Upcoming Workshops

Be The Media! Workshop: the Process Behind Choreographing Grief
23 Sep
23 September 2026

Be The Media! Workshop: the Process Behind Choreographing Grief

Get a look behind the performance WAKE, a celebratory ritual for grief that centers queer, Filipino life and processes both personal and community loss through a combination of sound, dance,[...]

Know Your Rights: CPS in NY State
24 Sep
24 September 2026

Know Your Rights: CPS in NY State

Know Your Rights in the case that Child Protective Services (CPS) is at our door. Community Rising Project presents a peer-led parent defense training, a guide for parents and caregivers[...]

Broken Plastics Open Studio & Mosaic Making
27 Sep
27 September 2026

Broken Plastics Open Studio & Mosaic Making

Learn about microplastics pollution and create a mosaic tile from community-gathered plastic waste with artist Nicole Chochrek and Water Justice Lab.  Visit the pop-up outdoor studio of Broken Plastics artist[...]

Mulchamania!
30 Sep
30 September 2026

Mulchamania!

Learn about the benefits of mulching and composting as we ready the garden for winter. Facilitated by arborist Christian Grigoraskos, this event will take place during our weekly CCG open[...]

Resisting Monocultures: Unlawning and Seed Saving
14 Oct
14 October 2026

Resisting Monocultures: Unlawning and Seed Saving

Prepare the way for spring biodiversity by unearthing lawn and collecting seeds with Lawn Lab. This workshop will take place during the weekly CCG open garden hours. Since early 2020,[...]

Be The Media! workshop: documentary film making with pre-existing media
16 Oct
16 October 2026

Be The Media! workshop: documentary film making with pre-existing media

WTO/99 is an immersive archival documentary that depicts the four-day clash between the then-emerging World Trade Organization (WTO) and the 40,000+ people who took to the streets of Seattle in[...]

Fall Herbal Workshop Series: Garlic Planting & Fire Cider-Making
21 Oct
21 October 2026

Fall Herbal Workshop Series: Garlic Planting & Fire Cider-Making

5 pm: Garlic-planting at CCG with Ellie Irons 6 pm: Fire Cider at PHS with Heidi Woolever (registration required) Get your hands earthy planting next season’s garlic crop at Collard[...]

Repair Cafe
08 Nov
08 November 2026

Repair Cafe

Resist consumerism and waste by repairing your household items with the assistance of volunteers. Satellite locations offered: PHS Open Apothecary & Elderberry Syrup-Making ...more info coming soon

Fall Herbal Workshop Series: Open Apothecary & Elderberry Syrup-Making
08 Nov
08 November 2026

Fall Herbal Workshop Series: Open Apothecary & Elderberry Syrup-Making

1 - 4 pm Open Apothecary 2 - 3 pm Elderberry Syrup Making workshop (registration required) The community apothecary at the People’s Health Sanctuary will be open for browsing from[...]

FOIL Workshop for Information Transparency
12 Nov
12 November 2026

FOIL Workshop for Information Transparency

Join us for a workshop where you will be guided through the process of submitting a FOIL (Freedom of Information Law) request. This Law provides the public with a “right[...]

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