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Dye Hard: Easter Egg Hunt + Festival
Easter Egg Hunts @ 12p, 1p, 2p
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Easter Egg Hunts @ 12p, 1p, 2p 〰️
Celebrate the spirit of Easter at Kapwa Gardens!
Celebrate a funky family-friendly Easter egg hunt at Kapwa Gardens! Expect a petting zoo, activities for the young and young at heart among the vibrancy of our urban garden oasis.
Dye Hard provides a chance for families and community members to to enjoy the beauty of Kapwa Gardens.
Donning your best tie dye or psychedelic threads is encouraged!
Event Registration
Tickets for Dye Hard are FREE but we are accepting sliding scale donations. Your donations will help us continue to host our future events and keep our garden growing.
We invite you and your loved ones to connect with nature, meet our friendly animals, and create lasting memories. While we strive to keep this enriching experience accessible to all, we kindly suggest a donation of $5 per participant. Thank you for your contribution and for being part of our community!
Tickets Are Available At The Door!
Free admission - Donations encouraged
Petting Zoo admission $5
Visit The Check-In Stand At Kapwa Gardens
Activities
Check Out Our 2023 Recap Video To See What’s In Store!
Easter Egg Hunt
Find as many easter eggs you can! Open the eggs to collect fun prizes!
Petting Zoo
Featuring a plethora of animals for the kids to pet and play with (Bunnies included!)
Raising Ancestors is an education platform for kids and their caregivers offering workshops and safe spaces through the lens of decolonization, collective liberation and generational healing. All are welcome, Filipinx and BIPOC experiences centered. We are offering a summer day camp program for families exploring how to raise liberated kids in community along with parent education support.
Photo Opportunities
Dress up in your best springtime outfit and take photos in our beautiful garden.
Divine in i: The Divine Coloring Book Movement and Wellness Workshop for Youth
Your Young Divine (focused on ages 6 to 10, but not limited to) will get to color and explore movement inspired by one of The Divines from The Divine Coloring Book. This is an intercultural coloring and movement wellness workshop that creates space for youth to tap into their Divine Spirit within and remember our interconnection to the collective Divine energy in ALL things. Rooted in cultural exploration through one of the four elements; air, earth, fire and water, the class incorporates coloring, storytelling, creative movement, live music, a mindfulness activity and a whole ‘lota LOVE.
Vendors
KRISTIAN KABUAY ART
WOUNDED HEALING ART
FAIRY BITES & DELICACIES
SOOBIUMI
SARI-SARI STORY BOOKS
ARKIPELAGO BOOKS
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Support us by purchasing items from our Amazon wishlist, making in-kind donations, contributing monetarily, or volunteering at the event. Your help ensures a successful, vibrant community event accessible to all.
Dye Hard: Easter Egg Hunt + Festival
Celebrate the spirit of Easter at Kapwa Gardens!
Celebrate a funky family-friendly Easter egg hunt at Kapwa Gardens! Expect a petting zoo, activities for the young and young at heart among the vibrancy of our urban garden oasis.
Dye Hard provides a chance for families and community members to to enjoy the beauty of Kapwa Gardens.
Donning your best tie dye or psychedelic threads is encouraged!
Activities
Easter Egg Hunt
Find as many easter eggs you can! Open the eggs to collect fun prizes!
Raising Ancestors
Healing begins with parenting - Let’s build a future of love and inclusivity!
Sacred Skin Adornments (1:30p - 3:30p)
Hosted by Jenn Ban
Jenn Ban (she/they) is a Multidisciplinary Artist, Certified Usui Reiki Master, Youth Teacher, Tattoo Artist, and community organizer. They are offering an extension of Sacred Skin Adornments, Reiki infused tattoos, for kids as non-permanent body art on arms and hands using non-toxic glitter pens. *Parents, don't worry it's washable! Kids can choose from a selection of exclusive designs to Dye-Hard: Easter event, Jenn will facilitate a quick grounding exercise as they apply the body art. ~5mins per design.
For more about Jenn Ban (IG: @jenn.ban) and more about Sacred Skin Adornments (IG: @sacredskinadornments)
Petting Zoo
Hop on over and meet some furry little friends!
Photo Opportunities
Dress up in your best springtime outfit and take photos in our beautiful garden.
Check Out Our 2022 Recap Video To See What’s In Store!
Event Registration
This event is FREE. Please RSVP below to register your family in the Easter Egg Hunt. Sliding scale donations are accepted.
Your donations will help us continue to host our future events and keep our garden growing.
Vendors
Food & Beverage
Retail
Dye Hard: Easter Egg Hunt + Festival
celebrate the spirit of Easter at Kapwa Gardens!
Bring the whole family out for a day filled with easter egg hunt activities for the little ones to enjoy. Each easter egg is hand painted by the seniors citizens of SOMA Pilipinas with the help of the Bayanihan Equity Center. Plus photo booth opportunities for the whole family.
All of these activities are set in a beautiful technicolor urban oasis of color and lush plants.
Activities
Easter Egg Hunt
Find as many easter eggs you can! Open the eggs to collect fun prizes!
Coloring Fun
Let your creativity flow with select pages from Christine Joy Amagan Ferrer's The Divine Coloring Book, inspired by folklore and spirituality from Haiti, Brazil and Philippines. For ALL ages.
Petting Zoo
Featuring a plethora of animals for the kids to pet and play with (Bunnies included!)
Photo Opportunities
Dress up in your best springtime outfit and take photos in our beautiful garden.
Vendors
Arkipelago Books: Philippine & Filipino American BOOKS & gifts
The Divine Coloring Book
ABOUT THE DIVINE
The Divine is a multicultural 100-page hardcover coloring book for people of all ages (especially the child in all of us) inspired by folklore and spirituality from the Philippines (Diwatas), Haiti (Lwas of Vodou) and Brazil (Orixás of Candomble and deities of the Indigenous Brazilian Tupi Tribe). Thirteen divinities from each culture are represented, along with the folklore and symbolism associated with each of the divinities. Included throughout the book are inspirational quotes, mindfulness activities for children, and poetry featuring Eniafe Isis Adewale of All Her Words, Aimee Amparo, and Haitian songs by Daniel “Brav” Brevil. 40 full-page illustrations.
MEET TINE
Christine Joy Amagan Ferrer (AKA Tine) is the the creatress behind Eyes Opened (EO), eomvmnt.org. And the creator, author and designer of The Divine Coloring Book. #thedivinecoloringbook #tinejoyAF
Tine is a multidisciplinary creative soul from San Francisco. A jack of all trades, and a master of nothing but herself. She is a sacred wellness cultural arts pracitioner. Rooted in Philippine, Haitian and Afro-Brazilian folkloric music and dance. Spirituality, folklore, indigenous art forms and rhythms of the diaspora and Spirit ground her.
By day, she has been empowering youth through movement arts for over a decade. By night, she is also a freelance designer and media producer. She delivers solutions for community organizations and individuals acting for the greater good. Through visual, written and embodied storytelling, she uses movement, media and design to help others tell their stories.
“I believe, if we face ourselves, we can heal ourselves and ignite the sacred power within. – CJAF ” #tinejoyAF
IG: @tinejoy
About Bayanihan Equity Center
The Bayanihan Equity Center (BEC) provides culturally responsive services to address the needs and advance the rights of marginalized communities in pursuit of equity and justice.
Bayanihan Equity Center serves as an activity center for the older adults and adults with disability in San Francisco, especially for the South of Market residents. Services include housing assistance, a food pantry, exercise classes for older adults, community choir and arts and crafts.
Follow BEC
Instagram: @bayanihanequity
Facebook.com/bayanihanequity
Twitter: @bayanihanequity
Website: www.sfbec.org
Event Registration
This event is FREE. Please RSVP below to register your family in the Easter Egg Hunt. Sliding scale donations are accepted.