A Celebration of Abundance & Community During Challenging Times. This year’s FAIR combines a wide variety of activities provided by a wide variety of groups that were SMOKED OUT by the North Bay fires in October. The FAIR will be opened by a blessing offered by the Indigenous Peoples Day Powwow Committee.
Here’s a partial list of the activities that will follow:
FOOD CONTEST, hosted by the BYA Youth Gardeners
SEED SWAP, hosted by Transition Berkeley
SWAP with CROPS, COTHING, BOOKS hosted by Transition Berkeley at NOON
DIY Garden Exhibition, hosted by Spiral Gardens
HEALTH FAIR (Spanish/English), hosted by Multicultural Institute
EMERGENCY Evacuation Prep, hosted by BFD and Berkeley Disaster Prep Neighborhood Network
TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS, by SlingFin Expedition Gear
COOK BOOKS (see sample) will be distributed by the Berkeley Community Gardening Collective
KIDS FUN ZONE, hosted by the Rec Divison
ADULT FUN ZONE, hosted by a variety of groups
FOLK DANCING, hosted by Melvin Mann
SOUND HEALING Instrument Petting Zoo, hosted by Emile Janse & Jordan Blake
POETRY NOOK, hosted by many
CARTOONS for our Times, hosted by Damon Guthrie
FRESH TACOS by familia Chavez
In addition, there will be a speech by Mayor Jesse Arreguin and poetry reading by City of Berkeley Poet Laureate Rafael Jesus Gonzalez.
COURSES (15 minutes each)
To encourage exploration of the community, there will be a morning and afternoon session of 15-minute courses, demarked with the sounding of a GONG. The course list keeps growing, but so far, here’s the preliminary list: Pimp My Bug Out Bag, Intro to Tai Chi, Intro to Mindfulness Meditation, Intro to Cyber Security, Intro to IRA Accounts, Intro to Acupressure, Sound Healings. Intro to Moving Qi, Intro to Feldenkrais, Intro to Exercising Your Memory, Intro to Portuguese, Duct Tape First Aide
Transition Berkeley’s First Saturday North Berkeley Crop, Book and Clothing Swap will be held at the RESILIENCY FAIR, Please bring crops, plants, seeds to share and clothing and books in good condition to Transition Berkeley’s table at the Resiliency Fair. Meet old friends and new, help create a strong sustainable community.