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The Elephant in the Room is Cancer. Tea is the Relief Conversation Provides.

January, 18th 2025: Join us for food, drinks, dancing, and author sharing — all to support our mission. Learn more here!

Perkatory (per-kah-tawr-e)

Brewing Tough Conversations to Help Each Other Face Cancer

Join the Elephants and Tea Herd and hear the stories of the adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer community with the digital series Perkatory: Brewing Tough Conversations to Help Each Other Face Cancer

The goal of Perkatory is to encourage individuals to use their voice, to learn more about a specific topic that might be difficult for some cancer patients to bring up themselves, and to bring each other out of ‘perkatory’ (a play on the word purgatory), to help live your best life.


We will host four Perkatory events in 2025! You only need to register once to have access to all four Perkatory events in 2025.

Click Here to Register

2025 Perkatory Events and Topics:

February 13, 2025 – 7:00pm
Cancer Never Goes Away
Nonprofit Spotlight: We Got This

May 8, 2025 – 7:00pm
Cancer and Adulting
Nonprofit Spotlight: Triage Cancer

October 9, 2025 – 7:00pm
Dear Cancer
Nonprofit Spotlight: Fuck Cancer

November 13, 2025 – 7:00pm
The Give and Take of Cancer
Nonprofit Spotlight: The Cassie Hines Shoes Cancer Foundation

Upcoming Events

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How Perkatory works:

  • Our Perkatory events are a chance to feature some of our writers and allow them to share their pieces about a certain topic aloud to an intimate audience of supporters and peers. 

  • Perkatory is a safe space; an occasion to hear touching and vulnerable stories and yet another opportunity to feel less alone in what you are going through. 

  • In addition to the featured authors, we highlight a different organization at each Perkatory event, allowing them the space to share about their organization’s mission and unique offerings. 

  • The evening closes with a Q&A session, where audience members are able to ask questions to our featured writers, and thoughtful discussions can take place surrounding the overarching theme.

Thank you to our 2025 Perkatory Sponsors: