Peaceful Gatherings Nature School

🎉This Saturday join us at the SC Homeschool Expo! Order your ticket now or pay at the door.

🗓️June 27th 10am-4pm at Jamil Shrine Center

⭐️This year we’re back with more activities! Make and take Cherokee cornhusk dolls and then stick around for a drum circle with . Finish the day learning about Zines with . Anddddd ALL DAY you’ll have a chance to ask veteran Peaceful Gatherings parents about their experience with us!

🍽️ Our friends at Pip’s Street Kitchen will have delicious food at their food truck if you get hungry and you might even find some treats at the Kids Market!

📚Need books?! Our favorite radical bookstore will be there stacked with used books and local authors!

💚We can’t wait to connect at this year’s bigger and better Homeschool Expo!

Cola City Homeschool Expo 2026 is this Saturday, June 27 from 10am to 4pm at Jamil Shrine Center, 206 Jamil Road, Columbia

Volunteer shifts get you FREE admission and the opportunity to work together within the local homeschool community. Giving your time and energy to help others serves as a powerful gateway to personal growth, helping you forge deeper social connections while driving positive change in your community.

Many hands make light work!

Sign up here: https://www.colacityhomeschoolers.com/expo-volunteers/

I had the pleasure of being interviewed on the Carbonated Conversations Podcast earlier this month. Kat and I chatted about the evolution of Peaceful Gatherings and liberating childhood. The episode releases this Thursday! 💚

This Thursday, tune in for another Carbonated Conversation with host Kat and this week’s guest, the founder of @peacefulgatherings Sandra Rivas. Peaceful Gatherings Nature School, located in the St. Andrews neighborhood, is an Agile Learning Community where learning is inclusive, land-based, and liberated. Sandra shares how she identified a gap in liberated learning spaces for kiddos in Columbia, created the space with the help of her neighbors, and continues to facilitate this unique space. You won’t want to miss it! 🌱📚🫧🎙️💚