Community Learning & Connection Event Series: Community Circle
August 10 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Free – $15
Shalom Farms is excited to host a series of community learning and connection opportunities this season at our Northside farm. Alternating Community Circles led by The Well Collective or Speaker Panels facilitated by Union Presbyterian Seminary will be followed by a cooking demonstration with Chef Jason Muckle of CHEW preparing plenty of generous samples for folks to enjoy together.
All events will take place in our Community Pavilion at the Northside Farm, 1311 Westwood Ave, and will be offered on a sliding scale of $0-15 per person. This helps us cover the cost of compensating speakers and facilitators. Participants that would like to offer payment can do so online ahead of time, or by cash or card upon arrival.
Community Circles are healing-centered gatherings designed to offer participants a safe, inclusive, and supportive space to share, reflect, and connect. These circles encourage open expression, emotional exploration, and collective responsibility, fostering a deeper sense of unity and personal growth within the community.
Full schedule of events:
August 10- 10:30a-11:30a
Community Circle with the Well Collective
September 14- 10:30a-11:30a
Community Learning: Land Dispossession, Displacement and Migration
Panelists will talk about land dispossession and forced migration (in Richmond, but in other parts of the world as well) and how this has shaped our food and agriculture system and created a lack of food sovereignty for many communities.
October 12- 10:30a-11:30a
Community Circle with the Well Collective
November 9- 10:30a-11:30a
Community Learning: The Future of Food and Mutual Aid
Panelists will talk about where we go from here and strategies for dismantling and rebuilding our food system in ways that offer opportunities for self-determination, as well as how community care and mutual aid can offer these opportunities and strengthen our collective access to the things we all need and deserve.
