Join us at Texture for an in-person event dedicated to helping you embrace and care for your beautiful curls, coils, and kinks. Learn all about the basics of textured hair maintenance, styling tips, and product recommendations from licensed cosmetologist and trichologist Caprisha Daniels. Whether you're a newbie to the natural hair journey or a seasoned pro, this event is perfect for anyone looking to level up their hair care game. Get ready to celebrate and elevate your natural beauty with us! Tickets here.

Program includes brief discussion and icebreaker, hands-on hair care education, Caprisha's hair product samples, light snacks, and the space to ask our instructor Caprisha Daniels anything!

Though the Black Girl Wellness workshops series is intended to uplift Black identified, female identified people ages 12-17, all ages who understand the content, including caregivers, are welcome.

Black Girl Wellness is generously supported by The Community Foundation San Luis Obispo.

Support our organization, plus our local independent theater by going to the movies! We are proud to partner with SLO Film Center to present films in honor of Black History Month. Going to Mars screens Saturday the 22nd at 7pm and Monday the 24th at 4:00pm. A portion fo proceeds support R.A.C.E. Matters. Learn more about Going to Mars and purchase tickets here.

Support our organization, plus our local independent theater by going to the movies! We are proud to partner with SLO Film Center to present films in honor of Black History Month. Love and Basketball screens Saturday the 15th at 7pm and Monday the 17th at 4:00pm. A portion fo proceeds support R.A.C.E. Matters. Learn more about Love and Basketball and purchase tickets here.

The Black Girl Wellness workshop series is intended to uplift Black-Identified girls ages 12-17. Tickets Here.

Session Two, All About Love: The workshop will include icebreakers, activity and discussion about love and self-love based on the work of author and theorist bell hooks, gentle yoga exercises and meditation tools for girls to take home, and journaling around how we cultivate self-love as Black people in our community. The three hour workshop will include breaks, snacks, and swag! All materials for the yoga and meditation component will be provided and participants should wear comfortable clothes they can move in. Tickets Here.

Santa is back! Enjoy milk, cookies, storytime, and free photos with Santa by Michelle Ann Photography. Shop Black-owned goods to support R.A.C.E. Matters.

Join us for a one-night only screening of the visually stunning, critically acclaimed film Exhibiting Forgiveness with proceeds benefiting R.A.C.E. Matters and SLO Film Fest. Purchase tickets here.

Utilizing his paintings to find freedom from his past, a Black artist on the path to success is derailed by an unexpected visit from his estranged father, a recovering addict desperate to reconcile. Together, they learn that forgetting might be a greater challenge than forgiving. Watch the trailer of Exhibiting Forgiveness here!

Monthly offering the second Tuesday of the month! Practice meditation with with Jevon Devon. This offering is intended for Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color. Sign up here.

Trained at the Himalayan Institute for his 200-hour YTT and Vishoka Meditation, Jevon believes we all have more than our five senses and various ways of perceiving the world. Through his self-exploration and healing journey, he discovered many forms and foundations to explore these other senses.As a certified personal trainer, somatic worker, and dedicated practitioner, Jevon continues to expand his learning and teachings on mind, body, and soul wellness.

Our friends at Saints Barrel will give 15% of bar sales to RM on the last Friday of each month! A great opportunity to meet and mingle with like-minded people: our team, friends, collaborators, and supporters. Saints Barrel serves wine, beer, light bites, and will feature a drink special for our monthly Happy Hour.

Monthly offering the second Tuesday of the month! Practice meditation with with Jevon Devon. This offering is intended for Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color. Sign up here.

Trained at the Himalayan Institute for his 200-hour YTT and Vishoka Meditation, Jevon believes we all have more than our five senses and various ways of perceiving the world. Through his self-exploration and healing journey, he discovered many forms and foundations to explore these other senses.As a certified personal trainer, somatic worker, and dedicated practitioner, Jevon continues to expand his learning and teachings on mind, body, and soul wellness.

A Community Conversation on Afro Hair Care, Afrikan Embodiment, and the Black Body as Global Capital. . .with visiting artist bespokecurry

Details and Tickets Here.

Our bodies are the original tech(know)logy and our hair is the litm(us) test for that which is happening in our personal bodies of water, and by extension the earth and its bodies if water.

The commodification of Black hair is proverbially the final nail in the casket of our liberation.

Afro hair is mad sacred. The moment it became commodity, it was a releasing of our own power.

Afro hair is first altar at which we find ourselves as Afrikan people

Our scalp is literal earth, foundation, protecting ancient cosmology that guides us beyond superficial looks.

This is a praxis in understanding how we restore community and healing to the ritual of Afro Hair.

A 6 week series centered on healing for Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color. Explore racial and ethnic identity through expressive arts with Alisa Orozco LMFT. Unlike our other Shop Talk offerings this is not a drop-in group but rather a series of recurring sessions with the same group of people. What’s the first step? Email alisa@mindfulheartcounselingcenter.com.

Session One, Detangling Identity: Join us with members of Cal Poly's Black Student Union and the Cal Poly chapter of Zeta Phi Beta, Inc., for a lively discussion about our hair and racial identity. We'll follow with a hands-on hair care lesson by Zeta Vice President, 4th year Psychology major, and braider Nailah DuBose! Experience includes breaks, snacks, and swag! Tickets Here.

UPDATE: Registration open to all ages + caregivers While the focus of Black Girl Wellness Workshop series is to uplift Black identifying girls ages 12-17. we are opening up registration for our first workshop to Black women of all ages plus all caregivers of Black identifying girls.

Our friends at Saints Barrel will give 15% of bar sales to RM on the last Friday of each month! A great opportunity to meet and mingle with like-minded people: our team, friends, collaborators, and supporters. Saints Barrel serves wine, beer, light bites, and will feature a drink special for our monthly Happy Hour.

Monthly offering the second Tuesday of the month! Practice meditation with with Jevon Devon. This offering is intended for Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color. Sign up here.

Trained at the Himalayan Institute for his 200-hour YTT and Vishoka Meditation, Jevon believes we all have more than our five senses and various ways of perceiving the world. Through his self-exploration and healing journey, he discovered many forms and foundations to explore these other senses.As a certified personal trainer, somatic worker, and dedicated practitioner, Jevon continues to expand his learning and teachings on mind, body, and soul wellness.

Our friends at Saints Barrel will give 15% of bar sales to RM on the last Friday of each month! A great opportunity to meet and mingle with like-minded people: our team, friends, collaborators, and supporters. Saints Barrel serves wine, beer, light bites, and will feature a drink special for our monthly Happy Hour.

Free, family-friendly, and welcome to all! A closing celebration of our year-long collaboration with musician and educator Tracy Morgan. Enjoy facilitated drum circles (drums provided and no experience necessary), spoken word performances, and live set by local band The Groove Collective.

Practice meditation with with Jevon Devon. This offering is intended for Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color. Sign up here.

Trained at the Himalayan Institute for his 200-hour YTT and Vishoka Meditation, Jevon believes we all have more than our five senses and various ways of perceiving the world. Through his self-exploration and healing journey, he discovered many forms and foundations to explore these other senses.As a certified personal trainer, somatic worker, and dedicated practitioner, Jevon continues to expand his learning and teachings on mind, body, and soul wellness.

All are welcome to a family fun day with drum circles, soul food for sale by King James Elite Soul Food, lawn games, trivia with prizes, and DJ Mano Gil on his BoogieBike SoundSystem.

View student artwork from the Cuesta College Ethnic Studies program, featuring pieces from students at California Men's Colony created as part of the Fall 2023 “Braiding Water” event series. Complimentary bites by The Bridge Cafe, Complimentary tastes of Two Broads Cider. Boutique of beautiful Black-owned goods for all open for your Mother’s Day (or everyday!) shopping needs. Specials on self-care items.