MAINTENANCE IS RESISTANCE 2026 REPAIR CAFE

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Friday July 3rd, 3–8pm | Saturday July 4th, 8am–8pm

Our nervous systems are cooked. The whole country's nervous system is fucked. Feels like we are trapped and living with an abusive partner, and no end in sight.

Mother Fucker.

Here's what we know: how we dress ourselves is not frivolous. It's regulatory. Getting our look down builds coherence between who we are inside and what the world sees—this increases our capacity for good trouble, and that's what it's going to take to keep going.

Adornment is an ancient art. It aligns you with your Ori/good destiny, your allies, your power. Wear the cowrie shells. Stitch the patch that tells your story. Permanently weld the jewelry on that's with you till the end. This isn't decoration. It's devotion.

And maintaining the clothes you love? That's self-care for you, for the earth, for your neighbors—and a middle finger to every system that wants you to throw it away and buy new.

Bring your project. Work on it. Stay the whole time.

Clothes not your jam? Bring something else to repair, make, or craft—whatever your version of a middle finger to the patriarchy is, let's rock that.

This is self-guided repair—no class, no curriculum, just time, space, and community. Focus, time, and clapping and cheering will be in abundance.

Set your intent, set up your machines, and make a plan. Charcuterie for dinner—bring something if you'd like. Topos and Mexican Cokes.

Roll up at 8. Breakfast and coffee, then get after it. Lunch is spicy chicken salad with a bunch of greens. Dinner is more snacky—we eat up whatever we haven't devoured yet. Show and tell around 6:30, then cleanup.

If you're doing heavy machine sewing or serging, bring your machine. If you mostly work by hand and just need a machine for odds and ends, we have two sewing machines and a serger for share. We've also got a steam press iron, a regular iron, a laminator, a button maker, and collage items for days.

This repair cafe builds on our Saturday sewing sessions and thrifting tours—it's the next piece of PRH's burnout prevention practice. Care for what you have. Maintenance is an act of resistance. Keep fighting. Together.

xoxoxo Blythe and Rowan and Lisa xoxoxo

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