Hives for Humanity
2012 - 2025

Hives for Humanity's organising and practice of land based care, was made alongside community in the Downtown Eastside of so-called Vancouver on ancestral, shared, unceded and occupied lands of Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, Səl̓ílwətaʔ, and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm peoples.Founded in September 2012, after thirteen years of operations as a Non-Profit Society and through a five year process of Community Engaged Governance, the decision to close as a non-profit organisation was agreed upon in 2025.As the Board of Directors and Co-Founder bring this non-profit structure to a close, we reflect on the relationships and values that have held us in the work. We have grown alongside the Healing Garden on the 100 block, which we have stayed tethered to throughout the life of the Non-Profit, and which exists beyond the non-profit’s life.Thank you for being here, over all the years and today: we know that Hives meant many different things to many different people, and we lay it to ground, to compost, with love, care and respect.