Kamora's Cultural Corner

Kwanzaa Celebration
2025-12-27 13:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | First Presbyterian Church, 136 Capital Avenue, Hartford, CT, 06106, United States
**LOCATION CHANGE**
Join us on December 27, 2025 for our annual celebration of Kujichagulia (self-determination) at First Presbyterian Church, 136 Capital Avenue, Hartford.
Living the Nguzo Saba
As always, our Kwanzaa gathering is not just a celebration, but a practice. We will be grounding ourselves in the Nguzo Saba and spending time reflecting on how we embody these principles all year long, not just for seven days.
We’re also honored to have David Jackson, Healing Artist with Black Art Heals, joining us to live paint and interpret the gathering in real time. I’m especially excited to see how he captures our conversations, shared objects, and collective energy.
Important Registration Reminder
If you have not yet registered, please do so as soon as possible. Chef Jay will be catering, and we need to finalize dinner numbers immediately to ensure we have enough food for everyone. Registering now helps us honor his labor and plan well.
Register Here Today!
Crafting, Creating & Sharing
This will be a participatory gathering, and a laid back and chill time to visit and create together so we invite you to bring your creativity with you. If you have craft projects you’d like to work on or share, please bring them. We will have crafting time to create for ourselves and/or to make Kwanzaa gifts.
If you have something you’d like to add to our Kwanzaa table; an object, book, stone etc., you are warmly encouraged to bring it, or make something with while you’re here and add it then.
We are so looking forward to being together in this new space and hope you can join us!
First Presbyterian Church
136 Capital Avenue, Hartford, CT

Harvest and Abundance
2025-10-11 10:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Sterling Street Sanctuary and Nature Reserve, 75 Sterling Street, Hartford, CT, 06112, United States
Join us for a day of brainstorming and taking action in October to turn our thoughts into reality!

Kamora’s Cultural Corner (KCC) hosts Thinking & Doing Days as Social Justice Service-Learning experiences—opportunities to reflect, build, and connect while putting cultural humility into action. These days are not about charity, but about co-creating justice by asking hard questions, engaging in meaningful work, and practicing authentic relationships.
Each T&D Day includes:
✨ A shared learning experience rooted in cultural humility and social justice.
✨ A hands-on project chosen by and for the community.
✨ A shared meal as community practice.
✨ Time for reflection and dialogue.
October Theme: Harvest, Abundance & Community
This October’s T&D Day is extra special. As we tend the land and each other, we’ll also be celebrating Kamora’s 54th birthday (October 9th) with joy, food, and firelight.
Projects of the Day:
🌸 Creating the Pansy Garden & Shed — a living monument to our Black Queer elders and ancestors and a community anchor in the Heritage Garden.
🌿 Preparing our Herb Garden & Beds for Fall and Winter — tending to the healing herbs that ground our work in cultural, spiritual, and ancestral practices.
These projects embody the I.D.E.A. framework (Identity, Diversity, Equity, Application), moving us beyond discussion into action that anchors cultural humility in community space.

Individual Gifts and Privileges
2025-08-16 15:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Sterling Street Sanctuary and Nature Reserve, 75 Sterling Street, Hartford, CT, 06112, United States
Come join us for a day of thinking and doing at the beautiful Sterling Street Sanctuary and Nature Reserve. This in-person event is perfect for those looking to engage in creative activities and inspiring discussions. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to connect with like-minded individuals and nature in a serene setting. At Kamora’s Cultural Corner, we believe that cultural humility begins with self-reflection—and that journey starts by recognizing and honoring our unique gifts and privileges embodies our core ethos:. Our August Thinking and Doing Day invites community members to show up fully, share what they have, and engage in intentional, reciprocal exchange. Together, we’ll explore how our individual resources—both tangible and intangible—can be used in service to one another. Give to Receive. Receive Then Give Back.
Let us know you’re coming!

FREEDOM!
2025-06-21 13:30 - 17:30 (America/New_York) | Sterling Street Sanctuary and Nature Reserve, 75 Sterling Street, Hartford, CT, 06112, United States
Get ready to put your thoughts into action at our Pride/Juneteenth Thinking and Doing Day!

Earth Day 2025
2025-04-19 13:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Sterling Street Sanctuary and Nature Reserve, 75 Sterling Street, Hartford, CT, 06112, United States
Get ready to put your thoughts into action at April Thinking and Doing Day – a day filled with interactive workshops and activities to inspire.

What's Up with Washington
2025-02-22 13:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | center church, 60 Gold St, Hartford, CT, 06103, United States
Join us for our first Thinking and Doing Day of 2025
Reserve your seat here.

Kwanzaa Celebration - Kujichagulia
2024-12-27 13:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Keney Park Pond House, 323 Edgewood Street, Hartford, CT, 06112, United States
Join us for a community fair and celebration of Kujichagulia: self-determination.
Habari Gani?! Kujichagalia! Join us for an afternoon of inspiration and community education at the Keney Park Pond House.
Space is limited – register here!
Come prepared to explore new ideas, learn new skills, and connect with like-minded individuals. This in-person KCC in the Community Thinking and Doing Day is your chance to celebrate the Kwanzaa principle of Kujichagulia/self-determination, a day when we pledge “to define ourselves, name ourselves, create for ourselves and speak for ourselves.”
You’ll be introduced to Black Art Heals as one of our Healing Artists live paints the event as well as experience other artists and educators who will be sharing their gifts and talents. And you’ll be challenged and encouraged to share your own during our community conversation and dinner!
Whether you’re a dreamer, a doer, or both, this day is designed to ignite your passion and fuel your motivation. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to expand your horizons and make lasting memories. Mark your calendars for 12.27.24 December Thinking and Doing Day and Join Us as we continue to build the world we want to live in!

The Day After - Community Conversation
2024-11-06 12:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | CT
Drop in for a community conversation anytime between 12:00 noon – 3:00pm on Wednesday, November 6, 2024.

Lifted Labyrinth - October 26
2024-10-26 18:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Sterling Street Sanctuary and Nature Reserve, 75 Sterling Street, Hartford, CT, 06112, United States
$9 admission ($6 for members)
Bring your own or to share, especially if you like to talk about it.
Vendors, Videos, Vibes, Fire, Music, Food, Conversation, Community

Lifted Labyrinth - October 12
2024-10-12 18:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Sterling Street Sanctuary and Nature Reserve, 75 Sterling Street, Hartford, CT, 06112, United States

October Thinking and Doing Day 2024
2024-10-05 13:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Sterling Street Sanctuary and Nature Reserve, 75 Sterling Street, Hartford, CT, 06112, United States
“Empowering Educators: Strengthening Resilience, Building Sustainability”
Come join us as we celebrate World Teachers’ Day!
The weather is changing and it’s time to start thinking about bringing our Heritage Garden education INSIDE! Today, we are going to build a greenhouse that we will be able to use through the winter months.
Click here to RSVP

August 24: Individual Gifts and Privileges
2024-08-24 15:00 - 19:00 UTC | Sterling Street Sanctuary and Nature Reserve, 75 Sterling Street, Hartford, CT, 06112, United States
RESCHEDULED!
Join us for a late summer Thinking and Doing Day where herbalists will teach us how to use some of the herbs in the Labyrinth garden, folks with ‘stuff’ to give away will join our FREE tag sale and food giveaway, and we will support our local artists with a Black Art Heals Bazaar.
Our community is a gloriously diverse group of humans with unique gifts and talents that we LOVE to share! August’s Thinking and Doing Day is our day to do that!
The event will be followed by a community meal and Soap Box Open Mic.

Finding Cultural Humility within My Grandmother's Hands
2024-08-21 - 2024-12-11 | CT
Led and Guided by Kamora Herrington, of Kamora’s Cultural Corner
August 21 through December 11, 2024: bi-weekly meetings 6:30pm – 8:00pm
The KCC’s Book and Somatic Abolitionist’s Working Group
An 11-workshop series bringing together participants who are looking to allow for transformation through the somatic healing practices contained within Resmaa Menakem’s book, My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending our Hearts and Bodies.
JOIN US: FINDING CULTURAL HUMILITY WITHIN MY GRANDMOTHER’S HANDS
*scholarship available
INDIVIDUAL SELF-DISCOVERY NEEDS COMMUNAL ENERGY IN ORDER TO CREATE MEANINGFUL CHANGE
From Kamora: “We can’t think our way out of the ism’s, we need to check-in with our bodies and minds and slow down. We can easily temporarily change behavior, but the revolution of transformation is in the pause when we can reflect and connect.”
We cannot just study and think our way through the effects of white body supremacy. The charge and effects of race are contained in the body. Somatic Abolitionism is a living, embodied philosophy—a way of being in the world. It is a return to the age-old wisdom of human bodies respecting, honoring, and resonating with other human bodies.
WE MUST WORK WITH THE BODY.
The body practices asked of us in the book can be done individually, but truly it is in relationship to one another, in a communal space, where we are able to utilize our individual gifts and privileges with others that allows for a much deeper emergence of the true healing potential that can live through us and extend into our communities.
AS WE, OURSELVES, BECOME ANTI-RACIST INDIVIDUALS, WE MUST WORK TOWARDS BECOMING AN ANTI-RACIST CULTURE.
From Resmaa: “Trauma that happens in the body, over time, can look like personality. Trauma that happens in the family, over time, can look like family traits. Trauma that happens in the people, can look like culture. Trauma in the culture can look intrinsic or natural.” We are working towards anti-racism becoming intrinsic and natural.
What is available to all of us that join this series:

A pre-class labyrinth connection event where participants will be introduced to the Labyrinth and each other. The Labyrinth is located at 75 Sterling St., Hartford.
11 bi-weekly group ZOOM sessions where we will use VIMBASI cards, playful materials, exercises within the book, and our Healing Artists

VIMBASI – Vibrations; Images and thoughts; Meanings, judgments, stories, and explanations; Behaviors, movements, actions, impulses, and urges; Affect and emotions; Sensations; Imaginings

A year-long KCC membership which includes weekly drop-in members-only community conversations on ZOOM.
A shared Kwanzaa experience at our December Thinking and Doing Day 12.27.24
An opportunity to come back together for our Juneteenth 2025 Thinking and Doing Day 6.21.25

We will not be finishing the book during this class; we will collectively read and work through parts 1 & 2 and, following our I.D.E.A roadmap, at the end of the course, participants will be partnered to complete the 3rd part together.
Please take some time to listen to this podcast featuring Resmaa Menakem; it is required and we will be discussing it during our first engagement: The Embodied Path to Healing Trauma with Resmaa Menakem
JOIN US: FINDING CULTURAL HUMILITY WITHIN MY GRANDMOTHER’S HANDS
*Scholarships available.
We recommend purchasing your book from an independent, Black-owned or LGBTQIA+ friendly bookstore such as:

keybookstore.com or bennettsbookstore.com
Love audio books? You can support an independent bookstore by using Libro.fm instead of the other billionaire-owned audio book services.
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Kamora Herrington is a member of the National Black Justice Coalition’s (NBJC) Leadership Advisory Council, a founding member of CT Black Women, and the recipient of numerous awards. Kamora has been able to extend her Cultural Humility work as the Founder and Visionary of Kamora’s Cultural Corner, a membership organization that offers opportunities for experiential community education and collaborations. “Creating spaces where families are free to love their children” is a guiding principle; she can often be found doing that at the Sterling Street Sanctuary and Nature Reserve – a Black History and Cultural Heritage Land Trust that she created in the North End of Hartford, CT.
Founder and Visionary of Kamora’s Cultural Corner kamora@kamorasculturalcorner.com

Lifted Labyrinth 8/10
2024-08-10 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | Sterling Street Sanctuary and Nature Reserve, 75 Sterling Street, Hartford, CT, 06112, United States
KCC Lifted Labyrinth 8/10 from 6-8pm $9 admission ($6 for members). Bring your own or to share, especially if you like to talk about it. Vendors, videos, vibes, fire, music, food, conversation, community.

Lifted Labyrinth 7/27
2024-07-27 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | Sterling Street Sanctuary and Nature Reserve, 75 Sterling Street, Hartford, CT, 06112, United States
KCC Lifted Labyrinth 7/27 from 6-8pm $9 admission ($6 for members). Bring your own or to share, especially if you like to talk about it. Vendors, videos, vibes, fire, music, food, conversation, community.

Lifted Labyrinth 7/13
2024-07-13 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | Sterling Street Sanctuary and Nature Reserve, 75 Sterling Street, Hartford, CT, 06112, United States
KCC Lifted Labyrinth 7/13 from 6-8pm $9 admission ($6 for members). Bring your own or to share, especially if you like to talk about it. Vendors, videos, vibes, fire, music, food, conversation, community.

BGB at Seven Ravens Tattoo
2024-06-30 10:00 - 18:00 UTC | Seven Ravens Tattoo, 642 Hilliard St, Suite 2120, Manchester, CT, United States
Hello Beautiful Humans! A year ago we got together in joy and celebration at the Jason Aldean concert where we tailgated in Ballgowns and bravely created community. This year we’re planning ANOTHER Ballgown Brigade tailgating party AND this one will be a bit different.
Last year for Pride, Erica Lynn, the owner of Seven Ravens Tattoo, decided to use her own individual gifts and talents to support our work by offering PRIDE themed tattoos and sharing the profits with us. This year she’s back at it AND on June 30th, I’m asking the BGB to Show Up and Show Out as we tailgate in her parking lot on Hilliard Street in Manchester! Contact me for more information.

Lifted Labyrinth 6/29
2024-06-29 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | Sterling Street Sanctuary and Nature Reserve, 75 Sterling Street, Hartford, CT, 06112, United States
KCC Lifted Labyrinth 6/29 from 6-8pm $9 admission ($6 for members). Bring your own or to share, especially if you like to talk about it. Vendors, videos, vibes, fire, music, food, conversation, community.

Queer History, Struggle, and Joy: Paying Homage to Pauli Murray
2024-06-27 18:00 - 20:45 UTC | Danbury Green, 115 Mill Plain Rd, Danbury, CT, United States
Queer History, Struggle, an Joy: Paying Homage to Pauli Murray
Join us for a screening of “My Name is Pauli Murray,” a documentary about a consequential figure in American history and the fight for freedom. After the film, there will be a panel discussion focusing on Pauli Murray’s legacy and the ongoing challenges that our community is encountering today.
Thursday, June 27, 2024 from 6:00-8:45pm at the Danbury Green

POSTPONED until Sunday, June 23: FREEDOM
2024-06-23 09:00 - 14:00 UTC | Sterling Street Sanctuary and Nature Reserve, 75 Sterling Street, Hartford, CT, 06112, United States
Join us for an afternoon of Thinking and Doing, where we’ll gather in person to open the Labyrinth for 2024!

Mobile Mammogram 2024
2024-06-11 | CT
Save the Date! Details coming soon
The Hartford Healthcare Mammogram RV will be coming to Sterling Street

Day of Reflection and Connection
2024-05-25 12:30 - 16:00 UTC | Sterling Street Sanctuary and Nature Reserve, 75 Sterling Street, Hartford, CT, 06112, United States
We invite you to the George Floyd Day of Reflection and Connection
“All that you touch you change, all that you change changes you.” ~Lauren Olamina
Join us for a guided labyrinth experience!
On Saturday, May 25, 2024 from 12:30 – 4pm, Sue Carey and Kamora’s Cultural Corner will be hosting a community gathering. It will be a day of reflection and community building on the 4th anniversary of the murder of George Floyd.
Become a Friend of the Labyrinth TODAY!
The Sterling Street Sanctuary and Nature Reserve Labyrinth is a ceremonial Labyrinth with two mirrored paths that meet in the center; a place where a solitary walker can pause and reflect or a space to humbly and bravely connect in community.

Lifted Labyrinth 5/4/2024
2024-05-04 18:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Sterling Street Sanctuary and Nature Reserve, 75 Sterling Street, Hartford, CT, 06112, United States

April Thinking & Doing Day: WELCOME BACK
2024-04-27 12:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Sterling Street Sanctuary and Nature Reserve, 75 Sterling Street, Hartford, CT, 06112, United States
Join us at The Land where we will build a shed/conversation pit, imagine the space

Earth Day Clean-Up 2024
2024-04-20 10:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Sterling Street Sanctuary and Nature Reserve, 75 Sterling Street, Hartford, CT, 06112, United States

The Hot Wing King
2024-03-17 13:00 - 17:45 UTC | Hartford Stage, 50 Church Street, Hartford, CT, 06103, United States
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Join KCC at Hartford Stage on Sunday, March 17, 2024 as we celebrate Bayard Rustin’s birthday at the Sunday matinee performance of The Hot Wing King.
With your paid (discounted!) ticket, you are invited to a pre-show reception beginning at 1:00 pm (as well as during intermission) followed by a Black Art Heals post-show discussion with the cast.
Please consider wearing something that tells us who you are and what you believe in. I think it’s always fun to dress up AND I’ll be asking about How We Show Up during the talkback after the play!

The Revolution is in the Pause: Contemplating (Our) Stories
2024-02-25 13:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Harriet Beecher Stowe Visitor Center, 77 Forest Street, Hartford, CT, 06105, United States
Join us at the Harriet Beecher Stowe Visitors Center for an afternoon of intergenerational conversation and contemplation.
We will engage with local author Alphonso McGriff III and his new book:
When Young People Speak: 100 Questions for Ages 13 – 30 Questions are the keys that open doors to Self-Knowledge. The event will end with an open mic and community meal.
Sponsorship opportunities available. Please fill out the below form if you would like to support this event or the entire series.
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Thinking and Doing Day: Kwanzaa Edition
2023-12-27 12:00 - 18:00 UTC | Keney Park Pond House, 323 Edgewood Street, Hartford, CT, 06112, United States
Join us for an afternoon of inspiration and community education at the Keney Park Pond House. Come prepared to explore new ideas, learn new skills, and connect with like-minded individuals. This in-person KCC in the Community Thinking and Doing Day is your chance to celebrate the Kwanzaa principle of Kujichagulia/self-determination, a day when we pledge “to define ourselves, name ourselves, create for ourselves and speak for ourselves.”.
You’ll be introduced to Black Art Heals as Healing Artist David Jackson live paints the event as well as experience other artists and educators who will be sharing their gifts and talents. And you’ll be challenged and encouraged to share your own during our community conversation and dinner!
Whether you’re a dreamer, a doer, or both, this day is designed to ignite your passion and fuel your motivation. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to expand your horizons and make lasting memories. Mark your calendars for 12.27.23 December Thinking and Doing Day and Join Us as we continue to build the world we want to live in!
*Sponsorship and tabling opportunities available.
