Year one (2022):

Heartful Rootz held its first market, a collaborative effort with Sky Nursery, in December of 2021, supporting 50-plus vendors with marketing, advertisements, photography, vendor preparation, resource sharing and business plan. Throughout 2022, along with additional markets, we hosted free training, affinity group meetings, recruited board members and made more community connections that allowed us to expand our efforts as well as networks of communication with a diversity of institutions.


Year two (2023):
Planning fundraising for Cultural Center and Plant Family app, game, video and books.
Planned a Capitol hill storefront share with 16 makers and we all decided it was not a good investment to give our money to white folks who own the buildings. Start of efforts for Land back actions and creating a cultural center somewhere we feel more safe and loved.
Workshop collaborations with Queer the land, Black Star Farmers, Partners of Employment and more.
Continued efforts of Makers Markets and community engagement to our efforts in collective liberation.
Market on the water met with rudeness from the management of the private club house, negatively impacting our customers' experience.
Planned monthly market with The Collective Seattle fell through a month before our second market, leading to disappointment in the canceled partnership opportunity.
Planned market and consistent events with The Lodge at Saint Edwards Park resulted in a challenge as they sought us to be a promotional factor without fair compensation, necessitating a stand against tokenization. Disappointment in the partnership opportunity, given the historical context of the building and its responsibility for reparations.
Project Development Plans with community in forming equity ad justice

Year three (2024):
Planned kiosk with Friends of the Waterfront Seattle in an effort to promote equity, but faced disappointment in the canceled partnership opportunity due to their unwillingness to meet our equitable needs and safety guidelines, as well as their denial of payment for our Project Development work.
Collaboration meetings & community organizing
QT2S lead Calpulli group birthed
Fundraising for Cultural Center
Fundraising for Plant Family app, game, video and books
Greenlake Cultural Center with Seattle Park equity fund development plan in third phase, community vote!


Year four (2025):
Collaboration meetings & community organizing
QT2S lead Calpulli group growth
Fundraising for Cultural Center
Fundraising for Plant Family app, game, video and books
Build of Cultural Center with equity funds of city


Year five (2026):
Collaboration meetings & community organizing
QT2S lead Calpulli group growth
Fundraising for Cultural Center
Fundraising for Plant Family app, game, video and books
Artists in residence & cooperative living spaces