Poster c/o Kit Rosales

In this course you will learn & participate in

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Disclaimer: This course is neither a clinical herbalism workshop nor an ancestral lineage healing course. While those are important work to undertake, the framework of this course is not equipped to address specific physical ailments through plants or work intensively to heal the spirits of specific ancestors. In this course participants are encouraged to uplift their personal family stories and begin to shift challenging legacies through the gentle mediums of ancestral foods, common herbs, and safe ritual connection with the Earth. Those seeking thorough herbalism curriculum or work to directly address specific ancestors/ancestral lines are encouraged to seek out other practioners that can explicitly hold the depth and focus required of these explorations.

Gathering Protocols to Honor Self & Community

Each of our live, virtual gatherings will begin with short guided meditations where we are encouraged to open and maintain our own sacred space and/or altar. This altar/sacred space will be a grounding point for us to make food/medicine offerings to the land at the end of each gathering. Suggestions for how to create this from Filipinx traditions will be shared 1 week before the first gathering.

The rest of our shared time will be split between group discussions (based on Pre-recorded assignments), short presentations, and hands-on cooking workshop where participants share stories and reflections while collectively cooking. As a result, we invite you to be fully present to our exchanges and allow these lessons to live more fully in our hearts / memory.

To honor the intimate nature of stories/wisdom shared amongst participants and facilitators, our live sessions will not be recorded. In addition, participants are required to attend at least 5-6 out of 8 live sessions (with the first session being required) and remain present for the majority of gathering time. There is an overall learning arc and collective trust built during our journey together that asks us to honor our committments to our own healing and the healing of others.

Please register for our email list if you are unable to make this committment and would like to stay updated for future offerings.

Course Logistics

Live Gathering Dates: Our journey begins on Sunday March 10, 2024. We will meet until Sunday May 5, 2024 with one week off for rest/integration on April 7, 2024.

Video Conference: We will gather on Zoom and a recurring meeting link will be sent a few days before the first circle.

Pre-recorded Lessons: Will be offered on Google Classroom and will be uploaded Sunday after class concludes. Participants can anticipate spending around 1 hour each week on these guided offerings. These lessons are intended to be the starting point of our live class discussions.

Ingredient shopping lists: These will be sent out along with weekly self-paced google classroom offerings. Participants can anticipate spending 10-20 Dollars/Euros per class on food and herbal supplies.

For folks with children, elder, or other community responsibilities: The first half of each live class is meant for more personal space of healing and reflection for the person who has signed up for the class. However in the second half of classes with cook-along demos, you’re highly encouraged to bring your families, friends, comrades which enriches your space of colleective healing.

Class Size is limited to 30 participants.

Pricing / Sliding Scale

Thanks to the support of the Alliance for California Traditional Arts & the Center for Cultural Power, we are able to offer this cohort of Filipinx Food as Medicine on a suggested sliding scale basis.

No one will be turned away for lack of funds (NOTALF). NOTALF spots, however, are intended for individuals who come from low-income backgrounds (i.e. qualify for public programs such as food stamps/Medicaid, make around or less than $20k per year as a single person). Folks who want to arrive but cannot make an offering at this time are encouraged to register.

For participants who fall outside these parameters, we ask you to make a suggested donation to the best of your ability. We will not require proof of income when registering and trust that our community will offer in a good way. Your investments in the teachings you receive are crucial in order to fairly compensate the organizers, guest facilitators, assistants, and other infrastructure required to make this space available to the community.

Please refer to this page to help you determine what is an equitable sliding scale donation for your particular situation.

Suggested Sliding Scale Donations