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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 community to hear stories from adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers 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 members of the cancer community 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 three Perkatory events in 2026! 

2026 Perkatory Events and Topics:

April 9, 2026 – 7:00pm
Things I Wish My Doctors Knew
Nonprofit Spotlight: Gilda’s Club of Wisconsin 

June 4, 2026 – 7:00pm
What Gets Us Through
Nonprofit Spotlight: The Cancer Network

November 12, 2026 – 7:00pm
When the World Moves On
Nonprofit Spotlight: Lending Hearts

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 2026 Perkatory Sponsors: