Skin2Skin: Community Day

This October Dope Black Queers brings you Skin2Skin, an inter-generational community day packed with nourishing workshops, discussions, and activities that celebrate the beauty of the skin you're in.

Skin2Skin is a community collaboration For Us By Us. Whether it's Flash Tattoos by Egúngún Tattoo Studio, Life Art Therapy class by Our Naked Truths, or Textile & DIY Face Mask Workshops by Chanti & Chloe, we'll be exploring our ever-evolving relationship with the body's largest organ.

Rest assured this will be a intergenerational affair and we're delighted to have a Kids Black Skin Science class by Black Queer Parents, and a special Storytime by Dyonne Josiah Book Club.

We're excited to be joined by our Community Vendors, Dibia Skin and Knitwear by Rea with more to be announced! Plus, a Senegalese Soul Food Lunch provided by the incredible Little Baobab.

Tickets start at £12, grab yours and celebrate Black History Month 2024 with us at the wheelchair accessible Peckham Levels!

A full refund can currently be requested up to 7 days before the event.

This event is partially funded by UK Black Pride Community Action Fund 2024

Full event details to come...

Our Naked Truths and Dope Black Queers presents an immersive life art session using embodied awareness of the self, the other and the space around us in Skin2Skin. The aims are to encourage creativity, connection, compassion and celebration of the bodies we're in and the stories they carry. No previous drawing experience is needed, all we ask is that you come with an open mind and heart. All that you are is welcome!

was created to resist the dehumanisation and hypersexualisation of Women and Non-Binary People of African ancestry and the Global Majority. Through dedication to an evolving global community that provides space for us to collectively heal.

Join Chloe Filani in a fun skincare workshop as our resident Baddie.

She’ll be teaching her DIY Turmeric Oat Honey face mask recipes and talk about her skin care routine. Highlighting the importance of facial care, how you may improve or continue your own skincare journey, and learn how to make and test things that might be in your kitchen.

Join London-based crochet designer Chanti for a pattern workshop to remember!

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From how cells work, to what melanin does we'll be sharing bitesized nuggets of what makes your little one's skin is excellent and beautiful just the way it is!

are building a safe, Black queer parenting space for love, support, and camaraderie. Celebrating the entire journey of raising little ones.

Bring you the little ones to hear author Dyonne Josiah read her debut children's book 'How do I Get a Baby?'

Dyonne is an award-winning self-published author from Islington. 'How do I Get a Baby?' came out in 2022. It is a story about 6-year-old Canary Ryland who goes on a journey to find out where babies come from. She questions all of her friends which all in turn give her an amusing answer.

How does the village instill Black Pride (in our kids)?

The Forum is an open floor discussion format, where you're invited to bring your thoughts and ideas to the table as the expert in your own experience. The floor is yours!

A collective for Black Queer individuals committed to exploring realities and possibilities within AfroQueer, platonic co-parenting.

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The Forum is an open floor discussion format, where you're invited to bring your thoughts and ideas to the table as the expert in your own experience. The floor is yours!

This session will be part of our ongoing

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Rea is a 26 year old writer and artist, making custom crochet and knitwear peices.

Offering a wide array of creative earings and crystal jewllery rooted in a practice of natural health care and well-being.

Dibia is a London-based wellness brand leveraging the power of African botanicals to create luxurious skincare that is inclusive, sustainable and fun. Our name (pronounced Dee-byah), means “healer” in Igbo, a language spoken by over 44 million people in Nigeria. Like these traditional healers we harness the wisdom of generations to formulate products that address the skincare needs of our diverse customer base. We are a skincare brand built on the belief that true beauty lies in healthy, nourished skin, and that everyone deserves to feel confident and radiant in their own skin.

The sharing of knoweledge and stories is safest in the hands of community. Whether it's a book you've read/reread, one you're never going to get round to reading, or one you have an extra copy of. Bring it to the book swap and let someone else make it apart of their story. Books are by no means expected to be new, but please bring books in a condition you would like to receive them.

Egúngún is a Yoruba word that means ‘powers concealed’ or ‘dry bones (of the ancestors)’.
Studio Egúngún is a reclamation of tattooing as a practice that our ancestors have created and a space for us to honour them with our own bodies.

is a london based tattoo artist who has a love for organic styles and abstract shapes. She draws inspiration from her Caribbean heritage and often explores topics of femininity and freedom through her designs. Mel’s main goal in tattooing is to provide a safe space for people of colour and create representation for all complexions

is a london-based, Rio de Janeiro born Brazilian tattoo artsit. She started tattooing in 2017 and has an interest in botany and forest inspired designs that include flowers, plants, animals etc. Tattoo bring a joy and the opportunity to create art together with the person who’ll wear it on their skin (which she finds amazing and really fulfilling!)-

Host or Publisher Dope Black Queers