Events

Join us for a reflective gathering dedicated to honoring our planet through the themes of stewardship, grief, and care. This Earth Day, we invite you to recommit to our collective responsibility toward Mother Earth.

Sacred Ink is not a conventional workshop aimed at refinement or performance; rather, it serves as a communal environment fostering authenticity and presence. Participants will engage with guided writing prompts, reflective exercises, and the option to share their thoughts, allowing for a writing experience that honors individual states of being — whether you arrive invigorated, in need of respite, or ready to unwind.

A Virtual Gathering for Black Trans Men & Masc Folx Rooted in Reflection, Care & Collective Liberation.

Brotherhood & Becoming is a virtual, stay-at-home gathering created for Black trans men and masc folx across the globe to come together in reflection, fellowship, healing, and collective care.

Held in honor of Transmasculine Visibility Day, this gathering centers brotherhood not as performance, but as practice — a shared commitment to being present with one another, telling the truth about our lives, and affirming each other’s becoming.

This space is designed to support deep conversation, mutual uplift, and collective imagination. Participants are invited to arrive as they are — whether rested or tired, grounded or searching — and to engage in ways that feel supportive and accessible.

The gathering will include:

• A keynote reflection by a Kits Blanc, grounded in curiosity, imagination, and lived experience
• Facilitated breakout spaces for conversation, reflection, and connection
• Time for collective dialogue, affirmation, and brotherhood

This is not a conference and not a performance space. Cameras may be on or off. Sharing is always optional. Listening, resting, and quiet presence are welcome forms of participation.

Hosting this gathering virtually allows us to reach Black trans men and masc folx who may be navigating barriers related to travel, caregiving, health, disability, time zones, or safety. This stay-at-home format reflects our commitment to accessibility, care, and widening the circle.

Brotherhood & Becoming is a space to be seen without spectacle, held without explanation, and supported in community.

Sacred Ink: Black Love as Resistance is a virtual, stay-at-home writing circle created for witnessing, nurturing, loving, liberating, reflecting, and expressing in community.

Held in honor of Black Love Day (February 13) and the birthday of Toni Morrison (February 18, 1931), this gathering celebrates love, intimacy, and passion as acts of resistance. We honor Toni Morrison as an ancestor whose work fiercely upheld Black love in its fullness — tender, complex, sacred, and liberatory.

Sacred Ink is not a workshop focused on polish or performance. It is a communal space for truth-telling and presence. Through guided writing prompts, reflection, and optional sharing, participants are invited to write from where they are — whether arriving energized, needing rest, or winding down for the day.

Join us for As the Garden Grows, Garden of Peace’s first annual stay-at-home gala — an evening rooted in joy, celebration, and the brilliance of our community. Inspired by the tradition of stay-at-home balls, we’re bringing the party straight to your living room with house ballroom energy, live music, special guests, and collective magic.

This year’s gathering is all about joy, connection, play, and possibility. Expect a night filled with:

• A 45-minute set by DJ Delish, one of the hottest house ballroom DJs shaping the culture
• Keynote speaker, Angelica Ross
• Special guest appearances from artists, writers, organizers, and cultural workers across our communities
• Reflections, short offerings, and communal celebration
• Space to dance, listen, laugh, and be in community from wherever you call home

Whether you show up in full glam, cozy sweats, or anywhere in between, this is an evening to celebrate ourselves, our work, our people, and the garden we’re growing together.

Your ticket directly supports Garden of Peace’s programs, mutual aid, trans and queer care work, leadership development, and the next season of our organization’s growth. Together, we’re tending roots, planting new seeds, and celebrating the beauty of our collective future.

Come for the music. Stay for the community. Leave nourished, joyful, and full. 🌿✨