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2025 PROGRAMMING

In the spirit of reciprocity—the interconnected web and flows of our African and diasporic traditions, The Cypher is asking for funds to cover costs of operations, medical care for our chronically ill kin membership and basic survival.

Our formation is an intergenerational, multi-experiential space that pushes past the status quo to embrace ancestral indigenous ways of knowing and remembering. We hold Black space as sacred and necessary for survival – Black Trans and Queer space even more so.

Many of us have done this work for free, with multiple disabilities, compromising our bodies. 

Donate to and learn more about what we are urgently requesting by visiting our GiveButter campaign at:

www.givebutter.com/TheCypherNeedsYou

RESISTER HERE https://tinyurl.com/HerbWalk25

COME LEARN ABOUT THE HERBS AND OTHER MEDICINAL PLANTS GROWING WITH US ON THE BLOCK.

WE'LL TAKE A WALK THROUGH THE NORTH BRONX TO SHOW YOU ALL THE LOVELY HERBS GROWING OUT THE CRACKS IN THE SIDEWALK AND IN THE WOODS IN THE PARK. WE'LL BE TRAVELING ABOUT A MILE.

WE'LL END WITH A COOKOUT WITH BOMB FOOD, REFRESHING DRINKS, BIG CHUNES, AND BEAUTIFUL BLACK JOY.

PLUS

🌱 GET FREE SEEDS TO SWAP OR GROW ON YOUR WINDOW SILL OR FIRE ESCAPE! 🌱

AS ALWAYS, THIS IS A BLACK TRANS & QUEER SPACE FOR RACIALIZED PEOPLE

WE'RE IN YEAR FIVE OF THIS PANDEMIC AND WE NEED THE SHELTER OF EACH OTHER'S LOVE. AT THE ROOT OF IT ALL THAT'S WHAT SAFETY AND COMMUNITY CARE IS.

COME THROUGH TO THE SECOND WORKSHOP OF THIS SERIES. WE'LL BE THINKING ABOUT THE CURRENT COVID LANDSCAPE AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR ZOONOTIC DISEASES, DISABILITY JUSTICE, COMMUNITY CARE AND THE MEDICAL INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX.

ALWAYS FROM A SPACE OF EARTH-CENTERED RESISTANCE THROUGH KNOWLEDGE-SHARING, HEART-OPENING CARE.

RESISTER HERE https://bit.ly/illTQcypher

SEE YOURSELF REFLECTED.

RIGHT NOW IN THE U.S., AND SINCE THE "DISCOVERY" OF LONG COVID BLACK & BROWN TRANS FOLKS HAVE THE HIGHEST INSTANCES OF DEVELOPING THE CHRONIC ILLNESS. AND, FOLKS LIVING WITH HIV HAVE BEEN FOUND TO BE MORE LIKELY TO DEVELOP LONG COVID AS WELL. IN THE U.S., BLACK FOLKS AND NON-BLACK LATIN FOLKS MAKE UP 70% OF NEW HIV INFECTIONS (ESTIMATED).

WE KNOW THAT THE MEDICAL INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX COULD CARE LESS ABOUT US. WE ALSO KNOW, THAT WHEN WE SHARE RESOURCES, TIME, ENERGY AND GENUINE LOVING CARE WITH EACH OTHER WE THRIVE. COME THROUGH TO THE SECOND WORKSHOP OF THIS SERIES. WE'LL BE THINKING ABOUT THE CURRENT COVID LANDSCAPE AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR ZOONOTIC DISEASES, DISABILITY JUSTICE, COMMUNITY CARE AND THE MEDICAL INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX.

ALWAYS FROM A SPACE OF EARTH-CENTERED RESISTANCE THROUGH KNOWLEDGE-SHARING, HEART-OPENING CARE.

PLEASE NOTE,
WE ARE ALSO SICK,
TIRED AND WORKING

IN KEEPING WITH OUR DEDICATION TO CENTERING DISABILITY AND HEALING JUSTICE, WE CHOOSE DEEP, STORIED, DELIBERATE WORK. WE INVEST IN OURSELVES AS WE SLOW-COOK ABOLITIONIST SOLUTIONS. WE TAKE PURPOSEFUL PAUSES. BECAUSE WE KNOW, OUR LIVES DEPEND ON IT.

THIS PAGE IS A GLIMPSE,
NOT A REFLECTION OF ALL WE DO