Renew. Reconnect. Reawaken.
A healing-centered community rooted in Haitian culture, food justice, and ancestral wellness. We gather, nourish, and grow — together.
Three Pillars.
One Community.
Everything we build flows from three core intentions — to Renew, Reconnect, and Reawaken. Click a pillar to explore the programs living within it.
Restoration through healing arts, wellness activations, sound healing, acupuncture, massage, and community mental health — rooted in ancestral wisdom and radical self-care.
Building bonds through shared meals, cultural programming, community gatherings, and the living traditions that feed our people — honoring our roots while investing in our future.
Activating ancestral memory through hands-on workshops — indigo dyeing, herbal incense, botanical practice — drawing the living thread between who we are and where we come from.
Programs within this pillar
Programs within this pillar
Programs within this pillar
All Programs
& Events
From intimate workshops to large community gatherings — every program is a living expression of our three pillars.
Mother's Day
Feeding the Unhoused
A sacred communal meal honoring Haitian Independence Day — remembrance, celebration, and community activation.
Return to Roots — Language, Culture, Food, Spirituality, and a Haiti Retreat.
Ancestral practice workshops — Indigo, Herbal Incense, and more — building toward the annual Summit.
Garden-based healing through botanical practice and communal care.
Racine
Retou
A 5-part cultural immersion series activating within the Little Haiti boundary. We begin with language and move through culture, food, spirituality, and ultimately — a retreat journey back to Haiti itself. Racine Retou is a return to everything that made us.
Language
Haitian Creole — reclaiming our voice and expression
Culture
Living traditions, art, and Haitian heritage
Food
Haitian cuisine as ancestral memory and nourishment
Spirituality
Ancestral spiritual practices and sacred connection
Haiti Retreat
A guided journey — traveling home to Haiti
"Racine Retou is not just a program — it is a return to everything that made us who we are."Mén Beni Gardening
Awarded to activate Racine Retou within the Little Haiti boundary — supporting all 5 parts of the series including the Haiti Retreat.
Location
Little Haiti boundary, Miami, FL
Format
5-part immersive series
Starts With
Language — Haitian Creole
Culminates In
Guided retreat journey to Haiti
The
First
Supper
On the second day of January — the day after Haitian Independence Day — Mén Beni gathers the community for a sacred communal meal. The First Supper is an act of remembrance, celebration, and activation honoring the first Black republic and the ancestors who won our freedom on January 1st, 1804.
Reserve Your Seat"On January 1st, 1804, Haiti became the first free Black republic in the world. We gather the next day to remember, to celebrate, and to carry that forward."The First Supper · Mén Beni Gardening
Year of Haitian Independence
Annual gathering date
Free Black republic in history
Community remembrance
"We believe healing is a community act."
Mén Beni Gardening was born from the understanding that our well-being is inseparable from our culture, our food, our relationships, and our environment.
