hazardous Waste Management Program Community Education and Awareness Mini Grants. For a sneak peek of our workshops, see their resources about cleaning products, cosmetics, cooking, and disposal.
Feather Fatale educating us about proper vape disposal.