The Serviceberry Book Release Party & Book Club

The Serviceberry

Join us for a two-part event celebrating the release of Robin Wall Kimmerer’s new book, The Serviceberry: An Economy of Gifts and Abundance.

Come out to Stanza November 20th to buy your copy, meet other people interested in the book, and discuss the concept of gift economies.

For this first meeting, we will use an essay written by Kimmerer in 2022 as an introduction to the book and jumping off point for discussing these ideas. After everyone has had a chance to read the book, we will come together again in January for a full discussion.

Christina Noyes

They will be facilitated by Christina Noyes of Gather & Grow and Daydream Collaborative. Christina is an experienced educator and facilitator of both youth and adults, so bring the whole family. We just ask that everyone who attends has engaged with the material and is ready to take part in the discussion.

Christina is an educator, organizer and herbalist living in Wappingers Falls, NY. Christina runs Gather & Grow, a community initiative focused on social justice herbalism education for youth and adults. Before starting Gather & Grow, they worked as an elementary classroom teacher and curriculum writer. They are passionate about working in community to abandon logics, practices and structures of punishment and extraction, collaborating to bring about alternatives rooted in justice, reciprocity, and care.