Love, Peace & Spades:
A Rather Fly Game Night
Something beautiful is being built in South Los Angeles—and Love, Peace & Spades is showing up for it. Pull up at the groundbreaking of the Slauson Connect Recreation and Education Center for a special Black Family Game Night activation in the heart of the community.
Free and open to all. No registration required.
Spring is here—and Love, Peace & Spades will be at the Obama Sports Complex (5001 Obama Blvd.) for a full afternoon of open play, drop-in Spades lessons, and competitive ranked play.
We will host a 16-player, double elimination Ranked Qualifier, where the last team standing takes home a physical prize and earns free entry into our next Ranked Spades Tournament.
Not competing? Don’t worry, come through anyway. Tables are open, Spades Academy coaches will be on deck, and the KJLH Spring Fest vibes are in full effect.
Register is live here.
On April 4th, we’ll also set aside time to do what we don’t do enough—stop, congratulate, and honor the Black women who hold our community together.
Our 4th Annual BLK WMNS Appreciation Game Night brings leaders, creatives, mothers, and mentors to the legendary Earle’s on Crenshaw for open play, Spades Academy lessons in less than 10 minutes, and an afternoon of recognition and connection.
Hosted within Prosperity Market’s first mobile farmers market launch of the year, alongside Ambitious Women of Color and Jennie Wright of Co-Host Supper Club, this gathering is free and open to all.
RSVP here to join in the festivities.
Love, Peace & Spades™ is a community of creatives, professionals, and grassroots organizers who curate free, donation-based game experiences to honor, celebrate, and cherish our Black family heirlooms (e.g. Uno, Bid Whist, Tunk (or Tonk), Dominoes, and, of course, Spades).
In addition to gameplay, we offer pop-up experiences, skills-based education, tech/VR integration, a comprehensive directory of Black-owned businesses, game developers, and makers, plus an annual Spades tournament and festival for enthusiastic players.
About Us
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Our mission is to curate Love, Peace & Spades™ as a modern-day “hush harbor,” a protected space created by and for Black people where we can promote intergenerational communion through music, tech, education, and play.
Love, Peace & Spades™ events and programming address social isolation and trauma commonly associated with past gaming experiences by reestablishing new and healthier relationships to gameplay through ‘Spades Academy,™ a curriculum-based activation for players to develop skills and strategies.
