GENERATIONS
A note about the Community Boil and Bird House Build: We’ve received a huge amount of interest in this event and enough people have signed up that we’ve reached the capacity of the space. Unfortunately, this means we’re no longer accepting new sign-ups. Please stay in touch—we hope to be in community with you at future events!
Join Movement Education Outdoors at Open fArms Retreat to make syrup from maple sap and build some bird houses!
It’s February, the maple trees are waking up, and the sap is running! Come be in community with us as Andraly Horn demonstrates how to make maple syrup from sap. This knowledge comes originally from the First Peoples of this land—including the Narragansett, Pokanoket, Nipmuc, and Wampanoag—and has been carried across generations. While the sap boils, we'll learn together about another process for creating sweetness from different plant beings—sugarcane. We'll talk about sugarcane's ties to Caribbean enslavement and the history of the Domino Empire.
We remember that for generation after generation, Black and Indigenous ancestors have created sweetness in relationship with plant beings. Together, we’ll continue this tradition!
We'll also be building bird houses! This is a family-friendly activity—no power tools will be handled. All pieces will be pre-cut and folks will have 3 designs to choose from to build!
MEO will provide light snacks and drinks, and transportation to and from the event for up to 12 people (meeting at Dexter Field in Providence). For those who choose to drive themselves, there will be someone in the driveway to direct parking. Please dress to be outdoors—layer up!
The event is free and open to the public. All are welcome—bring your kids, elders, neighbors, and loved ones!
MEO is about celebrating Black and brown relationships with the land, and reclaiming the knowledge and practices that our ancestors passed down through generations. So the community that we’re trying to build is intergenerational—and every so often, we hold big intergenerational events for people of all ages to come together, learn from one another, and share space. Each year, these include…
end-of-program community celebrations
fall family hike and intergenerational hike
maple tapping and sugar cane syrup making
And more!
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