Eco-Grief Café Tour
About this Event
The Eco-Grief Cafés are community-rooted and spiritually intentional gathering spaces for QTBIPOC youth to process the emotional realities of living through climate crisis, displacement, genocide, burnout, many isms (including facism), and collective uncertainty, together. The cafés are soft places to land. Spaces where grief is celebrated and invited into the room with us, as evidence of our love and connection to the Earth, our ancestors, and to the futures we are trying to protect. Each gathering blends conversation, a tea ceremony, cultural practices (i.e. yoga), knowledge sharing, reflection and community care.
Youth are encouraged to trace their roots and lineages, mapping the knowledge, traditions and people that shape them. Through wellness rituals and teachings around grief and land-connectedness, this initiative seeks to alchemize emotional overwhelm and loss into collective agency and action, fueling our movements for social and political change forward.
Who is QTBIPOC Youth?
QTBIPOC is anyone who identifies as Queer, and/or Trans, and/or Black, and/or Indigenous, and/or as People of Colour. This includes folks from the Global Majority, for example, Asian, Latin American, Middle Eastern, and mixed people who is a visible minority with this ancestry
Youth for this initiative is loose. This is a prioritized space for those ages 15-35 to join us, however all ages are welcome to join if you are feeling called to participate
⭐ These events are free to attend.
⭐ Lunch and refreshments will be provided. Limited to 25 participants, registration required
The Eco-Grief & Land-Based Healing Initiative is a multi-city, land-based healing justice project led by Celeste Alcena (Celestial Healing) and Des Mathews (Des Does Yoga), designed to support QTBIPOC in navigating eco-grief and reclaiming our connectedness to nature.
We are honoured and grateful for the finacial support of Ocean Wise, TakingITGlobal, and The Social Planning Council of Ottawa.
Agenda
🕑: 06:00 PM - 06:30 PM
Arrival
Info: Light Eats and Introductions
🕑: 06:30 PM - 07:00 PM
Guided Meditation & Altar Building
Host: Celeste Alcena
🕑: 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Presentation on Ecological & Political Grief
Host: Des
🕑: 08:00 PM - 08:30 PM
Break
🕑: 08:30 PM - 09:30 PM
Story Sharing & Resource Sharing
Where is it happening?
Event Location & Nearby Stays:
CAD 0.00
