Workshops and Events

8am-2pm

July 6th

Downtown Farmers Market

11am-5pm

July 7th

Fizzy Ferments! A Primer on Brewing and Lacto Fermentation!

8-9pm

Every 2nd and 4th Wednesday

Radical Reading & Tea Time (RRTT)

July 7th - Open Farm day & Fizzy Ferments Workshop
Fizzy Ferments! A Primer on Brewing and Lacto-fermentation
 It's Summertime and our gardens are active! Don't let the fruit dripping  off the branches go to waste, learn to ferment it into beautiful,  nutritious, and bubbly wonders!  
Learn from your local grassroots food punks about the low-cost, high-pleasure activity that is fermentation! All you need to preserve most perishable ingredients and add some party vibes is salt/sugar. Come learn the science of safe fermentation and have fun at the farm!
This is an all-day hands-on workshop. We will be exploring and making lacto-fermented vegetables (like sauerkraut), kombucha, and local fruit cider/mead. Please dress for hot weather- loose-fitting cotton clothes that you can get dirty recommended

Every 2nd and 4th Wednesday 8pm - 9pm
Radical Reading & Tea Time (RRTT)
  Come bring your radical book and read with us while enjoying herbal tea made and grown by your Mobile Moon friends! This is a space to read your book silently and share what you learn with the rest of us at the end of the reading session. In botany, the word radical means the first part of a seedling that emerges from the seed during the process of germination. Both radical and radical have the same original root in latin radix. Books help us plant a seed of liberation in our minds and we can emerge after it rooted in history and values. Like Angela Davis said "We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.” Radical may feel revolutionary to the status quo, but perhaps not to our bodies and ancient wisdom since it is simply a return to the “root.” Radical thought uproots the culture to be better, fundamentally changing our society. In this world of loudness and fastness come slow down with us and read. This is a no screen space (no phones or computers). We ask that you bring a physical book or borrow one from bookshelf.

Every Sunday, minus the last 11am - 12:30pm
Queer Family Building
 Inspired by Baby Making for Everybody by Ray Rachlin and Marea Goodman, we host ongoing conversations on queer family building. We want to normalize, celebrate, and support the growth of queer families. Many may feel parenting is not realistic for them. But through the books, birthworkers, and queer parents that we talk to in this space, we celebrate the reality that queer families have and do exist all around us. Cheers to all ways that we can create families outside of the traditional family model!
This program will rotate between being virtual and being in person. 
Book reading is not required, but if you are interested, you can find a copy of Baby Making for Everybody at Under the Umbrella!
Many volunteered hours go into offering this program. If you plan to be a regular guest, we would love to ask you to support us by becoming a Mobile Moon Cooperative member!
Suggested donation: $5 for one OR $15-20 for the month

June 30th from 11am - 1pm
Reclaim & Reconnect
 At R&R, the last Sunday of every month,  we will review topics covered in the book, Farming While Black. This incredible gift of a resource includes chapters on honoring spirits of the land, restoring degraded land, plant medicine, cooking and preserving, healing from trauma, urban farming, movement building, etc. We will engage in community activations that center exploring land stewardship through the lens of Black and Indigenous experiences as we work to reclaim and reconnect with the land as a mutual safe haven and nurturer. This will be a hybrid experience and is open to community members interested in learning about collective economics through land stewardship at various learning stages.
no cost for this series, donations will all go to supporting our homing sovereignty for Black and Indigenous people experience displacement and homing challenges

June 5 5pm - 8pm
Queer & Embodied Series Pt.4 - Mural painting with Caro
  We will spend an evening enjoying a guided approach to intuitive painting, a meditative process of art making where the work emerges from experimentation, intuition and trust instead of pre-planning or expectations. We will be using this process to paint a real-life mural on a new farm shed! Paint and materials will be provided— please bring clothes that are mess-friendly. Gluten-free snacks will be provided:)
- signups closed!-

June 22nd, 5-9pm
Summer Solstice - Emergent Strategy Festival
Wasatach Community Gardens
Shaping Change, Changing Worlds
Emergent strategy practices strengthen imagination and the capacity to think beyond the limitations of socialization – beyond competition, beyond binaries, and beyond linear, short-term outcomes.
Emergent Strategy Festival is based on a philosophy by author and activist Adrienne Maree Brown and strives to cultivate an atmosphere of trust and political alignment in our city through art, culture, and education. Emergent strategy is “radical self-help, society-help, and planet-help designed to shape the futures we want to live. It is a way to acknowledge the real power of change, and be in the right relationship to it.” 
We will have a panel of diverse local change-makers who can share about their experiences shaping change and changing our community. We will serve locally grown and culturally nourishing food. We will encourage each attendee’s autonomous contributions to the space through a give and take wall, a really really free market, a zine release and tea-time, and a collaborative children and youth banner for imagining the future we want to live in. We will also be releasing our latest zine! Last year we gathered different voices from the community: femme and queer herbalists and activists, to survey and assess the plants we are growing in our Third Eye chakra garden. We will share a handmade booklet featuring herbal profiles that pertain to the crown Third Eye: Ajna.

In this festival, we intend to deepen relationships and observe emergent patterns to better understand the needs and gifts of our community. Through the nexus of art, culture, and education, not only can we create spaces for joy and celebration in this festival, but also creatively imagine a socially just city that includes our diversity of stories and cultures.

June 30th from 11am - 1pm
Reclaim & Reconnect
 At R&R, the last Sunday of every month,  we will review topics covered in the book, Farming While Black. This incredible gift of a resource includes chapters on honoring spirits of the land, restoring degraded land, plant medicine, cooking and preserving, healing from trauma, urban farming, movement building, etc. We will engage in community activations that center exploring land stewardship through the lens of Black and Indigenous experiences as we work to reclaim and reconnect with the land as a mutual safe haven and nurturer. This will be a hybrid experience and is open to community members interested in learning about collective economics through land stewardship at various learning stages.

This first meeting will begin with the chapter on finding land and resources. Based on who registers, we’ll tailor the discussion to regions. 
We will
Open with the purpose of R&R
GO through reflection exercise
Discuss chapter topic
Review next steps that support personal reflection
Closing Q&A
no cost for this series, donations will all go to supporting our homing sovereignty for Black and Indigenous people experience displacement and homing challenges

5th May 10am-5pm
Open Farm Day with Harvest and Cooking Demo
  Join us at The Moon farm for a day of hands-on workshopping! Starting in May we will host an open farm day on the first Sunday of every month which will include a hands-on workshop, farm lunch and all-you-can-drink tea! 
  On May 5th, we offer a workshop on Identifying, harvesting and cooking with fresh garden greens. Identifying, harvesting and cooking with fresh garden greens.
  Greens are some of the most nutrient-dense, healthy and delicious foods in the garden. In early May, they come in all shapes, sizes and flavors. Come learn to identify some common and some less common edible greens at the farm. We will harvest and wash the greens, then Rikki will demonstrate how they can be used in making an assortment of delicious foods such as saag paneer, spanakopita, pesto, and more!
  Afterwards, we will share a farm lunch together and enjoy the greens of our labor.
  The remainder of the afternoon will be open farm time with various recreational activities as well as some volunteer tasks for you to experience. We expect all attendees to honor the land, the collective, and our commitment to femme & queer leadership.
  The cost of this event is $20-40 per person. This will cover food costs and labor, plus 30% solidarity to support displaced Gazan families. Members of the Mobile Moon Co-op get a 15% discount. Work trade and scholarship opportunities are available. Just contact themobilemooncoop@gmail.com with inquiries.

Every 2nd and 4th Wednesday 8pm - 9pm
Radical Reading & Tea Time (RRTT)
  Come bring your radical book and read with us while enjoying herbal tea made and grown by your Mobile Moon friends! This is a space to read your book silently and share what you learn with the rest of us at the end of the reading session. In botany, the word radical means the first part of a seedling that emerges from the seed during the process of germination. Both radical and radical have the same original root in latin radix. Books help us plant a seed of liberation in our minds and we can emerge after it rooted in history and values. Like Angela Davis said "We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.” Radical may feel revolutionary to the status quo, but perhaps not to our bodies and ancient wisdom since it is simply a return to the “root.” Radical thought uproots the culture to be better, fundamentally changing our society. In this world of loudness and fastness come slow down with us and read. This is a no screen space (no phones or computers). We ask that you bring a physical book or borrow one from bookshelf.

Every Sunday, minus the last 11am - 12:30pm
Queer Family Building
 Inspired by Baby Making for Everybody by Ray Rachlin and Marea Goodman, we host ongoing conversations on queer family building. We want to normalize, celebrate, and support the growth of queer families. Many may feel parenting is not realistic for them. But through the books, birthworkers, and queer parents that we talk to in this space, we celebrate the reality that queer families have and do exist all around us. Cheers to all ways that we can create families outside of the traditional family model!
This program will rotate between being virtual and being in person. 
Book reading is not required, but if you are interested, you can find a copy of Baby Making for Everybody at Under the Umbrella!
Many volunteered hours go into offering this program. If you plan to be a regular guest, we would love to ask you to support us by becoming a Mobile Moon Cooperative member!
Suggested donation: $5 for one OR $15-20 for the month

*postponed to a later date* Queer & Embodied Series  P.4 Body Art With Daley
  In this series of events, we will gather to enjoy some aspect of being embodied and engaging our senses. We will do so through dance and movement, sound baths, meditation, body art and intuitive painting. All of this will snowball into a final queer and embodied playtime where you can bring your kids and/or your inner child.
Inspired by Audre Lorde: “The erotic is a measure between the beginnings of our sense of self and the chaos of our strongest feelings. It is an internal sense of satisfaction to which, once we have experienced it, we know we can aspire. For having experienced the fullness of this depth of feeling and recognizing its power, in honor and self-respect we can require no less of ourselves.”
Queer bodies have a cultural history of reclaiming self-love and acceptance. We do so out of survival and we do so out of joy. 
We’re here! We’re queer! We are loving our bodies!
Suggested donation:$10-20

2nd & 10th April (Every 2nd and 4th Wednesday) 8 - 9pm
Radical Reading & Tea Time (RRTT)
  Come bring your book and read with us while enjoying herbal tea made and grown by us. This is a space to read your book silently and share what you learn with the rest of us at the end of the reading session. There is also books available to borrow for the time that we are together at from our library. Revolutionary, uproot the culture to be better, fundamental change to our society. As radical we mean radical for the status quo and not us because that just feels to our body.Find the list of books available here: 

7th, 14th, & 21st April (Sundays minus the last) 11am - 12:30pm
Queer Family Building
 Inspired by Baby Making for Everybody by Ray Rachlin and Marea Goodman, we host ongoing conversations on queer family building. We want to normalize, celebrate, and support the growth of queer families. Many may feel parenting is not realistic for them. But through the books, birthworkers, and queer parents that we talk to in this space, we celebrate the reality that queer families have and do exist all around us. Cheers to all ways that we can create families outside of the traditional family model!
This program will rotate between being virtual and being in person. 
Book reading is not required, but if you are interested, you can find a copy of Baby Making for Everybody at Under the Umbrella!
Suggested donation: $5 for one OR $15-20 for the month

18th April 7pm - 9pm
Queer & Embodied Series pt.3 Mobility & Partner Assists with Jenny
  Our host is Jenny (She/They), and they are positively obsessed with body work and healing. They are a certified ashtanga yoga instructor and massage therapy apprentice. During this workshop they will draw on their years as a colligate athlete to assure safety during this embodied workshop. They love how team atmospheres mirror community support and trust. 
Come stretch, breathe and connect with your community. Dress in comfortable clothing that will not restrict limbs from fully extending and expanding. Once everyone has arrived we will partner up ideally with someone you do not know. Jenny will demonstrate/walk everyone through a lower body sequence of a partner assisted stretch routine. Everyone will have a chance to give and also receive the benefits of this routine. We will focus on hip alignment, hamstring, hip flexor, IT band, glute, and quadriceps. 
Aside from physical practice we will be working on clear communication, giving and receiving support, trust in the power of community care.

Radical Reading Time 
and Tea:
Come bring your radical book and read with us while enjoying herbal tea made and grown by your Mobile Moon friends! This is a space to read your book silently and share what you learn with the rest of us at the end of the reading session. In botany, the word radicle means the first part of a seedling that emerges from the seed during the process of germination. Both radicle and radical have the same original root in latin radix. Books help us plant a seed of liberation in our minds and we can emerge after it rooted in history and values. Like Angela Davis said "We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.” Radical may feel revolutionary to the status quo, but perhaps not to our bodies and ancient wisdom since it is simply a returning to the “root.” Radical thought uproots the culture to be better, fundamentally changing our society. In this world of loudness and fastness come slow down with us and read. This is a no screen space (no phones or computers). We ask that you bring a physical book or borrow one from bookshelf.
This space will be held every second and fourth Wednesday of the month from 8-9pm starting on Feb 8th.

Queer and Embodied Thursdays:
“The erotic is a measure between the beginnings of our sense of self and the chaos of our strongest feelings. It is an internal sense of satisfaction to which, once we have experienced it, we know we can aspire. For having experienced the fullness of this depth of feeling and recognizing its power, in honor and self-respect we can require no less of ourselves.”
- Audre Lorde (the Power of Erotics)
In this series of events, we will gather to enjoy some aspect of being embodied and engaging our senses. We will do so through dance and movement, sound baths, meditation, body art and intuitive painting. All of this will snowball into a final queer and embodied playtime where you can bring your kids and/or your inner child. Queer bodies have a cultural history of reclaiming self-love and acceptance. We do so out of survival and we do so out of joy. We’re here! We’re queer! We are loving our bodies!
Part 1: Feb 22 Time: 7-9pm 
 Tender Being Dance Workshop with Yasi
Part 2: Mar 21 Time: 7-9pm
 Shake the Dust Sound Bath and Meditation with Camlyn
Part 3: April 18 Time: 7-9pm             
 Mobility and Partner Assists with Jenny

Virtual Book Club On Queer Family Building: Baby Making for Everybody:
We are happy to host a virtual book club to explore queer family building. 
Join us 11am-12pm on Zoom beginning February 18!  
preceding dates are March 3, 10th, 17th, & 24th
At the beginning of each meeting we’ll summarize a chapter or two and review points to discuss. We will also invite different guests: birth workers and queer parents to share experiences and to questions. 
Baby Making for Everybody by Ray Rachlin and Marea Goodman describes itself as, “a how-to guide and a celebration of the many ways that people create families outside of the traditional heterosexual-nuclear-family model. Combining a step-by-step guide with personal narratives, this book offers prospective parents a blueprint for how to grow their families and to feel supported in the process.” You can find a copy at Under the Umbrella Bookstore!

A word on financial transparency:
Each quarter 30% of The Mobile Moon Co-op's proceeds go to a solidarity part.  This is an expression of direct mutual aid to the grassroots. The remaining funds compensate for materials and the time and energy of our core members. We are devoted to making high-quality products and hosting meaningful community events. Navigating compensation for this work is a difficult and confusing task! Depending on the month we make anywhere from $8-20/hour.  We ask for donations for many of our events so we can continue honoring our commitment to take care of ourselves and our community in the form of material and financial redistribution. 

We hold values of anti-capitalism and community liberation from oppressive structures. We know that everybody has bills to pay and we don’t want finances to stop anybody participating in our workshops or events. We offer sliding scale, work trade, discounts for QTBIPOC (Queer and Trans Black and Indigenous People of Color) and are open to other ideas for improving inclusivity. Please don’t feel discouraged to join in on an event if you can’t afford the entry, but please write to us and let us know so we can help! Lack of money is not a barrier to entry into our space. 

We encourage everyone to take a moment and reflect on your privilege and hold yourself accountable for what you can truly offer.  We believe in solidarity over charity and acknowledge the cruel and extractive historical processes that have led to certain community members being positioned with greater access to resources than others. If you’d like to give more than the suggested donation and/or sponsor a moonbox or workshop registration for someone else, you are welcome to do so! Just reach out and let us know. 

Thank you to everyone for all the ways you choose to engage with this project! We wouldn’t be here without the mycelial network of support and enthusiasm from you all.

WORKSHOPS & EVENTS

Events July 2024

July 6th

July 7th

Every 2nd and 4th Wednesday

Every Sunday (minus the last Sunday)

Every last Sunday of the month

July 2024

June 1st 8am - 2pm

Downtown Farmers Market

July 7th - Open Farm day & Fizzy Ferments Workshop

Fizzy Ferments! A Primer on Brewing and Lacto-fermentation

Every 2nd and 4th Wednesday 8pm - 9pm

Radical Reading & Tea Time (RRTT)

Every Sunday, minus the last 11am - 12:30pm

Queer Family Building

June 30th from 11am - 1pm

Reclaim & Reconnect

June 2024

June 1st 8am - 2pm

Downtown Farmers Market

June 5 5pm - 8pm

Queer & Embodied Series Pt.4 - Mural painting with Caro

June 8th, 12 - 5:00pm

Fireweed Art Market

HK Brewing Co, 370 W Aspen Ave, Salt Lake City, UT 84101

June 22nd, 5-9pm

Summer Solstice - Emergent Strategy Festival

June 30th from 11am - 1pm

Reclaim & Reconnect

May 2024

5th May 10am-5pm

Open Farm Day with Harvest and Cooking Demo

Every 2nd and 4th Wednesday 8pm - 9pm

Radical Reading & Tea Time (RRTT)

Every Sunday, minus the last 11am - 12:30pm

Queer Family Building

May 18th 11am-5pm

GridZine Fest

*postponed to a later date* Queer & Embodied Series P.4 Body Art With Daley

April 2024

2nd & 10th April (Every 2nd and 4th Wednesday) 8 - 9pm

Radical Reading & Tea Time (RRTT)

7th April 2pm - 4pm

Bike Repair Workshop and Open Farm - The Moonstead

7th, 14th, & 21st April (Sundays minus the last) 11am - 12:30pm

Queer Family Building

16th April 3:30pm - 5pm

Foraging Panel - University of Utah

18th April 7pm - 9pm

Queer & Embodied Series pt.3 Mobility & Partner Assists with Jenny

February & March 2024

Radical Reading Time

and Tea:

Queer and Embodied Thursdays:

Virtual Book Club On Queer Family Building: Baby Making for Everybody:

Many hands, hearts, and minds have collaborated in making the

Mobile Moon Co-op

The grief and gratitude of this queer journey has conjured a nexus of reflection, where all people seeking to remember their inherent sacredness can connect to the earth; to the cycles of the moon, to each other, and to themselves.

A word on financial transparency:

postponed to a later date Queer & Embodied Series P.4 Body Art With Daley