🎄🧸🎁🥕🌾🫘☕️ We are so excited to announce that our holiday pop-up pantry is back for 2024! Join us on Saturday, December 14 as we distribute free groceries & produce, toys, period products (pads/tampons), hot cocoa & pastries, personal hygiene kits, gender-based violence resources, and more!

Important:

- A child must be present to receive a toy.

- All items will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis.

A special thank you to our co-sponsors for your kind support:

The Campaign Against Hunger @tcahnyc

DJ Keshan @dj_keshan

Earnest Foods @earnestfoodsny

For Women, By Women Period @forwomenbywomenperiod

Tropical Isle Roti Shop @tropicalislerotishop

Singh’s Roti Shop @singhsrotishop

Shivram’s Bakery @tarashivram2012

On behalf of the Art Committee, SQWM would like to invite you all to our last art healing series of the 2024 year—our Wintry Art Healing evening! Join us for an evening of gingerbread and ornament making, along with mug painting and some holiday movies to bring some cheer. Open to women and gender expansive folks. This event is free, but registration is required. Please follow the link in our bio, we hope to see you there 💙❄️⛄️

✨ Breakthrough Mental Health Counseling and South Queens Women’s March presents: Holiday Boundary Setting & Stress Reduction! 🌟

This holiday season, take a step towards less stress and more joy. Learn tools to set healthy boundaries, prioritize self-care, and embrace peace amidst the holiday rush.

About the Facilitator:

Anushta Mishra is a Mental Health Counselor Intern at Breakthrough Mental Health Counseling, who is passionate about providing empathetic, culturally sensitive, and client-centered care, especially to individuals navigating complex family and cultural dynamics. Her extensive and diverse cultural experience combined with her multilingual proficiency, enables her to effectively connect with and counsel individuals from various backgrounds. 

🎄 Don’t let holiday stress take over—let’s make this season about YOU. 🎁

#HolidayWellness #StressReduction#HealthyBoundaries #SelfCareSeason#BreakthroughMentalHealth

Join us for a youth workshop on Saturday, November 9, from 12:30 PM to 2:30 PM at the South Queens Women’s March office for a history of Diwali, along with creative activities.

This event is free but registration is required. Due to social distancing protocols and seating capacity, we will have to limit registration. If you register for this event but cannot make it, we kindly ask that you let us know so we can offer your seat to someone else.

Reflect, recharge, and reconnect. Join us in a post-election debrief at the SQWM—where we’ll hold space for discussions, healing, and solidarity. 🌱🕯️ Let’s unpack the journey and envision paths forward, together. #PostElection #SQWM #CommunityHealing#SafeSpace

🎃Free with RSVP / In Person event!
✨SQWM Feel Good Fridays presents:
🪄I Pray With My Body - centering the healing and empowerment of survivors of all genders!

Friday Oct 25th 630p - 730p est in person
Location @thefigurestudio
11149 Lefferts Blvd, South Ozone Park, NY 11420
Hosted by @southqueenswomensmarch
Facilitated by Nandani Devi @thewestindianwitch
@ipraywithmybody

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What to expect : Somatic healing/Exploring intuitive movement (not mandatory), exploring our feelings through dance, connecting to our inner power and ancestral witch/healer/shadow vibes, community building, and shares

What to come in with : open heart, open mind, willingness to build trust and try new things and release shame and freeze states in the body, spirit and mind

Since its Spoopy season we will be playing with themes of obsession, seduction, anger, through music and movement! Get ready to explore your shadow, embrace yourself and integrate more deeply

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Survivor centered space. All bodies and abilities are welcome! And no activity is mandatory to attend! Join in where and when and how it feels accessible to you.
Please take a rapid test before arrival and be masked. This is a Covid-conscious event.
There will be seats available. Please reach out at least 48 hrs ahead if you have any accessibility needs!

#southqueenswomensmarch#thewestindianwitch #indocaribbean#afrocaribbean #ipraywithmybody #caribbean#socialjustice #genderjustice #transrights#goddess #lgbtqia #reiki #queer#thefigurestudio #innerchildhealing#spiritguides #caribbeanwriters #ecstaticdance#dance #queens #grief #survivor#mentalhealth #togetherweheal
#intergenerationaltrauma #decolonizeyourbody#witch #shadowwork #somatichealing#traumarecovery

Our favorite time of year is quickly approaching! As we get deeper into the fall and winter season, we are excited to be providing programming during Domestic Violence Awareness Month that promotes healing and dialogue. Join us for a special workshop and gathering on Friday, October 18 where we will collectively unpack healthy relationships and create self love potions. 🧪 Light refreshments will be served. This event is free and open to women, girls and gender expansive folks only. Registration is required! #dvam #dvam2024 #hexesandexes #selflove #healthyrelationships

🌟 South Queens Women’s March Presents: Virtual Salary Negotiation Workshop! 🌟
📅 Date: October 15th, 2024
⏰ Time: 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM (EST)
🖥️ Location: Virtual (Join from anywhere!)
We understand the importance of knowing how to confidently navigate uncomfortable conversations, and we’re here to empower YOU! Our Salary Negotiation Workshop is designed to equip you with essential knowledge and tools to thrive in negotiation scenarios.
💼 Topics We’ll Cover:
• Understanding your worth: Market analysis & industry trends.
• Preparing for the negotiation: What to consider before you start.
• Tactics & strategies for framing your requests.
• Negotiating beyond salary: Total compensation and more!
🎯 Who Should Attend: Anyone looking to sharpen their negotiation skills, whether you’re entering a new job or seeking a raise.
Don’t miss out on this chance to learn, grow, and bring your questions to the table. Let’s empower our community one conversation at a time! 💪

South Queens Women’s March (SQWM) recognizes the key role that community building can play in promoting gender equity and empowerment in our community. To this end, we invite you to an evening of Halloween themed art healing activities and movies, ages 17+ The event will be on Saturday, October 12, at 5 PM sharp at our office located at 130-01 Liberty Avenue Unit 1R, Richmond Hill NY 11419 (on 130 Street and not on Liberty Avenue itself).

This event is free but registration is required. Due to social distancing protocols and seating capacity, we will have to limit registration. If you register for this event but cannot make it, we kindly ask that you let us know so we can offer your seat to someone else.

Seats are limited, complete the form ASAP! 🎃👻🦇🍁🧡#sqwm#halloween #spooktacular #octobercountdown#arthealing #gbv

📢 Join Us for the South Asian and Indo-Caribbean Elections Townhall! 🗳️

Your voice matters, and your vote is just the beginning! This 2024 election season, we’re bringing our community together to discuss the issues that are driving us to the polls—from housing justice and public safety to all the concerns that impact our everyday lives.

But it doesn't stop at voting! Advocacy continues no matter who ends up in the White House. Our power lies in staying engaged, speaking up, and holding leaders accountable for the changes we want to see. ✊🏽

This townhall is your opportunity to share what’s on your mind, connect with others, and make sure our voices are heard loud and clear. Let’s stand together for a future that reflects our needs and values.

📅 Date: Thursday, October 3
📍 Location: Liberty Palace (130-11 Liberty Ave., Queens, NY)
⏰ Time: 6pm - 9pm

We want to hear from you! What issues are on your mind? Let’s shape the future together. 🗣️💬

👉 RSVP at bit.ly/SAICTownhall

This event is being organized by Jahajee, Caribbean Equality Project, South Queens Women's March, and the NY Sikh Council.

#Elections2024 #SouthAsianVoices#IndoCaribbeanCommunity #VoteAndAdvocate

Disclaimer: this is a community space, this workshop is not intended to excuse harms created by corporations, politicians, celebrities and the 1%.
Community Glow Up is an attempt at cultivating a space of inner / outer harmony through exploring accountability outside of carceral systems for the people by the people. 💐💐💐💐💐💐

🌹Free with RSVP
✨Community Glow Up
🌹Shifting from cancel and carceral to restorative and reparative.
Friday Sept 27th 630p - 730p est on Zoom 💻
Hosted by @southqueenswomensmarch
Facilitated by Nandani Devi @thewestindianwitch

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In an attempt to address harms within community we have taken “justice” into our own hands by birthing cancel culture. But Cancel culture is still a carceral practice.
Many of us rely on punishment rather than true accountability which is changed behavior and changed systems .
With curiosity, healing and imagination we can tend the soil for growth - centering rehabilitation, communal responsibility, harm reduction and repair.
It starts with looking within and addressing fear, scarcity, shame, inner policing, punishment and colonial Indoctrination.

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Virtual BIPOC, Caribbean identity centered event. All are welcome 

What to expect : Inner Child meditation and healing practice, writing/journaling, group discussion and community care

What to come in with : open heart, open mind, willingness to build a new world together

Workshop: Discourse, Jounaling / drawing prompts and reflection time, Short meditation session, communal chat / sharing

+recording will be provided for all who sign up (will not include personal shares from attendees)

#southqueenswomensmarch#thewestindianwitch #indocaribbean#afrocaribbean #indenture #caribbean#socialjustice #genderjustice #transrights#goddess #lgbtqia #reiki #writing #journaling#innerchildhealing #spiritguides#caribbeanwriters #journaling #meditation#grief #survivor #mentalhealth#togetherweheal #abolition
#intergenerationaltrauma #cancelculture#restorativejustice #decolonizeyourmind#decolonialtheory

Join us virtually on Tuesday, September 24 at 6pm as we host guest speakers Will Barreto and Amanda Valiant in a workshop to educate on the relevance of sales skills beyond traditional sales roles and explore the practical applications of techniques in personal and professional life that will enable effectiveness and success. Link in bio to register or visit tinyurl.com/sqwmsales ! This discussion will be moderated by our Co-Director of Youth and Professsional Development Programs Nicole Cobham!

Mark your calendars! Catch South Queens Women’s March with Chhaya CDC @chhayacdc, @hivepublicspace and @studioforny on September 21st for our inaugural Richmond Hill Arts Festival!

From 1pm to 6pm, we’ll be in the park to celebrate a year of activating Lt. Frank McConnell Park with the debut of a brand new play, Flood Sensor Aunty, written and directed by @sabinathegreat that tells the story of climate change and the importance of knowing your neighbors.

We’ll also have a storytelling booth, a toy swap, and a book donation station! Thanks so much to @urbandesignforum and @anhdnyc for helping us to uplift our community members and our neighborhood.

Join us alongside our partners and sponsors:
@caribbeanequalityproject @drumnyc
@wearejahajee @shareparty.us

🌹Free with rsvp 🌎⛓️‍💥⛓️‍💥

SQWM + The West Indian Witch Workshop Series
All are welcome - Centering All Genders BIPOC + Caribbean Identities
Virtual : Zoom 
Time/Date: Aug 30th 2024 @ 630pm est 

RSVP: tinyurl.com/sqwmwestindianwitch

The state of the world is stretching us all. Its asking to reach far out of normal capacities to support each and other and receive abundantly. The work of collective liberation is tended in a myriad of ways from self-care to community care , from healing to activism and education.

This is a space for all who want to explore how to be feel grounded, safe and resourced while witnessing and or experiencing the horrors of g/e/n/o/cide, famine, war and displacement.

Together we get free. Together we heal! Together we Thrive 🌹

*Activists, caretakers, community leaders, healers and anyone whose has struggled to find their voice in all the pain are strongly encouraged to join!

What to expect: community building, discussion, journaling / reflection and healing support through energy work (reiki)

What to come in with : open heart, open mind, willingness to explore the past, present and future with care, curiosity and compassion

Workshop: Discourse,
Google doc of basic resources, journaling prompts and reflection time, Short energy healing session, communal chat / sharing

+recording will be provided for all who sign up (will no include personal shares from attendees)

#southqueenswomensmarch #SQWM#thewestindianwitch #indocaribbean#afrocaribbean #indigenous #healing#community #queens #Brooklyn #westindian#caribbean #diaspora #caribbeanamerican#canada #uk #liberation #hearthealing#energywork #reiki #activists#communityorganizing #queensevents#brooklynevents #bipoc #qtbipoc #queer#southasian #indentureddiaspora #indentured

Please share to help us get the word out!

On August 17, South Queens Women’s March will be holding our very first health and wellness fair! Join us from 1-4pm at The Figure Studio @thefigure.studio located at 111-49 Lefferts Boulevard in South Ozone Park Together with our co-sponsors and partners, we will be offering free blood pressure monitoring, medication and maternity consultations, diabetes risk assessments, period products, emergency contraception, henna, yoga demonstrations, art healing activities & gender-based violence resources.

We are so grateful to our co-sponsors and partners who are helping to make all of this possible:

Ambika Henna Creations @ambika.henna.creations
Emblem Health @emblemhealth
For Women, By Women Period @forwomenbywomenperiod
Northwell Health - LIJFH @northwellhealth
NYC Society of Health System Pharmacists
Safe Horizon @safehorizon
Queens Family Justice Center at Mayor’s Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence @nycendgbv
Office of NYC Council Speaker Adrienne Adams @nycspeakeradams
Office of NYS Assembly Member Khaleel Anderson @khaleelanderson
Yogashakti Yoga Studio @yogashaktiyogacenter

South Queens Women’s March (SQWM) recognizes the key role that community building can play in promoting gender equity and empowerment in our community. To this end, we invite you to an interactive tea cup painting art healing workshop. The event will be on Thursday, August 8 at 6:30pm sharp at our office located at 130-01 Liberty Avenue Unit 1R, Richmond Hill NY 11419 (on 130 Street and not on Liberty Avenue itself).

This event is free but registration is required.

South Queens Women’s March will be supporting the efforts of the Hurricane Beryl Relief Drive for Grenada. We will be accepting the requested items mentioned for THREE DAYS ONLY as listed on the flyer. Please share to get the word around. Any help makes a huge difference for us to support our West Indian family. #hurricaneberyl#hurricaneberylrelief #hurricaneberylrecovery#hurricaneberylgrenada

South Queens Women’s March will be supporting the efforts of the Hurricane Beryl Relief Drive for Grenada. We will be accepting the requested items mentioned for THREE DAYS ONLY as listed on the flyer. Please share to get the word around. Any help makes a huge difference for us to support our West Indian family. #hurricaneberyl#hurricaneberylrelief #hurricaneberylrecovery#hurricaneberylgrenada

South Queens Women’s March will be supporting the efforts of the Hurricane Beryl Relief Drive for Grenada. We will be accepting the requested items mentioned for THREE DAYS ONLY as listed on the flyer. Please share to get the word around. Any help makes a huge difference for us to support our West Indian family. #hurricaneberyl#hurricaneberylrelief #hurricaneberylrecovery#hurricaneberylgrenada

South Queens Women’s March will be supporting the efforts of the Hurricane Beryl Relief Drive for Grenada. We will be accepting the requested items mentioned for THREE DAYS ONLY as listed on the flyer. Please share to get the word around. Any help makes a huge difference for us to support our West Indian family. #hurricaneberyl#hurricaneberylrelief #hurricaneberylrecovery#hurricaneberylgrenada

We’ll be joining Assembly Member Khaleel Anderson’s @khaleelanderson mobile office hours next week! Come through!

We at South Queens Women’s March are excited to be joining DJ Rekha’s Basement Bhangra for yet another year! Come through for the amazing performances and fun - but also to learn about our work and the work of many of our dedicated partners. Gratitude to DJ Rekha for always centering us in the space 🙌🏽

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Save the date for Basement Bhangra Beyond Saturday July 20th at Flushing Meadows Corona Park! 🚀 🌟 🎵✨FREE with a line-up of incredible artists from the South Asian diaspora and beyond. Doors at 5pm.

We’re bringing the energy of legendary party @BasementBhangra back to the World’s Borough, my home borough. Transcending the sonic borders of hip-hop, dancehall and diasporic grooves, we’re doing Basement Bhangra Beyond with @priyaraguofficial, a Swiss singer-songwriter born to Sri Lankan-Tamil parents, whose debut LP Santhosam is an infectious summer soundtrack with buoyant beats, the NYC debut of @ladypista whose remix of Diljit Dosanjh’s Naina is tearing up dance floors across continents, @amidang a sitarist and vocalist from Baltimore whose LP The Living World’s Demands weaves ancient stories with the sound of contemporary experimental, pop, and electronic music with the sounds of South Asia, plus special guests @hasheel_ @kalasher_official @avisharo@tapewallah imagina and more. On the decks for an extended set, the cultural instigator yours truly joins this unforgettable line-up with an array of percussionists, dancers, the signature Bhangra dance lesson. Shoutout to @summerstage @QueensBPRichards and @CPFNY for making this event possible.

South Queens Women’s March (SQWM) recognizes the key role that community building can play in promoting gender equity and empowerment in our community. To this end, we invite you to our mid-year vision board making session on Thursday, July 11 at 6:30pm at our office located at 130-01 Liberty Avenue Unit 1R, Richmond Hill NY 11419 (on 130 Street and not on Liberty Avenue itself).

This event is free but registration is required. Seats limited due to seating capacity. Supplies and refreshments will be provided 💕

Register to volunteer with Abuela Neighborhood Maintenance and SQWM!

On Saturday, 6/22, we will pick up litter from Liberty Ave, starting on 130th St, and moving to Lefferts Blvd. 🧹

Thanks again to Speaker Adams and NYCH2O for supporting our work in Council District 28! @nycspeakeradams @nych2o
#nycvolunteer #queens #queensny#communitycleanup #richmondhillqueens#libertyavequeens

🫓 🔥 We are so excited to announce that we are partnering up with Matthew Allicock from Matthew’s Guyanese Cooking to offer a free virtual roti-making workshop on Thursday, June 13 at 6:30pm! This workshop is in commemoration of Caribbean Heritage Month. We will be learning how to make traditional Guyanese paratha (oil) roti together! To register for this workshop, visit tinyurl.com/sqwmroti. This workshop is open to all genders and identities. #claproti #belayroti #rollitgal