Category: Health & Wellness
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National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
Come together with the Black community for a special event to raise awareness and dispel stigma around HIV/AIDS. There’ll be speakers, interactive workshops, a panel discussion, performances, and a resource fair offering free HIV testing and support services.
Check out OAAA.com for details!
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Reclaiming Wellness: The Intersection of Art and Therapy
Explore the misconceptions around therapy with Black Men Flower Project’s Robert Washington-Vaughns and William C. Jenkins, a practicing therapist and one of the featured models in the Free Our Flowers series.
This conversation will use the lens of art to delve into the the pervasive idea that “therapy is only for crazy people” and address the barriers many men face in accessing mental health resources, including the mistrust bred by negative experiences with the healthcare system.
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Our Freedom Can’t Wait
What if we could …
Gather together in a room with beautiful food and music?
Share our stories with no pressure, fear, or judgment?
Connect authentically, making space for strangers to become allies?How healing would that be?
For the second year in a row, High Desert Playback and Explora Science Center’s X Studio come together in celebration of the National Day of Racial Healing. This initiative, launched in 2017 by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, is “a time to contemplate our shared values and create the blueprint together for #HowWeHeal from the effects of racism.”
Our Freedom Can’t Wait: A Playback Theatre Gathering For Racial Healing
Thursday, January 23, 2024, 5-9PM
Explora Science Center, 1701 Mountain Rd NW, ABQ, NM
For Teens + Adults / FREELearn more and RSVP here.
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Herbal Support for Wintertime Wellness
Atava Garcia Swiecicki, clinical herbalist, will teach herbal medicine you can use to support yourself and your loved ones this winter season – including important herbs that help prevent and treat cold and flu. Learn easy recipes for common herbs like ginger and elderberry.
Reclaim Ancestral Latinx medicine and rituals for healing! Class time will include hands-on medicine making, including Fire Cider to take home. $60 fee includes materials.
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NMBLC Vaccine Clinic
Avoid the sniffles and sneezes, the aches and isolation – and worse! Stay healthy this winter with FREE Covid and flu vaccinations at NMBLC.
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Medicare Fair
Do you have questions about Medicare eligibility, enrollment, and affordability? Here’s the place to ask the experts and get answers! Find the right plan for you – and get a chance to win door prizes!
Call 505-744-6400 for more information.
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World Toilet Day
World Toilet Day was established to raise awareness: All humans need sanitation!
Billions worldwide lack proper facilities, risking deadly diseases like cholera. The World Health Organization estimates that unsafe water, sanitation, and hygiene kill 1,000 children under age 5 every day. Inadequate toilet facilities also lead girls who are menstruating to avoid school, worsening gender inequality.
Check out the UN’s website for more details.
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Black Men Flower Project Somatic Exercise Session
This class offers Black men and boys a chance to reset, grow, and heal in a supportive, Black-only space. No prior experience needed—just bring an open mind and a desire to connect with yourself on a deeper level. Somatic exercises help release stored tension, reduce stress, and promote healing by allowing you to fully experience and respond to what your body needs.
Register HERE now—spaces are limited!
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CiQlovia Open Streets Festival
CiQlovia is ABQ’s version of ciclovia – open streets. The 2024 CiQlovia route spans Kathryn Ave from Louisiana to San Pedro and will feature all kinds of activities, info, art, pop-up parks and playgrounds, a health hub – and a climbing wall!
