ABOUT:
A curated alternative wellness event of well rounded/inclusive practitioners&educators brought to the East Bay Communities, providing AFFORDABLE&ACCESSIBLE alternative healthcare opportunities for the afternoon of August 12th at the East Bay Community Space. This will include, small pop-up informative booths on private practices, alternative&easy personal self care tips, education on our physiology and how it operates, herbal medicine support, food sovereignty/how to grow your own food in urban cities, and much more. We will be offering massage by donation, herbal medicine consultations with herbal medicine support to purchase, and 30 minute classes on some exciting self care suggestions beneficial for the body&mind health.
**We recognize that although we are offering suggested solutions to help in our communities healthcare, there are certain cases in which direct and immediate health assistance is necessary. Please refer to a licensed MD or physician for immediate medical care.**
GOALS:
THIS EVENT WILL BE SUGGESTED DONATION BASED.
Entrance Donation: $10-$20
If this is not affordable for you or your family, please contact Jojo Lamboy personally and we will make sure you can enjoy this event!
NO ONE TURNED AWAY FOR LACK OF FUNDS.
All of the entrance donations will be given directly back to COMMUNITY along with a portion of the practitioners earnings! In order to benefit community fully, our organizers have chosen a local GRASSROOTS NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION to give back to by the name of PLANTING JUSTICE. Planting Justice helps to support folks and families suffering from incarceration and low income demographics in the East Oakland area by providing food sovereignty/gardening jobs, education and opportunity. By supporting yourself through education on self care and alternative health, you are supporting local practitioners, organizations and nonprofits helping community, large scale.
ALL COMMUNITIES WELCOMED. We are making this an equitable and inclusive event for anyone and everyone no matter what your background looks like. We want to support you and your internal health.
TIME & LAYOUT:
This event will begin promptly at 1pm and will end at 4pm @
The East Bay Community Space
507 55th St, Oakland, CA 94609
(a 15-20 minute walk from MacAurthur Bart Station and is accessible from the Bus 6 line)
PRACTITIONERS & EDUCATORS:
Herbalism/Nutrition:
Dana
Camille
Lila
Therapeutic Bodywork:
Johanna
Keniece
Lucia
Permaculture/Food Cultivation:
Bryan
Vince
CLASSES:
1:30pm- Vincent
2:00pm- Keniece
2:30pm- Lila
3:00pm- Lucia
3:30pm- Bryan
MORE INFO SOON, on class offerings so stay tuned!
We recognize that with the consistent hustle of the Bay Area, along side the systematic disfunction this can cause a lot of internal complication from stress and anxiety to hypertension, increased blood pressure, chronic migraines, digestive disfunction, etc. We want to support the individuals in need of internal health to better the wholesomeness cultivated the make up of community that therefore structures a system.
We Bring you, POWER IN NUMBERS: Community Wellness&Eco Sovereignty…Hope to see you all out!