Woodworking Toward Self Reliance: 3 Part Series

APPLY NOW! Limited Space Available! ♥ Frailty Myths and Pollinate Farm and Garden are partnering again! Join us for our amazing summer 3 part SERIES: WOODWORKING TOWARD SELF RELIANCE: Women, Trans, and Gender Non Conforming Folks Only Hosted at POLLINATE farm & garden in OAKLAND California. Workshop #1: June 1st 10am - 6pm >> Build a 3 Stage Compost Bin<< Workshop #2: June 8th 10am - 6pm >> Build Potting Benches<< Workshop #3: June 15th 10am - 6pm >> Leopold Benches and Furniture Design<< * ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS - NOW until May 24th. Confirmations will be sent May 25th *This SERIES IS SPECIFICALLY FOR ANY ONE WHO IDENTIFIES AS A WOMAN, trans, or gender non conforming. Each workshop builds on the previous one. You must attend them in order Tools and materials will be provided. The speed and direction of the workshop will be participant led. This workshop is offered for free in order to be accessible to low-income and marginalized communities. We are committed to prioritizing people from marginalized communities who have the least access to these spaces and skills, specifically Black, Brown, and Indigenous people as well as folks who are differently-abled and those who have been excluded due to other forms of state-sanctioned violence. Apply for the workshop below. The application allows us to fill the workshop in a way that is true to our mission. We’ll let you know asap if space is available. Please donate if you are able so we can continue offering empowerment workshops around the country. Suggested Donation is $100 but any amount is deeply appreciated. Apply for the workshop now! Spots are limited This workshop will cover how to operate a number of basic power tools and apply those skills to both group and individual carpentry projects. The final workshop you will have the option to make a piece you get to take home with you. Each workshop in the SERIES BUILDS ON THE SKILLS AND CONCEPTS LEARNED IN THE PREVIOUS WORKSHOP. The workshops include discussions on the transformative quality of radical self-RELIANCE, how patriarchy impacts us, and societal myths that surround tools and building that often keep many from comfortably participating in these spaces. The objective of the SERIES IS TO HAVE THREE EMPOWERING AFTERNOONS LEARNING NEW SKILLS, confronting social myths, gaining strength from each other, and moving TOWARD SELF RELIANCE. Please donate if you are able so we can continue offering empowerment workshops around the country. Suggested Donation is $100 but any amount is deeply appreciated. Any and all donations will first go to cover the cost of this workshop and any remaining donations will go TOWARD FUTURE FRAILTY MYTHS EVENTS. OR become a monthly sustaining member of the Frailty Myths Family, and your support instantly contributes to our sustainability, because only together we will smash the myth of frailty! More workshop details at Frailtymyths.org/pollinate [http://Frailtymyths.org/pollinate]