Earth Month Convergence

The 5th Annual Earth Month Convergence is here!

On April 18–19, we’re gathering to strengthen the climate justice movement in NYC, deepen solidarity, share skills, and grow community infrastructure.

This year's programming is anchored in three interconnected tracks:

• ​🌱 Land Stewardship: community-led land defense, urban stewardship, food justice, and Indigenous sovereignty in practice. 

• 💻​ Community-directed Tech: data justice, mutual aid, and community-controlled knowledge systems. 

• ​🌀 Spirit, Memory, Archives: land-based practices, rituals, and activations honoring ancestral knowledge and cultural memory that sustain movements across generations. 

Join us for two powerful days of workshops, music, shared meals, and collective care—celebrating our collective victories and taking steps toward the future we deserve, together.

Sliding Scale Ticket Model

The Earth Month Convergence uses a sliding scale model so that cost is not a barrier to participation. Sliding scale models recognize that people have different relationships to wealth, income, and access to resources, shaped by structural inequality, geography, and life circumstances. This approach is rooted in our values of accessibility and solidarity. As such, we invite you to contribute within your capacity — giving what you can while helping sustain the gathering and making it accessible to others.

Those with greater financial access help subsidize lower-cost and free tickets so our community can gather across different economic realities.

Suggested Contribution Tiers

Community Access — $0

For those who would not be able to attend otherwise.

This tier is most suitable for participants who may be:

• students or youth

• unhoused or living paycheck to paycheck

• supporting family members or dependents

• navigating financial hardship or systemic barriers to income

Reduced Ticket — $25

This tier is for those with limited financial flexibility who can contribute a small amount.

This tier may be right for you if you:

• have inconsistent or low income

• are balancing many financial responsibilities

• are able to contribute something but cannot pay the full ticket

Sustainer Ticket — $60

This reflects the baseline cost needed to make the event possible.

Choose this tier if you:

• have stable income

• can comfortably pay for community events or workshops

• want to contribute toward the real cost of organizing the gathering

If most participants choose this level, it allows the EMC to cover event costs and organize labor.

Solidarity Ticket — $100

For those with greater financial capacity who want to make the gathering more accessible.

Choose this tier if you:

• have financial stability, disposable income, or savings

• travel recreationally or attend paid conferences and events regularly

• have higher earning potential due to education, citizenship, or other structural advantages

This tier helps subsidize lower-cost and free tickets.

Pay-It-Forward Ticket — $150+

For those who want to support the broader accessibility of the gathering.

If you have the means to give more, we invite you to choose this tier. Your contribution helps support:

• community access tickets

• stipends for facilitators and speakers

• the labor and infrastructure needed to host the convergence

Choosing a Tier

This model is rooted in honest self-reflection, trust and collectivity. We invite you to choose the contribution that reflects your capacity while supporting a gathering that is accessible to many.

Your support, whether through participation or contribution, helps sustain this powerful space for learning, joy, and action. Thank you for being part of it! 💚