October: Dating & Domestic Violence Action Month

In all of our relationships, we deserve respect, equity, honesty, bodily autonomy, independence, boundaries, healing, joy, and so much more. Join Safer & Lumina Alliance this October for Dating/Domestic Violence Action Month: explicitly naming what We Deserve

Follow our outreach campaign all month long on Instagram at @calpolysafer and @luminaalliance, and join us for the following events!

October 2022 Events

Tues 10/4

WE DESERVE JUSTICE!
 

Lunch & Learn: Violence Prevention, Public Health & Social Justice

12-1pm, Dexter Lawn

*Giveaway: Safer sweatshirt, stickers, & Sexual Citizens book

Wed 10/5

WE DESERVE BOUNDARIES!

 

Beds & Boundaries Workshop

6-7pm, NAICC

*Giveaway: Portable speaker, 6 free games @ Pismo Bowl, & Safer swag

Tues 10/11

WE DESERVE EDUCATION!

 

Lunch & Learn: The Sex Ed You Didn't Get in High School

12-1pm, Baker Lawn

*Giveaway: Lululemon yoga mat, Safer tote & stickers

Wed 10/12

WE DESERVE EQUITY!

 

Reproductive Justice is Survivor Justice: Bodily Autonomy, Health, and Safety Panel (Hosted by Futures Without Violence)

10-11:30am, Zoom | Register here!

Thurs 10/13

WE DESERVE HEALING!

 

Knitting Circle

11am-12pm, UU-217

*Giveaway: 1 month unlimited yoga @ SLO Yoga Center, weighted blanket, Safer swag

Sat 10/15

WE DESERVE COMMUNITY!

 

Lumina Alliance's Celebrate Community Fun Run & Festival

10am-2pm, Mission Plaza

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Tues 10/18

WE DESERVE COMMUNICATION!

 

Lunch & Learn: How to (Healthily) Argue

12-1pm, O'Neill Green

*Giveaway: Boundary Boss book, $20 Humankind gift card, & Safer swag

Thurs 10/20

WE DESERVE SOLIDARITY!

 

Purple Thursday
All day

Show solidarity for survivors and wear purple all day!

Picture @ 11:30am at Dexter Lawn!

Sat 10/22

WE DESERVE BODILY AUTONOMY!

 

Dirty Dancing Film Screening & Panel Discussion

 3-6pm, Palm Theater

Register here!

Sat 10/22

WE DESERVE INDEPENDENCE!

 

Safer @ Cal Poly Football

5pm, Alex G. Spanos Stadium

*Giveaway: YETI lunch box, Safer tote bag

 

Tues 10/25

WE DESERVE JOY!

 

Trivia & Costume Party

6-8pm, Broad Street Public House

Prizes for contest winners!

 

 

Highlighted Community Events

Celebrate Community Fun Run & Festival

Sat 10/15, 10am-2pm

Mission Plaza
 

Save the date and invite your friends! We will be ringing in our first-annual Celebrate Community Fun Run & Festival on October 15th in Mission Plaza. After fun runners and walkers finish the mile-long course through downtown SLO, they will enjoy a festival with a maker's market, DJ, silent disco, raffle prizes, drinks, food trucks, and many family-friendly activities.

 

Register for the fun run at CelebrateCommunitySLO.org!

Flashlight Film Screening of Dirty Dancing

Sat 10/22, 3-6pm

Palm Theater


Lumina Alliance will be hosting a private screening of the classic film, Dirty Dancing (1987). The film will be followed by a 45-minute discussion panel of local experts in the field of sexual and intimate partner violence and healthcare. Enjoy wine and appetizers as we dance into the past and explore themes of relationships, class, gender, sexuality and abortion in this coming of age film. 

 

For more details about the movie screening please, visit the event website

Costume Trivia Party

Tuesday 10/25, 6-8pm

Broad Street Public House

 

Join Safer and Lumina Alliance for a spooky costume & trivia night! Bring a trivia team of 2-6 and be ready to celebrate the end of Dating Violence Action Month with us together. 

 

Winners will receive a prize at the event. Attendees must be 21+.

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