Events
Upcoming Events
Queer Like Radical: An Indigenous Family Planning Workshop w/ Etecia Burrell
February 21 & 22, 2026 1-3pm
Join Queer Preconception & Reproductive Health Counselor and Full Spectrum Doula, Etecia Burrell for this 2-day queer family planning workshop. Participants will explore the physical, emotional, and spiritual aspects of becoming a parent and improve their understanding of LGBTQI2S+ reproductive justice advocacy skills. Rooted in both spiritual and ancestral frameworks, this workshop provides accessible knowledge about medical and holistic fertility treatment options, pre-conception wellness, the historical and political nuances of queer families of color, common pregnancy challenges that affect the Black community, navigating medical care and insurance coverage as a queer family, and non-synthetic tools for supporting a healthy pregnancy. Empowered with the tools necessary to grow, protect, and nurture their families, participants will gain a refreshed and holistic understanding of conception and family expansion from an indigenous worldview.
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Ancestors Taught Me: A Poetry-Writing Workshop Series in the Black Radical Tradition
CHECK BACK IN 2026 FOR THE NEW SEASON OF THIS SERIES
Led by amalee bea, we will support each other in growing as writers and as people by reading, writing, sharing and discussing poems from prolific Black writers such as Toni Bambara, James Baldwin, etc. The workshops are intended for all experience levels! Whether you’ve never written poetry or have written poetry for years, it will be fun & supportive.
The workshops can be attended on a one-off basis, but/and regular attendance will create a richer experience for all of us as it will allow us to build familiarity with each other, each other’s work, and the poets we’ll be reading, making for better discussions.
Every first Saturday from 1:30-3pm
Host Your Event @ The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary offers ease of access for Bay Area guests while transporting you into a sacred portal. We are minutes from Lake Merritt—but feel like we are in a sacred grove worlds away.