Come vibe with us on May 6, 2023, from 4:30 pm to 10:00 pm at Dockweiler Beach in LA for a dope day filled with beach games, smores, live performances, meditation, and nature art activities, homemade multicultural food (New Orleans Creole Vegetarian Jambalaya and Vietnamese Spring Rolls -*plant and meat based), home-brewed herbal tea and herbal smokable blends by Ancestral Wellness Co. We will be wrapping up the evening with a community jam session and drum circle! You are encouraged to bring your instruments!!! Bring your drums, triangles, shakers and anything that makes sound.

Come out and connect with new community folk, enjoy the beach, and jam out while giving back to your community(s) at the same time.

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This community participation offering is by fee and/or donation.

Donation options include:

Option One: Support Collaborators & Donate to Organization

- $12.00 per person with sock or handwarmer donation

Donation Option Two: Goes to My Friend's Place

- Masculine Clothing (min. grocery bag size - max. up to you!)

Donation Option Three: Goes to Project Q

- Blankets, Tents, Sleeping bags, Umbrellas (min. at least $15.00 purchase - max. up to you!)

-- all donations go to Project Q Community Center and My Friend's Place in Los Angeles to support POC youth and teens experiencing homelessness.

-all monetary donations support all behind the scenes contributors and their offerings.

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Parking

$9.00 parking (We will meet on the CAR side of the beach. You will find balloons to direct you.)

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About Project Q:

ProjectQ is a non-profit organization that provides a safe space for LGBTQIA+ youth by using hair and self-empowerment as a form of social justice. ProjectQ Community Center provides a safe space for LGBTQIA+ youth with housing insecurities to receive free mentorship classes and workshops, along with free gender-affirming haircuts.

"We pride ourselves on being 100% inclusive and a safe space where everyone is welcome; regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, size, ability, and income."

www.projectq.me

IG: @project_q_

About My Friend's Place

My Friend's Place is a non-profit organization that assists and inspires homeless youth to build self- sufficient lives. My Friend’s Place has a volunteer-based group serving meals and comprehensive services that supports more than 1,000 youth experiencing homelessness between the ages of 12 and 25, and their children, each year, that helps homeless young people move toward wellness, stability and self-sufficiency.

“My Friend’s Place recognizes homelessness as a social, racial and economic justice issue. As such, we are resolute in our commitment to uplift all youth experiencing homelessness while rigorously, continuously, and concretely aligning our trauma-informed service delivery and organizational framework with guiding principles of Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.”

www.myfriendsplace.org

IG: @myfriendsplace

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Collaborators/ Offerings: All offerings are Free to the community. No additional costs.

Black Film Allegiance | Media| @bfallegiance

Isom Washington | Photographer | @isomw

Ancestral Wellness Co. | Herbal Remedies, Herbal Smokable Blends & Sound Bowl Meditation | @ancestralwellnessco

Destiny Webster | Community Talk Guide | @shemagick

Christine | Homemade Spring Rolls with peanut sauce (plant and meat-based options) | @Christine.on.earth

Jaee Honey Sumter | Arts Meditation, Natural Instruments Activity & Homecooked Vegetarian Jambalaya | @jaeesumterart

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FLOW OF DAY

4:30-6:00 pm ---- Relax and Vibe

- food, relax, connect, games, music

6:00-6:15 pm - Grounding: Sound Bowl & Art Meditation

- led by Kendall Dominique & Jaee Honey Sumter

6:20--7:30 pm --- Community Talk

-talk guide, Destiny Webster

7:30-9:00 pm --- Open Mic

9:00 pm-10:00 pm --- Jam Session/ Drum Circle

- DIY Natural Instruments & Please Bring Your Instruments!

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OPEN MIC

We simply have a mic for ya'll that is waiting for you to express yourselves fully. All expressions are welcome: self-identified Singers. Poets, Rappers, Comedians, etc... If you just want to say Hi or tell folks how you're doing, there is space for that too! You as you are--- is celebrated.

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COMMUNITY AGREEMENTS

1. Mindfulness

2. Be Yourself

3. HAVE FUN!

4. Judgement Free

5. Hold Space for folks

6. Respect the MIC (One Mic)

7. Each one, Teach One (Inspire, Support, and Encourage)

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Saturday, May 6, 2023 Dockweiler Beach, Los Angeles 4:30 pm - 10:00 pm PDT

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Note: Bring your instruments and beach games (guitars, ukuleles, triangles, drums, shakers, balls, etc.) We will also have beach games and natural instruments available.

Thank you to all of the collaborators. Let's have fun and support our community(s). We can't wait to see you there!!!!

For questions and/or concerns, please contact the organizer, Jaee Sumter, sweetherbalhoney@gmail.com