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An in-person, 6-session course at The Brooklyn Wellness Club

April 12-June 7, 2026: Register by April 3.

In the face of increasing political violence and escalating attacks on marginalized communities, many of us are asking: how do we build the capacity to show up, care for and protect one another as we engage in struggles for justice and peace?

Solidarity Herbalism: Medicine for the Moment is a foundational herbalism course for anyone who wants to work with plant medicine as part of their community solidarity efforts. This includes individuals who are already engaged in organizing or care work in their communities, as well as people who are curious about how herbalism can support them and those that they care about in this moment. 

For generations, communities have turned to herbal traditions in times of upheaval, grief, resistance and renewal. Plant medicine nourishes and protects our bodies’ natural healing processes while also deepening cultures of care and interdependence that sustain people through collective struggles.

Over six cumulative sessions, we will learn key foundations of herbalism while making batch medicine that can be taken back to our families, friends, neighborhoods, organizing spaces and communities.

We will ask:

• What is solidarity and how is that different from service or charity?

• Who are our people, and who are the communities with whom we are already in relationship?

• What is our relationship and lineage with plant medicine and land? 

• How can we work with plant medicine in ways that strengthen mutual aid and local networks of care?

Together, we will:

• Learn the properties of 10 herbs that support immune health, the nervous system, sleep and pain relief

• Make approximately 25 herbal medicines to take back to our communities, including tinctures, teas, infused oils and salves

• Make batch medicine for our communities

• Go on a neighborhood plant walk to meet medicinal plants growing in the city

• Deepen relationships with each other, the plants and our communities

We will explore what “medicine for the moment” can mean. This includes both medicine that supports acute conditions or rapid response efforts as well as medicine that strengthens long-term nourishment, community care and movement building. 

As we prepare medicine collectively, we will reflect on where that medicine wants to flow. By the close of our time together, what we have crafted will be shared among us and carried back into the communities with whom we are already in relationship.

Course Dates

• Sunday, April 12, 3:00–6:00 pm (mandatory opening session)

• Tuesday, April 14, 6:00–8:00 pm

• Tuesday, April 28, 6:00–8:00 pm

• Tuesday, May 12, 6:00–8:00 pm

• Tuesday, May 26, 6:00–8:00 pm

• Sunday, June 7, 3:00–6:00 pm (closing session)

Please note: because this course builds over time and we’ll be cultivating community together in person, we ask for a commitment to attend all six sessions if possible, with the opening session being mandatory.

Location

All sessions take place in person at The Brooklyn Wellness Club:
704 DeKalb Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11216

Cost
The registration fee includes all materials (herbs, solvents, bottles, bags, tins and labels), facilitation and use of the space at The Brooklyn Wellness Club.

The Brooklyn Wellness Club is a Black woman–owned wellness space in Brooklyn where I am part of a collective that is stewarding the space together and sharing various offerings and resources with the community. A portion of the fee supports the ongoing sustainability of this shared community space.

This course is offered on a tiered sliding scale to increase accessibility and support broad participation. Those with greater access to income and resources are invited to contribute at the higher tiers, helping to make lower-cost spots possible.

Community Rate – $250
For those with limited income or resources, or for whom this price makes participation possible.

Sustainer Rate – $350
For those with steady income or access to resources who can pay the baseline cost of the course.

Solidarity Rate – $450
For those with significant income, savings, institutional support, or access to generational wealth, and who want to help make lower-cost spots possible.

If cost is still a barrier, please reach out to laura@practiceregeneration.com. I am happy to be in conversation about what would make participation possible.