⭐️Soulful Sobriety ⭐️
Our second annual BIPOC Sober Pride!

This year we are teaming up with @sdblackpride to bring you the theme of- SOULFUL SOBRIETY ✨

📆Sunday, June 23rd
⏰2-6pm
📍Dojo Cafe

👉🏾Clothing Swap
👉🏾Resources and Vendors
👉🏾Food Vendors (we will be having some food vouchers available for folks that need it! More info on this coming!)
👉🏾BIPOC Queer Trivia
👉🏾Sensory Zone with crafts
👉🏾Raffles
👉🏾Drag Performers and more!

🏳️‍⚧️Keep an eye out for more posts with more information 🌈

📌RSVP to help us with numbers!
🔗link 

⭐️Space & Grace ⭐️
Topic 2: Mindfulness and Sober Curiosity

📆Saturday 5/18
⏰11am-1pm
📍Olive Grove Park, 6075 Printwood St, San Diego, CA 92117

Join us as the amazing yogi MC @mcb_ean (she/her) leads us in a slow flow Hatha yoga session. Hatha yoga focuses on alignment, breath, and gentle movement, making it perfect for beginners. 🌿

Following the yoga practice, Grace (she/her) will lead a discussion on mindfulness and sober curiosity to promote reflection and group dialogue.

We will wrap up the event with meditation led by MC 🌀

Bring a yoga mat or a towel, and an open heart! Light refreshments will be provided. Free street parking available nearby the park. This is a FREE event!

🌈This is a LGBTQ+ lead and centered space, Allies are welcome! 🏳️‍⚧️

✨This is a safe space to learn, listen, ask questions,
and engage ✨

We can’t wait to break down barriers, promote mindfulness, and share intentional strategies for healthy relationships with substances.

📍RSVP so we can gage numbers and supplies!
Bit.ly/Space-and-Grace
🔗link in bio

⭐️LGBTQ+ Quit Nicotine Workshop⭐️

Calling all queers and allies! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
Sunny (they/them) will be hosting a workshop to give you the tools to support yours and/or others journey in quitting nicotine products.

📅Thursday April 18th
⏰6:30-8:30pm
📍Libelula Books & Co
950 S 26th St
San Diego CA 92113

🍽️ FREE & Dinner Provided!

🩵This is a shame-free environment to learn, listen, ask questions, and interact with others who are trying to quit🩵

‼️RSVP via the link in our bio by April 15th for food
🔗bit.ly/Quit-Nic

🌈Do you come to our events? Well… be apart of the process and come hangout with us at our monthly meeting!🏳️‍⚧️

✨This an LGBTQ+ affirming and safe space. We focus on harm reduction work that is expansive!

Launch Meeting - Zoom

🌈Do you come to our events? Well… be apart of the process and come hangout with us at our monthly meeting!🏳️‍⚧️

✨This an LGBTQ+ affirming and safe space. We focus on harm reduction work that is expansive!

Launch Meeting - Zoom

We will meet in front of Goff Family Pumpkin Patch at 12pm (it is inside Liberty Station)

We will pick out pumpkins and take cute photos inside

**it’s free entry inside

If you want a pumpkin, you can purchase one.

We will then walk over the the grassy area by the water to get crafty!

There will be a canopy, tables, some chairs (please bring a folding chair if you have one to spare!), art supplies, and snacks!

*if you did not purchase a pumpkin, there will be coloring sheets and canvas to utilize!

‼️Please RSVP so we have a heads up on supplies and so we can add you to a group chat for day of with specific details and updates 🤗

Can just send us a DM!

🌟This event is for members of the Collective Coalition, and anyone interested in learning more about us!

Hope to see you there 🤗

Here’s a little agenda:

👉🏾recap Silent Disco

👉🏾new staff welcome

👉🏾share out about podcast and newsletter

👉🏾Narcan Training 9/30

👉🏾ideas and sharing

👉🏾catch up!

📌This meeting is for members and community to join to help us plan events that encompasses all of us 🌈🏳️‍⚧️✨

🫂we are a harm reduction coalition that does advocacy and education surrounding this in the LGBTQ+ community

Join us on zoom!

✨This is a Sober Friendly event with Mocktails✨

♑️ Silent Disco is an event where the music comes through headphones. (Great for neurodivergent folks)

♒️ 3 DJs playing on our channels live- @noahcyril @sirisimran @whatupatlas

♈️ Paint and sip (mocktails) art activity led by local artist Amazon!

♓️ Witchy and astrology themed vendors (DM us to be included)

♉️ Tarot reader @the.red.read

♊️ Big lawn games- like connect 4 and corn hole.

♋️ Scavenger hunt activity that is astrology themed

♌️ Dress up representing your sign(s)

♎️ Light snacks provided

♍️ Headphones and mocktails provided

♐️ This venue is outside under the stars

♏️ This event centers Queer and Trans Folks, please be aware of this needed space for our community

📍tickets are donation based! We try to make these events accessible to our whole community. So please give what you can if you are able.

🎟️link in our bio- 50 available!

**if you get a ticket (RSVP) and can’t make it, please let us know so we can give it to someone else.

🌈volunteers are needed, please DM us!🏳️‍⚧️

Here’s a little agenda:

👉🏾planning Silent Disco in August!

👉🏾 Training and education ideas

👉🏾calendar for the rest of 2023

👉🏾catch up!

📌This meeting is for members and community to join to help us plan events that encompasses all of us 🌈🏳️‍⚧️✨

🫂we are a harm reduction coalition that does advocacy and education surrounding this in the LGBTQ+ community

Join us on zoom!

We are so excited to share space with you all and promote more of the work we do in the community!

Come say hi, play our little game, and learn about our sober friendly QT community 🌈🏳️‍⚧️

📍we are looking for some volunteers to table with us! Please DM us if you are interested. We give giftcards and totes as thank yous ✨

Theme: What Does it Mean to Feel Empowered as a BIPOC Queer Person This Month?

📆Friday, June 30th

⏰5-9pm

📍Dojo Cafe @thedojocafe

💰FREE

This is a partnership with the Collective, Ratas Rags @ratas_rags and En Mi Palma @enmipalma

⭐️Activities ⭐️

Clothing swap, interactive art, makeover area, dance area, Photo Booth and so much more!

🍴There will be food available!

✨this is a alcohol and nicotine free space.

More information to come.

📆Saturday, April 29th

⏱️5-9PM

📍Dojo Cafe

4350 El Cajon Blvd, San Diego

💰FREE

👦Ages 16 plus so we can talk candidly about some topics.

‼️SCHEDULE‼️

☀️5pm- Welcome and mingle

☀️6pm- the Collective will be facilitating a talking circle to hear from community surrounding Nicotine, Alcohol, and Opioids!

☀️7pm- @owlrare will be leading a land acknowledgment, some slow motion flow to open our hips and a sound bath.

☀️8pm- @mariposxhealing will be leading guided movement to take up space, mirroring, and ribbon dancing.

📸we will not be filming the talking circle to make sure folks feel free to share honestly. But we will audio record it all for us to capture data for us to continue to do work that services you all!

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️This is a QT BIPOC focused space! Allies please be aware of the space you take up here.

✨community led activity stations!

Tarot readings, clothing swap and sustainable fashion area, sensory area, graffiti wall, movement, and more!

🌮🍲Free Food!

Earth day in City Heights 🌎🌱

Theme this year- “What does Sustainability Mean to You”

We get so caught up in being the perfect sustainable person, or that it’s hard, or expensive. We want to showcase some easy ways to use what you already have ✨

We will have activities, games, and resources!

📅Saturday, April 15th

⏰11-3pm

📍Officer Jeremy Henwood Memorial Park

💰FREE and ALL ages

Any ideas? DM us or email-

Collectiveco.sd@gmail.com

⭐️Local Resources⭐️

Looking for community resource booths, specifically ones that work with sustainability and incorporate environment practices in their work. But also resource groups/nonprofits/mutual aids that help the community!

📌Apply by using our form

🔗Link in bio

Queer/Trans Silent disco 🪩

Theme- Light Up the Night! ✨

🧑‍🚀Feel free to come dressed in space themed outfits. We all have an inner alien in us ✨

📆Saturday, March 25th

⏰ 7-11pm

📍 @diversionarysd

💴 Donation based! Money goes back to more Silent Discos

🛸We will be introducing our new name for mocktails- TALKTAILS!

🛸There will be many talktail options to carry around while you dance

🛸Live DJs

(Looking for one more! DM us)

🛸Glow painter

🛸More developments to be announced!

🎟With limited space and headphones- we will only be having 60 tickets available.

📌ticket includes a talktail, headphones, and admission!

🔗ticket link in our bio

This is a @therootedzodiac and @collectivecoalitionsd collaboration for a segment of the Queer History Series for Black History Month.

Speakeasy: Telling the Stories of Black QTS from the Harlem Renaissance Era (1920’s-1930’s)

📆February 24th | 7pm-11pmish

💰 FREE

📍Worldbeat Culture Center

✨ALL AGES

We will be learning more about significant arts and literary figures from this period in a beautiful black + queer-owned space. Jazz and blues music will be playing throughout the night and we encourage folx to wear looks that are inspired by the 1920s+30s.

👔Come dressed up in a fit from the 1920s or 30s. Or anything that makes you feel spiffy!

🍽There will be delicious food from the kitchen of @worldbeatcenter

*vegetarian options

🎨🎶There will be Black Queer Art everywhere and Jazz and Blues music playing all night.

📣Keynote speaker: @therootedzodiac

🖤There will be Black Queer vendors to support!

🤎This event centers the Black community, but all are welcome to attend. We ask allies to help by spreading the word and supporting vendors.

📍This is an alcohol-free space.

Multi-Cultural Festival of Love 💕 🌈

We will be here tabling at this event and bringing the queer joy to this love festival

❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

📆Saturday, 2/11 from 11-4pm

📍Officer Jeremy Henwood Memorial Park in City Heights

💰FREE

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦All Ages

❓Want to table with us? DM us! We will give you a gift card for helping us out that day.

*18-30 year old volunteers for this event 🙏🏼

*LGBTQ+ or strong Ally