Tending Futures

03/17/2026

Food is sacred. It is care, survival and sovereignty. It should never be weaponized. Yet for decades, the US blockade has deliberately strained Cuba’s food, health and energy systems. What we are witnessing is not scarcity by accident but by design.

And still, the people continue to tend. Farmers across the island are leading powerful agroecological work rooted in land, resilience and community. They are building futures despite ongoing harm.

This is a moment for us to move beyond words and into material solidarity. Funds raised through this effort will support solar-powered equipment for farmers to transport harvests, irrigate land, increase food production and strengthen low-carbon, community-rooted economies.

From the Gulf South to the Global South, our struggles are connected. Climate justice is not abstract. It is about land, food, water and the right to live with dignity.

Join us in collective action.
Register for the March 18th webinar and be part of this movement.
foodsovforcuba.org

02/21/2026

We are sharing this reflection during Black History Month because the War on Terror is not only a story of foreign policy and global conflict but a continuation of the long domestic war against Black communities. Black history is not separate from this moment. It is central to understanding how surveillance, policing and state violence expanded under the language of “security,” and how Black Muslims have lived at the intersection of every system built to control, criminalize and erase.

Much of the public reflection focuses on foreign wars, national security and the rise of Islamophobia against Muslim communities broadly. What is rarely named is how deeply these policies were built on frameworks of anti-Black racism and how Black communities, particularly Black Muslims, bore the brunt of state violence long before and long after 9/11.

➡️ tendingfutures.org/blog

02/06/2026

Before you begin, a gentle note: this toolkit was created with the understanding that conversations about systems like ICE can bring up big feelings, especially for Black and Indigenous families. Move through it at your own pace. Take breaks. Let the body lead when the mind feels full.

This resource is an offering, not an expectation. Use what serves you. Leave what doesn’t. Adapt it for your family, your classroom, your circle. Our hope is that it supports safety, honesty and connection without adding fear or burden.

Thank you for being part of a future rooted in care, truth and collective survival. If this resource supports you, consider sharing it with someone who may need it. That’s how this work travels.

01/10/2026

What’s happening in Venezuela is not isolated. It is empire doing what empire has always done.

Militarized “solutions” are never about liberation. They are about control, extraction and reminding the world who is allowed sovereignty.

Black and Indigenous liberation demands that we name this clearly. We can oppose authoritarianism and reject foreign occupation at the same time.

If your politics make room for empire, they will never make room for our liberation.

What’s happening in Venezuela matters, not because of headlines but because of people.

👉🏾 Read the full break down on why Black and Indigenous solidarity requires rejecting militarized intervention and standing with sovereignty.

🔗 tendingfutures.org/blog

12/27/2025

We’re sharing this because it matters.

At Tending Futures, our paid services are not separate from our mission. They are how we sustain it. Birth work, herbal medicine, spiritual care and cultural teaching are community programs rooted in ancestral knowledge, not commodities.

When you pay for care here, you are helping fund free and low-cost births, community clinics, herbal support for elders, mutual aid for families in crisis and the fair compensation of the practitioners who carry this work.

Sliding scale is justice.
Sustainability is care.
And paying for services is one way we practice collective responsibility.

Your support doesn’t disappear into a pocket. It ripples outward into our communities, keeping care accessible, practitioners supported and culture alive.

Yakoke for tending futures with us.

12/26/2025

UPDATE: We’ll only be open tomorrow for those that need to pick up orders. Check your email for scheduling if that’s you!

Holiday rhythm at Savage Daughters🎄

OPEN: Monday, Tuesday, Friday
12–8PM

Wednesday is pickup only.
Thursday, Saturday, Sunday: we rest.

Thank you for honoring our winter pace.
🖥️ Online orders are always open.

12/23/2025

Yakoke for your patience as we bring Savage Daughters back online. 🤎
Our hope was to have everything restocked and ready by Winter Solstice. As many of you know, our work doesn’t move on a retail clock alone. We move with care, capacity and responsibility. Sometimes that means choosing slowness over speed.

Until now, we’ve always mirrored our in-person offerings online. With the opening of our storefront, we finally have the space to create something truly special when you walk through our doors. Because of that, some offerings will now be available in person only.

Many of the new items coming into Savage Daughters require relationship, explanation and proper handling. As keepers of this medicine, it feels irresponsible to release certain offerings online without being able to walk you through them directly. This choice is rooted in respect for the plants, the traditions they come from and for you.

🌟 What is available online right now:
All of our herbal teas are live in the shop. We’ve doubled the size from previous offerings and each tea now comes with a reusable infuser. These blends are crafted in small batches using thoughtfully sourced plants, designed to support everyday ritual, nourishment and grounding. The pricing reflects both the quantity and the care that goes into each blend.

After the holidays, we’ll begin adding a small selection of salves and balms online as well.

Thank you again for your patience and your trust. Every decision we make and every offering we share is intentional. That care is why Savage Daughters exists the way it does and why so many of you continue to value this space.

If you’re local, we’d love to see you in person!
🕯️ Today: open 1–8pm
🕯️ Tomorrow: limited hours for pickups only. Times will be emailed with your order confirmation.

With gratitude, always. 🧡

12/22/2025

Holiday rhythm at Savage Daughters🎄

OPEN: Monday, Tuesday, Friday
12–8PM

Wednesday is pickup only.
Thursday, Saturday, Sunday: we rest.

Thank you for honoring our winter pace.
🖥️ Online orders are always open.

12/17/2025

We unfortunately won’t be open today but we’ll be back tomorrow 12-8PM!

Our doors are open!! 🌿

Savage Daughters Apothecary & Botanica is now welcoming folks in during set weekly hours. This is a living space rooted in care, culture and community and we’re easing into being open in a way that feels sustainable and intentional.

Come browse the apothecary, sip tea, sit with a book from the community library or just be for a bit.

🗓 Tuesday & Wednesday 12–5PM
🗓 Thursday 12–8PM
📍 1250 Dauphin St, Studio 250

We’re so glad you’re here and we’re grateful to grow this slowly, together! 🤍

12/16/2025

Our doors are open!! 🌿

Savage Daughters Apothecary & Botanica is now welcoming folks in during set weekly hours. This is a living space rooted in care, culture and community and we’re easing into being open in a way that feels sustainable and intentional.

Come browse the apothecary, sip tea, sit with a book from the community library or just be for a bit.

🗓 Tuesday & Wednesday 12–5PM
🗓 Thursday 12–8PM
📍 1250 Dauphin St, Studio 250

We’re so glad you’re here and we’re grateful to grow this slowly, together! 🤍

12/15/2025

Savage Daughters Apothecary & Botanica is blooming again!!

Our herbal tea blends are officially back on the shelves. Yesterday we reopened for our in-person community and this week the online apothecary will be restocked for those near and far.

Each blend is crafted with intention, care and deep gratitude for the land, the plants and the people who trust us with their rituals. This reopening is a quiet celebration of patience, cycles and coming home to what nourishes us.

Yakoke for supporting and for tending this space with us!
tendingfutures.org/apothecary

12/12/2025

After 1.5 years of tending our little community space quietly through client sessions and order pickups, we’re finally opening our doors to y’all! Join us this Saturday 10AM-3PM at Central Midtown for the Christmas Market as we celebrate what we’re calling our First Light Gathering, a soft introduction to the space we’re building together for healing culture and community care.

This is a living space where our work is still unfolding and where your presence helps shape the roots of what’s growing here. Come sip a cup of tea, settle into a cozy corner, browse the community library and stay awhile.

And the news so many of you have been waiting for….
The apothecary is back!!!
We’re honoring our beginnings by keeping our Savage Daughters Apothecary & Botanica name as an offering of Tending Futures. Yakoke for your patience while we took a restorative pause. We’ve been moving with this full moon and almost everything is restocked. The online shop will be updated tomorrow for our folks outside Mobile.

While you’re here, you can pick up a copy of Watching The Bloom from our ED and shop pieces from our friend Bridgette at Native Designz. We’ll also have a few sweet creations made by our littlest community member Dahlia. Our whole local team will be floating in and out throughout the day so come see our faces. Everyone who enters will receive a small gift and plenty of high fives. And yes, gumbo will be served at 2PM.

We’re grateful to be part of a shared building full of artists, organizers and dreamers. Being in community with so many creatives and other nonprofits grounds our mission in the practice of collective liberation. It reminds us daily that tending futures is something we do side by side not alone.

Accessibility note: We are located on the second floor (studio 250) and there is unfortunately no elevator. This doesn’t align with our disability justice commitments and we are actively brainstorming solutions so our space can reflect our values more fully. Yakoke for your patience as we figure this out with intention.

We can’t wait to welcome y’all in!
Yakoke for being part of this journey with us.