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About Us

Mohawk Greene2023-02-02T13:58:49-08:00

On Your Team Since 1998

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Who We Are

DanceSafe is a drug checking, earplug slinging, party servicing nonprofit that was founded on social justice principles. Our programs include drug education, sexual health and consent deep-dives, political advocacy, and event outreach, where our amazing volunteers distribute information and resources at the fabled DanceSafe Booths.

We’re here because we believe in the transformative power of people caring about other people.

Want to join the movement?

A group of people stand in front of a DanceSafe booth with a black canopy, not looking at the camera. They have all kinds of different appearances. A DanceSafe flag is visible to the left of the booth, a soft pink to peach ombre, and on either side of the booth are two large white structures that have lettering peeking out (but not legible). There's a large tree overhead, a blue sky in the background, and dirt on the ground.
Two people, backlit with faces not very visible, stand behind a small table with a black DanceSafe-branded tablecloth on it. The table and the fence behind it are lined with glowing blue LED lights, which illuminate harm reduction supplies like earplugs and condoms scattered across the table. The people are wearing, respectively, a black sweater with the DanceSafe logo on it and fuzzy ears, and a bright yellow shirt with the DanceSafe logo on it and a hat. Behind them are posters saying things like "just say know" and "free condoms" hung up on a chain link fence. They appear to be on the top of a building, with a concrete floor and a concrete segment behind them below the fence.

Our Mission

We’re in the process of finalizing our new mission statement, and are excited to share it soon!

Three people sit behind a table, all with light-toned skin. The table is softly lit by warm orange lights and contains bins of condoms, earplugs, and other harm reduction supplies, neatly organized next to pamphlets and pegboards of pins and earrings. A white poster with the DanceSafe logo in blue hangs above and behind the three people, who have, from left to right, long blonde hair and a black sweater on, brown hair and an orange and red hoodie on, and a short beard and a brown jacket on. Glowing red and blue lights of a party are visible in the background.

Our Principles

We’re in the process of finalizing our new principles, and are excited to share them soon!

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Our Legacy

We’re known for offering drug checking services at raves and nightlife events across the U.S., along with non-judgmental information about drugs, sex, consent, and more. DanceSafe started the only publicly accessible drug checking laboratory in North America in 1998, which is now managed by Erowid at DrugsData.

Our Programs

Drug Education

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Drug Checking (#TestIt)

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WeLoveConsent

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Health & Safety

Advocacy

Event Services

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The Specifics

Nonjudgemental Approach

  • Our spaces are meant to serve as a safe haven for discussing drug use, health, and personal safety.
  • We act as a nonjudgmental first point of contact when talking about risky or challenging situations.
  • We support every individual’s ability to make informed, consensual decisions about their body and mind.
  • We’re not an abstinence-based organization, although we fully support abstinence as a positive choice for many people. We believe in both risk reduction and benefit maximization.

Supplies & Resources

  • DanceSafe’s event outreach services include distribution of free condoms, earplugs, water, fact-based drug information, and consent education materials. With event producers’ consent, we provide free on-site drug checking services.
  • We’re the only nonprofit drug checking kit manufacturer in America. We take pride in the thoroughness and accuracy of our instructional pamphlets and the quality of the materials we sell. Our reagents are made in-house in northern California.
  • Our social media platforms and website hold a wealth of information to help demystify drugs, consent, sex, and other taboo topics around bodies and minds.

Social Justice

  • DanceSafe’s work is inherently political, with intersections in the prison industrial complex, racial justice, healthcare, poverty, LGBTQIA2S+ rights, and more. Put simply: If our political systems weren’t violating basic human rights, DanceSafe wouldn’t exist.
  • We’ve doubled down on our commitment to our social justice roots in recent years, and we’ve been making significant internal and external changes to how our org functions. This is an ongoing process, and we’re learning as we go.
  • We’re all about transparency, and we try to be as forthcoming as possible about who we are, what we do, and what our limitations are.
There are five people in the shot, four of whom are holding up the other horizontally. They're against a backdrop of a large garage-looking door with a huge red and grey mural painted on to it. Three of the people holding up the fifth are women with light-toned skin and long brown hair, and the fourth is a man with medium-toned skin wearing a red shirt, silver suit jacket, black pants, and glasses. He has a brown/silver beard. The fifth person in the front has light-toned skin and is wearing a black knee-length dress, black shoes, and a black jacket with cream and maroon accents, and has short red hair. Everyone is smiling or laughing.

DanceSafe National

DanceSafe National is the central hub that manages organizational operations and provides support for volunteer Chapters all over the country. National is a small team composed of staff, contractors, and the Board of Directors.

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