Cooling Aguas: An Herbal Sorrel Beverage Making Class - Herbalist-in-Residence

To kick off our Summer/Fall Herbalist-in-Residence workshop offerings, Talyce Ketura will be sharing how to elevate your summertime cool down ritual with a cold herbal Caribbean Sorrel.

In this class we will learn about the medicinal benefits of Hibiscus as well as the herbal ingredients that make this beverage so delicious.

Together we will explore the benefits and origins of this cooling elixir that comes from Africa and has popularly found its way to Latin America and the Caribbean.

About Our 2026 Summer/Fall Herbalist-in-Residence | Talyce Ketura

Talyce Ketura (they/she) is a queer, gender-fluid, mixed afro-Caribbean village auntie, writer, herbalist, farmer and traditional birth attendant of nearly a decade. They are the founder of Àtúnbí Wellness, a multi faceted platform that provides education, holistic consultations and reproductive healthcare rooted in Black feminist praxis. Through their community work, they are devoted to curating and anchoring spaces for collective healing, and to supporting the thresholds of birth, death, loss & belonging. You can discover more of their work at www.atunbi-wellness.com

​🍃 Updated Waiver

We've updated our community consent waiver this year and we need folks attending workshops, clinics, and workdays to complete a new waiver. You only need to fill out the form once. So, if you've completed the form at another space (Fruitvale, Ancestral Healing Farm, etc) since mid-April, let the team know. If not, click this link to complete it.

​​​🍃 About Herbalist-in-Residence Program

Our Herbalist-in-Residence program features a community herbalist for 3 months in our Downtown Community Apothecary & Pharmacy. During their residency period they provide open hour consults one day a week in addition to bi-weekly hands on workshops to the community. These hands-on learning containers are meant to provide both intentional knowledge exchange between local herbalists and community members, where each learner leaves with new skills and medicines to take home. These sessions range from:

🌿 Tinctures

🌿 Salves

🌿 Herbal Tea Blends

🌿 Fire Ciders

and more!

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🤲🏾 About the Space

Freedom Community Clinic's Downtown Community Apothecary & Pharmacy is a donation based resource for for our community to drop in to learn, pick up medicines for themselves or loved ones, make tinctures and tea blends, rest, co-work and more. From seasoned and trained herbalist to those just stepping into their practice, our space welcomes you. We are located near Downtown Oakland.

In all our offerings, we prioritize Black, Brown, Indigenous and Immigrant community members and ask that allies be mindful of the space and resources they take up when visiting and signing up for offerings.

​​​​🫂 Accessibility

Our space wheelchair accessible and located near MacArthur Bart Station for those taking public transportation.

We are not a scent-free space and will have incense burning in the space with windows open.

We honor autonomy and have face masks available to folks who need it and will have air filters in the space as well.

We are a no shoes or shoe cover facility and have both slides in multiple sizes and shoe covers available.

​​​​Questions / Concerns?

Reach out to our Apothecary Manager Dan (Dan@FreedomCommmunityClinic.org) or Director of Creative Media & Programming (Bdukes@FreedomCommunityClinic.org)