Cahokia North Watershed

Mutual Aid Harvest Festival - This Saturday

The North Quarter collective is hosting a harvest festival this Saturday at the old riverfront park. Bring instruments, seeds to trade, and stories to share. Fish will be demonstrating salvage diving techniques at 2pm.

All watershed residents welcome. No one turned away. The collective asks that those who can bring food to share, please do - but it's not required. We take care of each other.

Location: Old Riverfront Park, North Quarter
Time: Saturday, 10am-6pm
Bring: Instruments, seeds, stories, joy

Cahokia North Watershed

Community Kitchen Needs

The Oak Street kitchen is running low on cooking oil and dry beans. If you have surplus, drop by Tuesday or Thursday afternoons. The kitchen serves over 200 meals a day and relies on community contributions to keep operating.

Special thanks to everyone who donated last week - your generosity kept our neighbors fed.

Infrastructure

Water Reclamation Update

Great news from the South Quarter: the new purification station is now operational, increasing our collective capacity by 40%. This means cleaner water for everyone and reduced strain on our older systems.

Special thanks to the Greenway Repair Collective for fabricating the filter assemblies from salvaged pre-collapse materials. This is what we can do when we work together.

The station is located at the corner of Elm and 5th Street. Tours available by appointment - contact the South Quarter watershed council.

WZKP Programming

Aurora's New Composition Premieres Friday

"River Memory" premieres this Friday at 8pm. Aurora describes it as "a meditation on what the waters remember - the cities they've drowned, the life they still carry, the future they're bringing to shore."

Bring tissues. Aurora's last premiere had half the watershed crying into their radios.

The piece runs 45 minutes and will be followed by a live call-in discussion. Share your own river memories with us.

Listener Story

"The Radio That Saved Us"

This week's listener submission comes from Mira in the Eastern Watersheds:

"During the heat wave last summer, when our elderly neighbor collapsed, we didn't know what to do. But WZKP was playing, and Carl Sagan's voice came through with emergency cooling protocols. We followed his instructions exactly - wet cloths, shade, slow water intake - and our neighbor survived.

The next day, Rayna read our thank-you message on air. She said, 'This is why we broadcast. Not just for music, but for the moments when knowing what to do means someone gets to see tomorrow.'

I keep that radio by my bed now. Some nights, when I can't sleep, I listen to the overnight jazz and remember that we're all connected by this signal, all taking care of each other across the static."

- Mira, Eastern Watersheds

Education

Maplewood Seed Library Workshops

The Maplewood Seed Library is hosting a series of growing workshops this month:

This Tuesday: Adaptive varietals for high-heat climates
Next Thursday: Rainwater harvesting and greywater systems
Following Saturday: Seed saving techniques for next season

All workshops are free. Beginners especially encouraged. "The future grows from what we plant today," says coordinator Elena Reyes. "And everyone needs to know how to grow food."

Community Announcement

South Quarter Repair Café This Wednesday

Bring anything that's broken: electronics, appliances, bicycles, textiles, tools. The Riverside Repair Collective will be there to fix it or teach you how.

No payment required, but donations of working tools or materials welcome. Coffee and snacks provided.

When: Wednesday, 3pm-7pm
Where: South Quarter Community Center
Bring: Broken things, curiosity, patience