Black.Bird.Rising and Hawthorn’s Apothecary share a simple but urgent belief: our communities deserve spaces where we can heal, rest, learn, and prepare ourselves to keep going. At this moment, Black, queer, and trans people—and the people who love us—are navigating enormous pressures, from isolation and uncertainty to the ongoing attacks on our dignity, safety, and ability to thrive. We know that surviving this moment will require more than endurance. It will require intentional spaces for healing, connection, joy, and resilience.

Together, Black.Bird.Rising and Hawthorn’s Brood Apothecary are building one of those spaces. Through this new and growing partnership, our shared space offers herbal consultations, doula services, reiki as well as other healing modalities. We house an apothecary, where herbs are sold by the ounce as well as various herbal remedies, tinctures and body care to support spiritual, mental and physical wellness.

In an effort to keep access to healing accessible, we offer regular free distribution of groceries, herbs and resources to the community; and workshops that offer practical, cultural, spiritual, and healing tools for navigating hard times. We are creating a place where people can come as they are, receive what they need, share what they know, and remember that none of us are meant to do this alone. This work is rooted in the belief that care is not a luxury—it is part of how communities build the capacity to survive and flourish.

We are raising funds to help put the resources behind this vision. Your support will help cover the overhead of the physical space Black.Bird.Rising and Hawthorn’s Apothecary are sharing, as well as the programmatic costs that make this community care possible—from herbal and wellness supplies to workshops, materials, and opportunities for collective healing. This partnership is still budding, and your investment can help us build a strong foundation for what comes next. When you give, you are helping create a place where Black, queer, and trans people and the people who love them can breathe, heal, gather, and grow. We believe our communities have everything we need to survive and thrive—but we need spaces, resources, and each other to make that possible.

Hawthorn’s Brood Cooperative is a daring vision of collective and liberatory care. We are three queer, trans and poc healing practitioners with combined skills in ancestrally-rooted plant medicine, spiritual and community herbalism, Ayurveda, Death and Birthing Doula work, Art and Drama Therapy, and somatics. Our Brood met as co-workers in an apothecary that put profit before people and we knew there was a better, more equitable way. The last 2 years, we’ve been dreaming, creating, studying, and working to flesh out how to bring our co-op into this world.

We have had an incredible past 6 months collaborating and sharing space with Black.Bird.Rising in Germantown. We want to continue manifesting our vision of bringing plant medicine to the people in this beautiful space, that so many of you love and have come to visit!

To continue this dream, we need your financial support. We are collectively fundraising $12k to continue making this dream a reality.

These are our current goals:

Immediate need: Raise $3,000 by Sunday September 20 to cover overdue rent costs

September 30, 2026: Raise $3,000 for overhead and programming

October 10, 2026: Raise $3,000 for overhead and programming

October 20, 2026: Raise $3,000 for overhead and programming

We are raising a total of $12,000.

We are really excited by the initial momentum of this campaign. We already have $2, 000 that has been committed by a private funder. That money should be arrive by the end of the month.