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July 2023 - Spend Your Summer with BAAITS
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What an amazing Pride Season we shared! From our collaboration with IllumiNative, to the KRON4 segment on BAAITS, to offering opening prayers at the SF Pride Festival, to all the events through the Two-Spirit Pride Coalition 2023, we are in deep gratitude to everyone who participated and contributed to our Two-Spirit and IndigeQueer community. Now, let's spend some more summer adventures together!
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Two-Spirit & IndigeQueer Mural Project
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Community Feedback
In partnership with the American Indian Cultural District, as part of the AICD Indigenize SF Project, BAAITS is gathering community input to create a mural representing our community. Please help us in this creative process by completing this survey.
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Brush Arbor Gurlz: 19 Years of Indigenous Drag
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Sunday, July 16 @ 6:00 pm,
Folsom Street Community Center, San Francisco
The Brush Arbor Gurlz are composed of Native American artists and drag queens representing several tribal nations. The group’s name is based on brush arbors of Southeastern tribes used for social occasions. The Brush Arbor Gurlz can be found performing around the US often introducing audience to Native politics for the first time. Celebrate an unforgettable evening with us!
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Two-Spirit Talking Circle with La Johnny
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Wednesday, July 19 @ 6:00 pm
La Johnny returns as our July facilitator for our circle of IndigeQueer and Two-Spirit community. These online talking circles are our time to circle up, reconnect, and focus on our individual and community wellness.
W e ask everyone who attends to be respectful of this focus. There is no cost for our circles! We will host a monthly circle featuring different facilitators during the year. Please follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Eventbrite to receive notices of our upcoming circles.
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Powwow Committee Info Session
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Thursday, July 20 @ 6:00 pm,
Location: In-Person TBD & Zoom
Join our BAAITS crew for this important info session about volunteering for the 2024 Two-Spirit Pow Wow Committee. Last year, the BAAITS Powwow brought together close to 4,000 of our closest relatives, and it's all coordinated by an amazing team of volunteer organizers who'd love to welcome you aboard! We will meet up and share food and drink while we hear testimonials from our Two-Spirit superheroes about how we come together this year for one of the largest Two-Spirit Powwows in the world!
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Two-Spirit Online Talking Circle with Tavi Hawn
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Sunday, August 13, 2023, 12:00 pm PST
Online; Registration Required
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Indigequeer and Two-Spirit community are invited to join us for this online talking circle with Tavi Hawn. Tavi Hawn, Tsalagi, multi-racial, is a Two Spirit, Indigiqueer, nonbinary healer who works with Indian Country Trans ECHO, Native American Lifelines, and Reclaim and Rise Therapy.
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Master Artist/Culture Bearer Workshop
with Aodhan Crawford
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Saturday, August 26, 2023, 11:00 - 5:00 pm PST
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Join us for an afternoon focusing on our Two-Spirit artistry and creativity with Aodhàn Crawford. Two-Spirit dancer and artist Aodhàn Crawford will lead our community workshop with storytelling and hands-on instruction and demonstration for two projects: Using natural earth pigment paints on rabbit skin/hide and Loop necklace making.
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CHHESS Housing & Tenant Protections Survey
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Please share your voice with the City of San Francisco about what we need in regards to Housing & Tenant Protections, to continue to ensure American Indian voices and needs are elevated in San Francisco.
The community feedback gathered in this housing survey and future surveys will help the American Indian Cultural District create the CHHESS (Cultural Heritage Housing Economic Sustainability Strategies) Report. It is a community-led policy-planning document adopted by the City to guide them on how to take action, better support and prioritize the concerns, and strategies proposed by the American-Indian community.
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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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