Join us at @franklinparkbk Thursday 7-10pm 🫂♥️ we have revolutionary valentines for you— beautiful resources from @decolonizethisplace 💌🔻🌹. We’ll play some chess too :) love u 💋
We’re back at @bluestarparlor for Mommy’s Day ;) *2-5pm* in the back patio. See you soon bbs🤰🌷♟️💕
Access notes: first floor, ADA accessible, gender neutral bathroom. Well-ventilated semi-outdoor area. We’ll have masks- please use them whenever someone asks.
City in Resistance, launches April 17, 2026 at 127 Walker Street in Chinatown, New York. Taking place during Earth Week and in parallel to the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, it offers a week-long, community-centered space for gathering, exchange, and organizing. Spearheaded by Chinatown Art Brigade, Alicia Grullón, Quito Ziegler of Dandelions NYC, Mon M, and the W.O.W. Project, and building on the 2024 Borough Based Liberation Project, the convening brings together Indigenous land defenders, artists, organizers, and movement workers from across territories and New York City.
At a time of overlapping ecological, political, and social crises, City in Resistance centers the interconnected struggles for land, housing, sovereignty, justice, and collective survival. Located adjacent to the site of one of four new city jails, the project is grounded in Chinatown’s long history of resistance and asks what futures can be built beyond systems of incarceration. The week will include cross-movement dialogues with visiting land defenders alongside locally rooted gatherings, creating space for strategy-building, relationship-making, and collective reflection. Through workshops, conversations, and informal exchanges, participants will explore pathways toward sustained solidarity and coordinated action across communities and borders.
ACCESS:
127 Walker Street is a storefront and community center that fosters ideas for community wellbeing. In this spirit, the city in resistance hopes to nurture the space in a way that is accessible for all who wish to enter.
With this, we recognize that the COVID pandemic is ongoing, so first and foremost, we will be requiring and providing masks during our gatherings. We also recommend that if you’re feeling sick on any given day, you stay home and focus on caring for yourself :)
The space’s ground floor is wheelchair accessible as is the Canal St station via the 6 train. There is additionally a bathroom onsite on this floor that is ADA accessible.
Throughout the week we’ll absolutely have seating available. Please just ask for what you need as it arises because we want to prioritize folks’ comfortability!
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Win these prizes and support @fund_the_inside and @gazamutualaid by entering the QG Cup Raffle!
To enter, Venmo or Cashapp @ QueersGambit
Every $5 = 1 raffle ticket ($30=6 tickets).
*Be sure to note the player you’re sponsoring & the number of the raffle item(s) you want your tickets to go to*
Note your phone number if you can’t attend the 5/3 2-5pm tournament @anotherworldbk in Crown Heights in person (delivery in NYC only).
Join us for second Sundays, 4/12 from 1-4pm at @bluestarparlor in Flatbush, 1112 Cortelyou Road 🦋♟️Beginners welcome 🤗🌟
Masks provided- please mask whenever not eating or drinking, or when anyone asks you to. 😷 In the back patio area, covered and heated but well ventilated, first floor ADA accessible, gender neutral bathroom.
We’ll have flyers and stickers re. the bk jail, the bk navy yard, and 🧊 (and free whistles)—you’re encouraged to bring and share zines.
⚡️Join us for the first annual QG Cup to celebrate our third birthday and raise funds for @fund_the_inside and @gazamutualaid , at @anotherworldbk on May 3 from 2-5pm 🌹♟️❤️🔥🎂🏆
Later this week, we will post about buying raffle tickets and sponsoring players - Venmo or cashapp @ QueersGambit, noting which raffle item and which player you’re sponsoring. We will have beautiful chess sets handmade by QG Queen @azaniamarachi as prizes for the player who fundraises the most money, the player who gets the highest number of individual donations, and for the players who place in the top 3 in the tournament.
All the player spots have been secured, but there will be extra sets available for casual play. We encourage fans to spectate & cheer players on, learn about the mutual aid orgs tabling, and support the fundraiser by entering the raffle and buying from vendors.
Masks provided and required inside. 😷♥️
Food vending from @getsome_food 😋
❣️Thank you very much to the generous raffle item donors, vendors, and tablers joining us:
@poppies4palestine@olivegroveinitiative@bkjailsupport@hell_orb_hell_orb@_afterglo_@pottery.for.the.people@dankdykes_@sugarbombingworld@jocutrona@transmusicarchive
Stay tuned for the raffle!
Stunning flyer by @melomelodavis 🔮🏆🪸
Funds still needed!!!! We have raised over $6000 but are still pushing to help 3 families fund their asylum cases and legal fees!
link in bio to donate!!! ❤️
while they are Waiting their trials they are in the shelter system-any amount helps!!!!!
Today! Monday March 30th 6:30pm at Starr Barr
Tickets: /5E6JFP56
6:30pm / Doors open
7:30pm / Screening begins
10pm / Event ends
Gather for a screening of Eyes of the Rainbow (1997, dir.
Gloria Ronaldo, 47 mins.). After escaping prison in 1979, Black Liberation Army leader and revolutionary Assata Shakur found political asylum in Havana, Cuba, for more than 40 years. Dedicated to “all women who struggle for a better world,” Ronaldo’s documentary offers a rare glimpse into Shakur’s first-person experience of exile and her reflections on the Afro-Cuban diaspora.
Before and after the screening, grab a drink and learn how to tap into the support campaign for Jakhi McCray.
Jakhi McCray is a 22-year-old student, committed organizer in anti-imperialist movements, and beloved member of communities across New York and New Jersey. He is facing federal persecution for allegedly setting fire to ten police vehicles belonging to the 83rd precinct in Brooklyn, New York. He faces charges that carry up to 20 years of incarceration.
All proceeds from this screening will go to Jakhi’s support campaign, which is raising urgently needed funds to cover his material needs while on house arrest, support for upcoming court dates, zines and campaign literature, and restitution and commissary should Jakhi be sentenced to time in prison.
$1,150 to go! Please donate and boost. We are raising funds to help a queer and trans couple help pay for needed legal support for their US permanent residency (Green Card), which costs $1,500.
Due to the extensive and purposeful delays by USCIS on DACA renewals, they will have an expired DACA status at the time of their Green card interview, putting them at risk of deportation. Due to the legal complexities involved in their particular immigration case, they require the expertise of an immigration attorney for their upcoming interview at 26 Federal Plaza. That’s *the* Federal Plaza from the news.
Here’s how much they’ve spent already:
Advance Parole: $660
DACA Renewal: $555
1-485 form filing fee: $1,440
1-130 form filing fee: $675
Medical exam fee: $150
TOTAL: $3,480
Any amount helps! 🫂❣️
❤️🔥🫂We missed you ! We’re back Sunday 3/15 from 1-4pm at @bluestarparlor in Flatbush, 1112 Cortelyou Road. ♟️Beginners welcome 🤗
Masks provided and required when not eating or drinking. 😷🥰 In the back patio area, covered and heated but well ventilated, first floor ADA accessible, gender neutral bathroom.
We’ll have flyers and stickers re. the bk jail, the bk navy yard, and 🧊 (and free whistles)—you’re encouraged to bring and share zines.
See you soon chess gays and theys! 💕
In response to heightened activity around the Brooklyn jail, we are launching a WEEK OF ACTION:
On Tuesday 1/27, between 9am and noon, we’re picketing AIANY’s event at @centerforarch showcasing the “design excellence” of Brooklyn jail, featuring senior leadership of firms and agencies responsible for its construction: @nycddc , @hoknetwork , and @aecom .
On Wednesday 1/28, we’re boosting a phone zap to @cmrestler , who represents the district where the jail is located and was recently appointed Chair of City Council’s Contracts Committee. Call script to come!
On Thursday 1/29, from 5 to 6pm, we’re holding a demo against the weeklong installation of jail cells to make it loud and clear that New Yorkers are prepared to mobilize against further construction at the site.
Join us at any or all of these actions!
