Dear BAAITS Community,
We send a warm hello from Ohlone territories, and wish that you and your loved ones are enjoying these summer months. With everything happening in the world around us, we hope you are finding some time to reconnect with your kin, family (blood and chosen), and rest for the coming months ahead.
Here's a little summer update from our end: Although we did not publish an official newsletter in July, the LIA team was busy finalizing the storytelling project in our community and we look forward to sharing this work in the early fall. We also want to congratulate Two Spirits in Motion (2SiMs), an official international partner, on their first annual Traditional Two Spirit Powwow and community offerings in Saskatoon, SK. And finally, we want to acknowledge the tremendous community support that we received around our decision with SF Pride and the alternative activities provided for our community. What a beautiful time we shared together.
The BAAITS Board, with the support of legal counsel, has been busy as well, preparing our organization to become incorporated as a non-profit. And our dedicated staff, with the support of our amazing fiscal sponsors, has been securing what will be our new BAAITS office/community space at 415 Valencia Street in San Francisco’s American Indian Cultural District (AICD).
Lastly, we're thrilled to announce the date of our 14th Annual Two-Spirit Powwow. More details below, and please do save the date. In the meantime, we hope you'll join us this month for one of our upcoming August events. Enjoy these last days of Summer!
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Announcing our 14th Annual
Two-Spirit Powwow
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Save the Date for our 14th Annual Powwow!
Saturday, February 1, 2025
Fort Mason Center, San Francisco
Stay tuned for more info to come soon!
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Sunday, August 18, 2024
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM, PST
415 Valencia Street, San Francisco
Enjoy a meal and good company as we get cozy and make this space our own. Help us paint the walls of the new BAAITS Office, now located in the American Indian Cultural District!
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Tule Harvest with
Alliance for Felix Cove
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Sunday, August 25, 2024
10:00 AM-2:00 PM, PST
Tamal-liwa, Novato
The Alliance for Felix Cove has once again invited BAAITS community members to take part in the Támal-ko tule harvest for canoe building. If you are interested in participating, please email Mayra, BAAITS Program Manager.
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Screenwriting, Storytelling & Pitching
Workshop with W.A.W. Parker
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Saturday, August 31, 2024
2:00-5:00 PM, PST
415 Valencia Street, San Francisco
Join queer/Two-Spirit/Northern Cheyenne writer W.A.W. Parker, aka Adam (he/they), for an intensive on screenwriting, storytelling and pitching. Adam won several awards for their novel THE WASTELAND; their pilot, THE BARON, made the GLAAD List and the Indigenous List; and they have a live-action short film, THE ROOF, streaming on Disney+.
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BAAITS Office Grand Opening
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Saturday, September 14, 2024
2:00-5:00 PM, PST
415 Valencia Street, San Francisco
Join us for the grand opening of the new BAAITS office in the American Indian Cultural District and check out the Two-Spirit Heartbeat Exhibit, curated by Cecilia Sagastume & Ruth Villasenor. The exhibit features storyboards and photos that share the stories of the Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirit (BAAITS) Drum, which arrived in the Bay Area June 2010. Reception, Drumming, and Refreshments included.
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SFUSD Native American Heritage Day
Celebration
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SFUSD Native American Heritage Day Celebration
Saturday, November 2, 2024
The save-the-date, early registration, and vendor-call has been released for the 3rd Annual Native American Heritage Day Celebration at SFUSD. Support visibility and recognition of Native students in SFUSD through integrated cultural teachings, demonstrations, and workshops. This is a free, educational, and all-ages event. Email Marlena Alva, or call (415) 696-4552 for more information.
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Upcoming Community Events
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Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirits (BAAITS) is an all-volunteer organization that exists to restore and recover the role of Two-Spirit people within the American Indian/First Nations community by creating a forum for the spiritual, cultural and artistic expression of Two-Spirit people. To that end, BAAITS is committed to offering culturally relevant activities for LGBTQ+ individuals of Native American ancestry and their families and friends.
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