Event Overview

We are hosting a special Mindful Creative Gathering — a fundraising evening designed for Torontonians across wellbeing, wellness, and creative communities.

It’s a space where mindfulness, hip-hop, and creative expression come together to explore how we care for ourselves and for each other.

At the heart of the evening is a simple idea: Mental Wellbeing → Community Wellbeing

Featuring Born I, a Washington, D.C.-based hip-hop meditation facilitator and musician, this gathering blends guided hip-hop meditation, live performance, and storytelling into an experience that feels grounded, expressive, and real.

This is an invitation to reconnect — with your mind, your creativity, and your community.

Born I (Ofosu Jones-Quartey) is a Ghanaian-American artist, author, and mindfulness teacher working at the intersection of hip-hop and Buddhism. Blending poetic lyricism with contemplative insight, his music and teachings explore self-compassion, presence, and liberation. He is the author of Lyrical Dharma: Hip-Hop as Mindfulness and creator of the Hip-Hop Soundbath, a live experience weaving meditation, music, and sound healing.

Http://linktr.ee/bornimusic

Bornimusic.com 

This gathering is for:

• Toronto’s wellness and mindfulness community

• creatives, artists, and cultural practitioners who are interested in mindfulness and mental wellbeing

• young professionals seeking balance and meaning

• community builders and social impact leaders

Whether you come from a meditation background or a creative space — or both — this is a place to meet at the intersection.

We believe:

• creativity is part of wellbeing

• culture can make mindfulness more accessible

• community is where wellbeing becomes real

May 15, 2026 Friday 6 PM - 9 PM (door opens from 5:30 PM)  

Location: 520 Cafe Bar (520 Richmond st W, Toronto)/ Max capacity 40

Ticket $25~

*Ticket sales go toward supporting our mental well-being initiative, “Inner Peace to World Peace.”

*Merch sales will be available on the event day.

Ticket Options

General Admission — $25 (18+)

• Full event access

• Hip-hop meditation with Ofo Ebonee

• Music + community gathering

Community Impact Supporter — $50

• Full event access

• Supports our Mental Wellbeing → Community Wellbeing campaign

Impact + Merch (Tee or Dear Dharma Book) — $40-60

• Full event access

• Mindful AF T-shirt (M / L / XL) *original retail price is CAD40

• Pickup at the venue (Experience + impact + wear the message).