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!

Harvest and Abundance
2025-10-11 10:00 - 15:00 | 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.

Kwanzaa Celebration
2025-12-27 13:00 - 17:00 | 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

Feb 2026 Thinking and Doing
2026-02-21 16:00 - 20:00 | First Presbyterian Church, 136 Capital Avenue, Hartford, CT, 06106, United States
***Please note the time change: 4-8pm***
Personal labyrinth building and community conversation on how we maintain ourselves while continuing to grow together.

This is our FIRST Thinking and Doing Day of 2026!
We will be meeting at First Presbyterian Church in Hartford at 136 Capital Avenue, and look forward to conversations, crafts, education, and connections.

Tickets are free – please sign up here so we know to expect you!
