The Chapter House’s Post

🏠Can you believe TCH has been in Echo Park for one year?! Come celebrate with us by lending a hand as we refresh our building. Feel free to drop by anytime between 10am and 4pm. Stay for as long or as little as your schedule allows. We appreciate any help from our community members! 🍽Lunch will be provided around noon, so please register if you plan to eat with us. 🔗bit.ly/3MfvnnN (link in bio)

📣 Mark Your Calendars for the 23rd Annual Community Gathering and Family Picnic! 📣We’re excited to invite you to UAII’s American Indian Day celebration on September 8th, 2024 from 10 AM to 4 PM at the Autry Museum (South Lawn Area). Join us for: 🍽️ Delicious food 🎶 Entertaining performances 🪶 A mini powwow Feel free to bring lawn chairs and your regalia for the mini powwow. Make sure to explore all our booths for fun activities and swag items! We look forward to celebrating this special day with you and your family! 🔔 RSVP by emailing sevengsrsvp@uaii.org

🧘FREE YOGA class in Echo Park! ALL LEVELS are welcome. We encourage everyone to go at their own pace during this practice. 🗓️Wednesday, September 11, 2024 || 6:30pm to 7:30pm 📍The Chapter House, 1770 Glendale Blvd., LA 90026. Please enter at the double doors located on Glendale Blvd. Street parking is available on residential streets around TCH. 💧BYOWB: Bring Your Own Water Bottle! Water will be provided for refills. 🩳Dress comfortably and bring your yoga mat if you have one. Appreciate it! 🔗Register at bit.ly/YOGAsept11 🙏🏽By registering, you help TCH order the correct amount of supplies and prevent waste. We appreciate you!

🔥Hot enough for ya??? Actually, yes, which is why we’re rescheduling this Saturday’s J$I for next Saturday, September 14, when our shoes won’t be melting into the pavement. 💧Stay cool and stay hydrated this week, folks!

😎With summer coming to a close, TCH is preparing for the autumn season. Attend our upcoming events this September! Sat, 8/3 || 10am to 12pm - J$I - Just Stairz It! Wed, 9/11 || 6:30pm to 7:30pm - Yoga with Analisa Sun, 9/22 || 10am to 4pm - Refresh Day Wed, 9/25 || 6:30pm to 7:30pm - Yoga with Analisa 🔗Links to register available at https://lnkd.in/gFa885MD

In honor of World Water Week, we're boosting the upcoming public reception for Brackish Water Los Angeles on Wednesday September 18, 4pm - 7pm. The project uses brackish water, the space where fresh and salt waters meet, to consider the larger implications of in-betweenness, including issues of access, inclusion, ecological racism, and cultural/class system interchanges along Los Angeles’ waterways. The exhibition features works by Laura Aguilar, Judith Baca, Lauren Bon and Metabolic Studio, Laddie John Dill, Nancy Baker Cahill, Mercedes Dorame, Helen Mayer and Newton Harrison, Alfredo Jaar, Jenny Kendler, David Maisel, Kori Newkirk, Catherine Opie, Emma Robbins, Alison Saar, Shinique Smith, and Isaac Michael Ybarra, with additional objects from the collections of the Autry Museum of the American West and the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Brackish Water Los Angeles is co-directed by Aandrea Stang and Debra Scacco. @pstinla @csudhgallery #brackishwaterlosangeles #PSTART"

It’s World Water Week! Be sure to sign up for the official World Water Week session, "Revitalizing Indigenous Matriarch Roles in Water Leadership" on August 27, 2024 at 16:00 (CEST) / 08:00 AM (MT) / 07:00 AM (PST). The Chapter House’s very own Executive Director, Emma Robbins, will be moderating the panel. Session Description: Indigenous communities around the world have been caretakers of the natural world since time immemorial. This relationship has shaped their worldview, spirituality, and cultural practices which are still practiced today. The impacts of climate change and its contributions to water insecurity are changing the balance of the natural world which is disproportionately affecting Indigenous communities. Within these communities, Indigenous women have served as the foundation for traditional leadership which has been eroded with colonization and governance structures. However, women continue exercising their leadership and power in their communities to restore balance and re-Indigenize conservation. The Indigenous Women’s Leadership Network (IWLN), launched by the Water & Tribes Initiative in 2021, is a leadership program that supports a group of multigenerational Indigenous women in the United States in the areas of water and natural resources environment who work on issues in the Colorado River Basin. This panel will highlight case studies of Indigenous women leaders, water policy challenges and feature women’s networks from North America, Asia, Oceania, South America, and/or Africa. The panel will discuss the role of Indigenous women’s leadership, traditional values of water in Indigenous communities, and share ideas on how women might advocate and work together to solve challenges. Moderator: Emma Robbins Panelists: Lorelei Cloud, Patricia Joe, Yolanda Lopez-Maldonado, Verng Many, Diana Chavez Vargas. A reminder that virtual tickets are FREE!! Session ID: 11463 https://lnkd.in/gQ9Y7bN #indigenous #matriarchs #waterprotectors #leaders #indigeneity #conservation #waterislife

📢We want to shout out a true Chapter Homie! Moi Santos is a day one supporter of The Chapter House. She’s an amazing community member who always shows up to be a good relative. Moi (Xicana) is the Manager for the Equity, Impact, and Belonging Program at Sundance Institute. She is the founder of the Trans Possibilities Intensive, an incubator program that provides a supportive environment for transgender artists of color to work on their projects, sharpen their craft, develop community and challenge the obstacles that continue to exclude transgender artists of color. Most recently, she was one of the curators for the Queer Rhapsody Film Series, a community-led film series celebrating the joy, transformative power and indomitable spirit of contemporary LGBTQIA+ cinema. Visit The Chapter House and become our next Chapter Homie!!

Trying to maintain those summer glutes? Just $tairz It with TCH fam on Saturday, 9/7 at 10am! We’ll be climbing the stairs of Echo Park then enjoying some iced tea post walk. If you don’t feel like climbing stairs, we will also have a less strenuous route😎. Remember to bring a water bottle, sunscreen, and hat! It's gonna be a scorcher 🌞. 📍The Chapter House, 1770 Glendale Blvd., LA 90026. Please enter at the double doors located on Glendale Blvd. Street parking is available on residential streets around TCH. ⁠ 🔗Register at bit.ly/JSIsept2024 (link in our bio⁠)

🍕Shoutout to Pitfire Pizza in Echo Park for hosting a fundraiser for The Chapter House! We’re so grateful to partner with folks who support their local Indigenous arts and community space. We raised $67.97 for TCH! Thank you to all TCH fam who contributed to our fundraiser and enjoyed some bomb pizza in the process. We’re excited to see you at our next event! 6/21 || 6:30pm to 7:30pm - Yoga with Analisa Register ➡️ bit.ly/YOGAaug21 (link in bio)