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Thank you for attending this year’s Pacific Pride Festival!
With over three thousand attendees, this year's Pacific Pride Festival was a smash hit! Our community danced along to live music, visited various booths, and ate from a variety of local food trucks. More than 40 community organizations and thousands of community members came together to celebrate in community at the largest Pride Festival on the Central Coast. None of this could have been possible without YOU, so thank YOU for making this event possible.
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Public Health Notice: Monkeypox (MPX)
The World Health Organization has declared Monkeypox (MPX) a World Health Emergency. The community of Santa Barbara County should know that:
MPX is a rare disease. While this illness can affect anyone, so far it is mostly being seen in men who have sex with men, monkeypox can spread to anyone through close, personal, often skin-to-skin contact including:
- Direct contact with monkeypox rash, sores, or scabs from a person with MPX.
- Contact with objects, fabrics (clothing, bedding, or towels), and surfaces that have been used by someone with MPX.
- Contact with respiratory secretions, through kissing and other face-to-face contact.
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While it is not clear whether MPX is a sexually transmitted infection, most cases have been linked to sexual activity
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Join us for this year's final Sunset @ the Canary on Wednesday, 8/21, from 6 PM - 8 PM, on the rooftop of the Kimpton Canary.
DJ Darla Bea will be spinning all night. Anyone wanting an adult beverage must present their ID to security at check-in for a stamp. Cash is recommended for the bar, as credit card readers aren't always functioning.
This is a FREE event thanks to our sponsor Gilead Sciences Inc., and our hosts Kimpton Canary.
We hope to see you there!
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Join us as a monthly donor to Pacific Pride Foundation through our Partners In Pride program.
By becoming a Partner in Pride, you will ensure that PPF continues to create a vibrant, thriving, and visible community for LGBTQ+ people through activities that foster a positive sense of identity, purpose, and well-being.
Sign up today, and support your community all year long!
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PPF Staff + Board Updates | |
Welcome our newest Staff Member: Fabiola González-Gutiérrez (she/her/ella)
Born and raised in Santa Barbara, Fabiola is a proud daughter of Mexican immigrants and as a teenager benefited from her involvement in local non-profit youth-serving organizations. After graduating from Santa Barbara High School, Fabiola attended Santa Barbara City College. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Chicana and Chicano Studies, with a minor in Education, from the University of California, Los Angeles and pursued her Masters Degree in Chicana and Chicano Studies from California State University, Northridge.
In December of 2015, Fabiola founded Ethnic Studies Now! Santa Barbara, a grassroots community coalition that empowers youth and community members to come together, take action, and work towards making our schools and community more equitable and anti-racist through ethnic studies. She advocates for creating and supporting grassroots community spaces for social justice organizing and is a board member of El Centro SB. As a scholar and grassroots community organizer, she has been able to bridge her studies and leadership skills to better serve the Santa Barbara community.
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September Syringe Exchange | |
Santa Maria
Every Wednesday
2-3:30pm or while supplies last*
Town Center Mall
200 Town Center E
Dates: 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th
Santa Barbara
Every other Tuesday
10am-1pm or while supplies last*
Carrillo Castillo Lot
400 W Carrillo St
Dates: 13th, 27th
Isla Vista
Every other Friday
12:30-2:30pm or while supplies last*
Community Room
970 Embarcadero Del Mar
Dates: 2nd, 16th, 30th
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Need to talk to someone? We are here for you.
Affordable counseling is available online via teletherapy for LGBTQ+ individuals, individuals living with HIV/AIDS, and their partners, family, and friends.
We provide support with:
- Coming out
- HIV-positive topics
- Family/group counseling
- Couples counseling
- And more
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PROUD Youth Programs
FOR LGBTQ+ YOUTH AND ALLIES GRADES 7TH - 12th
PROUD YOUTH GROUPS OFFER:
- A fun and welcoming environment for youth to connect
- Peer support groups
- Fun field trips and group activities
- Space for BIPOC LGBTO+ youth through our PROUD Youth of Color
Upcoming Field Trip
On September 15th, at 4:30pm, we will be leading a field trip to The Arts Fund Resistance and Resilience. The exhibit showcases the work of artists of color in Santa Barbara, many of whom are LGBTQ+. Some artists will be there to talk about their work.
This event is open to those who register for PROUD Youth or are part of the Lavender Elders. You can register here. Registration closes at 5 pm on September 12.
Questions about the field trip? Send us an email!
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SLO MPX Vaccine Clinic
The Gala Center & SLO Public Health are hosting a Monkeypox (MPX) vaccination clinic!
- GALA Pride & Diversity Center, 1060 Palm St. in SLO
- Wednesday, September 7th from 4:30 – 7:30 pm
- Food truck
- Music
- Preventative care ❤️ specifically for those in our community who are most at risk of contracting MPX (supply of vaccine is limited, check below to see if you're eligible).
- No appointment necessary, walk right in!
- Medical professionals on site to answer questions
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MULTILINGUAL event
- Interpreters available. ¡Se habla español y mixteco!
About the vaccine: Jynneos (authorized MPX vaccine)
CURRENT ELIGIBILITY for Jynneos vaccination
Must be 18+ to be vaccinated at
this clinic, AND identify as:
- Gay, bisexual, or other men or trans people who have sex with men, OR
- Sex workers of any sexual orientation or gender identity, including those who engage in transactional or survival sex
If you would like to receive vaccine privately by appointment, please contact Public Health: 805-781-5500.)
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Join our Lavender Elders group!
The Lavender Group meets every other week on Thursdays from 12 - 1:00 pm for lunch at Jill's Place and over zoom (simultaneously). This social group is for LGBTQ+ folks and allies ages 50+.
For more information or questions about how you can join the group, email our Community Outreach and Education Manager.
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Additional Ways to Give!
CarEasy
Website | Car Donations
Looking for another way to support our services? Pacific Pride Foundation is now accepting car donations through careasy.org!
Click here to schedule a pick up!
AmazonSmile
Website | Shop & Donate
Are you an Amazon shopper? Did you know that when you shop using AmazonSmile, the company will donate 0.5 percent of your purchase to Pacific Pride Foundation? Click on the AmazonSmile link to get started today and to have 0.5% of all of your purchases go directly to PPF!
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