This iteration of BlaQyard has been collaborating for 2 years with connections dating as far back as 5 years interpersonally. In this time the group has created healing spaces via weekly sound baths, ritual performances, rage rooms, community dinners, workshops, celebrations and community land stewarding days at our home and community space BlaQyard as well as in community venues and spaces within Oakland. More specifically, our last year has been the most productive within the 7-year-old collective, originally founded by Chibueze Crouch, Gabrielle Christian, and additional Black, queer and trans artists living in the collective home.