POTLUCK SOCIAL AND COSTUME PARTY!
We’re on for Autumn folks! Join us for an October Sunday-afternoon social!
Educational stations and informative topics, policy strategy and outreach, local music and creative arts!
Come show support, get involved with the cause, and share in building coalitions for local and state-wide healing initiatives!
Have fun, meet people, build relationships, develop community!
Costume parties can be a lot of fun, and they don’t need to be a lot of stress.
There are many different ways to approach costuming, and the same is true of our theme of “Entheogenic Allies”.
The most direct approach is educational expression: Dressing up like one (or more) of our 4 primary entheogenic policy plants and fungi – Psilocybin containing mushrooms, mescaline containing cacti, DMT containing plants, and ibogaine containing plants. Know your plant(s) or fungi(s)!
(Know also, that other, appropriate [and not criminalized] allies, like amanita muscaria, datura, or ergot, etc. will NOT be turned away!)
A second layer is to portray some of the associated characteristics (or perhaps notable characters) of particular entheogenic experiences, within their appropriate contexts– think “The self-transforming machine elves that are singing in a hyper-dimensional language.” – for Terence McKenna, and his experiences of a DMT journey!
Whatever level of approach you desire, the execution does not have to be expensive, elaborate, or showy (it certainly CAN be) – but do try to make it accurate! Look at the details of your plant or fun-guy –the botanical, biological, psycho-spiritual, and entheogenic details-- and then apply your own particular character and aesthetic choices. (fairy-plant-spirit, anyone?)
Check out these examples. These generic cacti costumes (not our particular allies), but with individualized details and styles, they can can make unique, fun and highly-informative costumes!
Entheogenic Community Potluck
“Its time to highlight the positive use of entheogenic plants and fungi. Community members are already using entheogens to heal and thrive. It is our goal to honor the history of relationship and culture surrounding entheogens, in order to educate and activate Montanans. ”
Join the Alliance to Decriminalize Nature Montana, for Missoula's first
Entheogenic Community Potluck: an Educational Gathering for Sharing Healing & Empowering Growth.
February 18th, 2023, 6-10pm, at Free Cycles Community Bike Shop, 732 S. 1st St. West, Missoula.
Featuring:
Community Networking & Mingle, Educational Speakers, Legality and Accessibility Break-outs, Cultivation Basics & Etiquette of Dosing Discussion Groups,
and a Fire-side Drum Circle!
Distinguished Guests include :
Larry Norris, PhD, co-founder and executive director of Entheogenic Research, Integration, and Education (ERIE), doctoral dissertation at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS). Co-founder and Board-member of Decriminalize Nature.
Jay Dufrechou, JD, PhD, author and graduate of experiential doctoral program at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology (ITP), now Sofia University, where he currently teaches transpersonal research ethics and dissertation research.
18+ Event, $10 Suggested Donation at the Door, Bring a Dish to share!
No one turned away for lack of funds or food. NO Illicit substances will be offered for consumption or sale.
Community Sponsors include: Decriminalize Nature Missoula, Western Montana Mycological Association,
And More!
Missoula City Council Presentational Meeting
Missoula City Council Presentational Meeting
Wednesday, June 1, 2022
10:00 AM 12:00 PM
Missoula City Council Chambers
140 West Pine StreetMissoula, MT, 59802United States (map)
Missoula City Council will meet the morning of Wednesday, June 1st for council presentation, public comment, and vote.
Public Comment Period : This will be an opportunity for community support, voicing solidarity and the need for a safe, public, community-based policy that recognizes the inherent human rights to access nature, and the medical, social and ecological values of the use of plant medicines.
Community Discussion Forum
DNMT will be offering a community discussion forum, Wednesday, May 25, 2022, 3 - 4:30pm, at the Missoula Public Library, Cooper Room B 402.
In this forum, community members will have a few minutes each to share their support or voice any concerns that the community can take into consideration during and after the resolution process. Some time will be allocated to addressing these areas during the forum, as part of the educational and constructive nature of this process.
Educational Forum
These gatherings are to co-create an educational space to inform individuals about the value of entheogenic plants and fungi and the intention to propose a resolution to decriminalize our relationship to nature.
The intention is to improve human health and well-being, by decriminalizing and expanding access to entheogenic plants and fungi through political and community organizing, education and advocacy.
We envision happier, healthier individuals and communities reconnected to nature and entheogenic plant and fungi traditions and practices.
Integration Circle
The purpose of these Circles is to create a safe, non-judgmental space for people to talk about non-ordinary states of consciousness, and to offer emotional support, educational information, and risk reduction strategies, pertaining to the use of entheogenic plants, fungi, and other, natural sources of psychedelic substances.
Integration circles are gatherings to assist with integration by reflecting upon them in a community of peers in hopes of discovering the deeper meaning that these experiences hold for us. The lifelong work of integration is enhanced and facilitated by working together in community.
Montana Psychedelic Community Meeting
Decriminalize Nature Montana and Montana Psychedelic Interest Group join forces to introduce our Montana community with safe public space to connect and educate attendees on the DecrimNature movement, human rights and spiritual freedoms as it pertains to use of sacred plants and fungi, local access to entheogens, ceremonial facilitation, assisted therapy and integration. We will also introduce the discussion of the forming of local Community-based Healing Organizations to provide access and services for the needs of Montanans.
Missoula Public Library - Cooper Room
Monthly Forum Meeting
MAY FORUM:
Integration Circles, Sharing Our Experiences, and Building Community Dialogue
Zoom Call:
http://bit.ly/decrimMT
Spring Forum #2 : Taking Action
Join us in presenting a guide to taking the first steps to actively begin community engagement with with Missoula Mayor’s Office, and with Missoula City Council, about the need and responsibility to make plant medicines more accessible and integrated into our local communities.
Spring Forum #1
Join us, via Zoom, (www.bit.ly/decrimMT) for the launching our Spring series of educational community forums. This first offering will cover an introduction to the topics of sacred plant medicines, entheogenic ceremonies and how these practices can assist us in reconnecting with nature, healing our bodies and minds, and building community support networks.