April 8th, 2025 - BIPOC Psychedelic Monthly Gathering & Potluck

Spring is here! BIPOC Psychedelic hosts their monthly gathering and community potluck on Tuesday, April 8th, 2025 in Denver 80205 from 6:30pm to 9:00 PM.

This event is for those who self identify as Black, Indigenous, People of Color = BIPOC. We understand this term isn't perfect or all encompassing of our beautiful diverse background and cultures.

Please bring a dish or something to share with the group. To be a more sustainable group, feel free to bring your own plate and utensils. We will have some paper plates and utensils to share.

We welcome you to gather with us over food, drinks and like-minded souls. We've had a few potlucks with just mingling and socializing but now we are easing into "doing the work" in co-creating intentional conversations among our beloved BIPOC community.

We hope you can join us. Please RSVP, space is limited to 22 people.

Date: Tuesday, April 8th, 2025 (likely every 2nd Tuesday of the month)

Time: 6:30 - 9:00 PM MT

Where: Hope Tank, 1434 E 22nd Ave, Denver CO 80205 (This is our creative community event space, also available for event rentals and hosting your own workshops. Inquire if interested.)

Theme: We are easing back into meeting now that it's Spring, planting seeds and tending to gardens and coming back being in community again. Vibe: real chill meeting, we'll go around introduce ourselves and share a meal with like-minded souls.

Tentative Agenda:

6:30 | Gather and grab food, chat amongst ourselves: why we're here and what we're cultivating, brief intros all around and let's get to know each other better.

8:45pm | We'll start to wrap up and close out our evening with a group picture, 1-minute somatic exercise and start to clean up to be out by 9 PM.

If you're planning to attend the MAPS Psychedelic Science conference June 16-20th 2025 in Denver, feel free to mark our meetups happening the 2nd Tuesdays of the month and come be with others planning on attending PS25. There's a collaboration event in the works with our friends People of Colorado Psychedelic Collective based in NY and The Medicine Collective based in MN. We're looking for peeps from our group who may want to take part in this future event. More to come as the details unfold.

We look forward to building this intentional space and in being in community together.

Questions? Email [email protected]

**ATTN: New 2025 Fundraising Update: Dear Community, it has been incredible having a community space in our first year of existence but the time has come to fundraise in order to keep our monthly meetups at our beloved space, Hope Tank. We are actively fundraising to meet for the next 6 months and our new goal is $750. You can make a donation here via PayPal through our friends at The Nowak Society. Thank you for supporting us and helping us keep our monthly meetups!

--- Disclaimer: Our gatherings at BIPOC Psychedelic cover a wide range of topics. Many of the prompts are created to encourage discourse in difficult topics such as (but not limited to) colonization/decolonization, ancestry, legacy, stewardship, racism, privilege, community, values, etc. There is an element of discomfort that is not for everyone. We know this. We welcome all who choose to participate with an open mind and respect each person’s level of interaction or lack thereof. We encourage all persons to seek that balance for themselves and engage or not engage to their level of comfort. We realize that our gatherings/activities may be a trigger for you. We encourage you to take the time to process and heal. This may require you to seek assistance with this process outside of our gatherings and we encourage you to seek that. The form that this takes is entirely up to each individual. We are not therapists and BIPOC Psychedelic as a group is not a substitute for counseling or other mental health therapy.

**Also, we like to take a group picture at the end of the event to share on our Instagram. We will make an annoucement but if you do not consent to the picture, you don't have to be in the photo. **

About BIPOC Psychedelic: We are a growing, BIPOC-led community org rooted in the heart of Five Points Denver. Calling on community leaders and people who want to help build a diverse, inclusive and more welcoming environment where people from communities of color can have and feel a sense of belonging. We are creating a BIPOC-centered space where BIPOC folks can lead, be seen and heard, rest, just be and cultivate joy together. The intention is to co-create community that amplifies BIPOC voices, honors ancestral wisdom and provides support to others in underrepresented communities within the psychedelic movement and beyond. Please note: Our monthly gatherings at Hope Tank are non-consumption events. We are a community group and regardless of your knowledge or use of psychedelics, we invite you to come and check us out. We are here for education, peer to peer support and community healing. Follow our journey and keep updated on events via Instagram @BIPOCPsychedelic

Host or Publisher BIPOC Psychedelic + CU Denver Anthropology Dept