# Event Details - **Event Name**: An Elders' Call to Calm, Courage, and Community - **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 24 Feb, 2026 at 09:00 am – Tue, 24 Feb, 2026 at 11:00 am - **Event Description**: A space for reflection, grounding, and collective guidance during a critical moment.About this EventAn Elders' Call to Calm, Courage, and Community is a morning of intergenerational porch talk—rooted, intimate, and steadying. Not a panel. Not a performance. A space to breathe together, make meaning, and remember how Black community has always carried itself forward: with care, with courage, and with a clear-eyed love.We’ll meet at Black Garnet Books, where the shelves hold our stories and the air holds possibility. Breakfast is on us—come for the nourishment and the fellowship. Bring your full self. Leave with your spirit fed and your shoulders a little lighter.Hosted by the African American Leadership Forum, this gathering centers trusted Black elders whose lived leadership spans movements, spiritual care, community advocacy, healing, and lifelong service. They’ll share stories and guidance grounded in what we need right now: the kind of wisdom to steady our collective nervous systems while ordering our next steps in a moment calling us all to the edge of comfort and safety.Facilitated by Junauda PetrusGuiding the conversation is Junauda Petrus, author of Can We Please Give the Police Department to the Grandmothers—a visionary call to reimagine safety through care, elders, and community power. Junauda’s facilitation holds both the now and the next: she creates space where truth can land gently, where laughter can be medicine, and where we leave with more than inspiration. We leave with direction.Who Should AttendThis gathering is for Black Minnesotans across the diaspora in the Twin Cities—young adults, professionals, organizers, caregivers, and elders—anyone seeking calm, clarity, and relational strength as we navigate the current social and political climate together.What to ExpectA warm, close-in conversation in a Black-owned bookstoreElder reflections rooted in lived experience and cultural knowledgeSimple, tangible practices for mind, body, and spirit resilienceShared resources and community-rooted strategiesA morning that feels like a reset: fed, grounded, and ready to show up with careAt The Forum, we build with our people, listening deeply, centering Black wisdom, and imagining futures where Black leadership sets the blueprint. This gathering is part of that work: a two-hour time pocket where we honor the elders, tend the community, and keep moving toward the world we deserve. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/saint-paul/an-elders-call-to-calm-courage-and-community/100001982989180018 - **Event Categories**: Business, Art, literary-art - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket URL**: https://consumer.pxf.io/c/1339408/3151484/39691?partnerpropertyid=1191892&MediaPartnerPropertyId=1191892&svlink=14105511&level=1&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fan-elders-call-to-calm-courage-and-community-tickets-1982989180018 - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Saint Paul - **state**: MN - **country**: United States - **location**: Black Garnet Books - **lat**: 44.9559373 - **long**: -93.1559525 - **full address**: Black Garnet Books, 1319 University Avenue West, Saint Paul, United States ## Event Organizer details - **affiliate_id**: 10 - **organizer**: African American Leadership Forum (https://allevents.in/org/african-american-leadership-forum/20241573) ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: banner - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events6/banners/9c8011089ad226127bb12de3c08c65d8c2d80b420817a7760593e44b98d40b50-rimg-w1200-h600-dc020102-gmir.jpg?v=1771048925 - **Alt text**: thumbnail - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events6/banners/04e6c58198a2822019cd186c3eaebb3b67c22d145ea12865d22e2b70b7d1c7c2-rimg-w400-h400-dc020101-gmir.jpg?v=1771048924 ## FAQs - **Q**: When is the event happening? - **A:** Tue, 24 Feb, 2026 at 09:00 am - **Q**: Where is the event happening? - **A:** Black Garnet Books, 1319 University Avenue West, Saint Paul, United States - **Q**: What is the ticket price? - **A:** starting from 0 up to 0 USD - **Q**: Who is organizing the event? - **A:** African American Leadership Forum - **Q**: What type of event is this? - **A:** Business, Art, literary-art - **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about An Elders' Call to Calm, Courage, and Community ? - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "An Elders' Call to Calm, Courage, and Community", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events6/banners/9c8011089ad226127bb12de3c08c65d8c2d80b420817a7760593e44b98d40b50-rimg-w1200-h600-dc020102-gmir.jpg?v=1771048925", "startDate": "2026-02-24", "endDate": "2026-02-24", "url": "https://allevents.in/saint-paul/an-elders-call-to-calm-courage-and-community/100001982989180018", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "Black Garnet Books", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "1319 University Avenue West", "postalCode": "55104", "addressLocality": "Saint Paul", "addressRegion": "MN", "addressCountry": "US" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "44.9559373", "longitude": "-93.1559525" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "A space for reflection, grounding, and collective guidance during a critical moment.", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-03", "availabilityEnds": "2026-02-24", "validFrom": "2026-04-03", "lowPrice": "0.00", "highPrice": "0.00", "price": "0.00", "url": "https://allevents.in/saint-paul/an-elders-call-to-calm-courage-and-community/100001982989180018" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-03", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-04-03", "url": "https://allevents.in/saint-paul/an-elders-call-to-calm-courage-and-community/100001982989180018", "price": 0, "name": "General Admission" } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "African American Leadership Forum", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/african-american-leadership-forum/20241573" } ] } ] ```