After last month’s Grief Walk, I was trying to figure out what sort of event I could host outdoors this month before the heat of summer sets in. That’s when I saw this post by Holly Truhlar on Instagram encouraging people to gather for Grief & Solidarity Day, a day to share our sorrows so that we may build the solidarity needed to create a more liberated world. I instantly knew that I would need to host a Grief & Solidarity event in Seoul, and that’s how Grief in the Park was born.
Grief in the Park
Saturday, May 24
1:00am-1:00pm
Namsangol Hanok Village
Free & open to all
🌿 Grief in the Park 🌿
A Grief & Solidarity Day event
A community gathering to grieve, connect, and root in collective care
“We must first be able to feel grief, our own, before we can truly become an ally to anyone else.”
Prentis Hemphill
In this time of profound loss and great uncertainty—for our communities, our planet Earth, and the futures we long for—let us come together to both mourn and mobilize.
This event is not just about grieving. It’s about weaving our collective sorrows into sustained action. It’s about being true allies for each other—not just in moments of crisis, but in the long, tender work of liberation. Together, we will move through gentle grounding, collective reflection, and community connection, with the intention of using grief as fuel for solidarity and justice.
❤️🔥 All grief is welcome: personal, collective, systemic, ecological
❤️🔥 Come to acknowledge your grief and reconnect with your purpose
❤️🔥 Bring your sorrows, your tenderness, your rage, your hope
🗓 Date: Saturday, May 24
⏰ Time: 11:00am-1:00pm
📍 Location: Namsangol Hanok Village
🎟 Free & open to all
👉 Please register in advance
Extra info: We will gather in a traditional Korean pavilion. Consider bringing a cushion or mat to sit on, a bottle of water, and whatever you need to feel comfortable outdoors. If it’s rainy or the air quality is unhealthy, we’ll head to a cozy nearby café instead.
This event is part of an ongoing commitment to building anti-racist, pro-Palestine spaces for grief tending as both an act of resistance and community care.
Beh omid-e azadi
With hope for freedom
