SHIP X Lotus Noire Health COVID Safe Pride Social
SHIP and Lotus Noire Health are teaming up to host a COVID cautious, disability-friendly Pride month mixer! Come make new queer, disabled, neurodivergent (or all of the above) connections in person at Industrious Spirit Co.
$1 from each drink pour will be donated to SHIP to continue bringing more disability, sex positive events and education to the community.
Just an FYI: This event space is primarily a covered outdoors space! The bathroom and bar itself are indoors but the event is outside.
Lotus Noire Health
Lotus Noire Health is a Black Woman owned, Nurse Practitioner led primary care clinic which specializes in the care of Black, Brown, and other marginalized people. We started out as an STI clinic, so we are excited to get back to our roots by collaborating with SHIP! We will be offering on-site STI and HIV testing and sharing resources. We accept most insurance plans and offer low-cost pricing for uninsured people. Please email info@lotusnoire.com with any questions!
COVID Precautions in Place:
The event will occur outdoors except for the bathroom and ordering of drinks at the bar.
Lotus Noire Health offers rapid PCR COVID and flu testing. Please call 401-305-0080 or email info@lotusnoire.com if you would like to get tested before or after the event.
The staff at ISCO will be wearing kN95 masks for the duration of the event
Masks will be required unless eating or drinking (don’t worry, we’ll have some at the door if you forget yours!)
We ask that you consider testing before you come and after. If you contract COVID after the event, let us know so we can tell others (don’t worry, we will keep your name private!)
ISCO has generously agreed to a partial closure of the space until 7:30, which means that only people there for our event will have access to the space!
Accessibility supports:
We will have a sensory zone if you need a quiet environment to step away from the event and will not be playing music throughout the whole space. Instead music will come from a small Bluetooth speaker in one direction.
We will have conversation cards on the table to help folks spark communication with one another.
We will have stim, fidget devices and question prompts at every table!
Plenty of hand sanitizer will be available
We respect and serve all individuals with disabilities regardless of their race, citizenship, social status, sexual orientation, gender identity, neurodivergence, employment within stigmatized economies such as sex work, and lived experiences with drugs and addiction.
To Register
Tickets are available on a sliding scale ($3-$10) to ensure folx of varying economic backgrounds are able to access the resources they deserve. We ask those who have the financial means to help "spread the wealth" by contributing to the community pool so that we can offer a limited number of sponsored free tickets to those who need it. All ticket fees will support SHIP's programs.
We kindly ask that those who have the financial means to purchase a ticket do so, and save our sponsored free tickets to those who do not.
To access this event for free, please enter the code SHIP-FREE when registering.