DanceSafe Introduces New Executive Director and Restructures National Team

March 27, 2017 By the DanceSafe Board Over the last few years, the nightlife community’s awareness of harm reduction has increased exponentially. A conference rarely goes by without a panel dedicated to reducing the risks participants face at nightlife events, and these panels are often standing room only. There are literally dozens of independent harm reduction organizations, and many large promoters have their own internal harm reduction teams. Despite all of this, we are still seeing adverse medical incidents and preventable deaths at events. Getting serious about harm reduction is long overdue, and DanceSafe is restructuring its leadership to meet the needs...

March 27, 2017Read more...

Join us in calling on Vice President Biden to amend the RAVE Act

The Drug Policy Alliance and DanceSafe are teaming up to launch this Amend The RAVE Act Campaign. The Drug Policy Alliance is a key stakeholder in regards to current policy affecting the electronic music and nightlife communities. Specifically, its Music Fan Program seeks to Amend The RAVE Act as a component of its larger #SaferPartying Campaign. Similarly, DanceSafe also seeks to Amend The RAVE Act as a means to open doors to collaborating with event promoters and venue owners to promote health and safety in the electronic music and nightlife communities. We have identified 7 Reasons to Amend The RAVE Act....

June 15, 2016Read more...

It’s time for the DanceSafe FundRager auction!

A big thank you to all of our supporters who attended A Funky Formal: DanceSafe’s 1st Annual FundRAGER and all those that contributed to make the night a success! We are pleased to announce that the excitement is not yet over because DanceSafe’s Silent Auction will continue through Sunday April 24, 2016 at 10:00 AM MST!   Don’t miss your chance to bid on a signed Android Jones print, Imagine Music Festival passes, MoodHoops Future Poi and Hoop, a full MAPS Book Collection, a getaway location in Destin, FL, a DanceSafe Drug Checking Kit (Complete 7-Panel), beautiful wrapped and glass pendants,...

April 12, 2016Read more...

Do you like music? Do you like democracy? Well then you’ll love our friends at HeadCount!

Are you looking for an exciting way to get involved in politics or grassroots organizing? You can volunteer at concerts and festivals. HeadCount is a non-partisan organization that uses the power of music to register voters and raise social consciousness. They work with over one hundred artists including Jay-Z, Dave Matthews Band, Pearl Jam, My Morning Jacket, Phish and Wilco. Whenever these artists play a concert near a major city, they're usually there registering voters and promoting democratic participation. DanceSafe has proudly worked with HeadCount at many, many shows, and we hope you'll show them some love! Want to join HeadCount at...

October 7, 2015Read more...

Electric Forest Shuts Down DanceSafe– But We Have a Bigger Problem To Tackle

This year at The Electric Forest, I saw up to four hour lines to get from GA camping into the venue, with no free water, shade or medics in the area. This year at The Electric Forest, I saw a population grow by nearly 10,000, with no noticeable increase in the amount of water refill stations, resulting in nearly two hour lines just to refill a bottle of water. This year at The Electric Forest, I saw a festival shut down a group of volunteers dedicated to providing health and safety information and resources to the community without a single...

June 30, 2015Read more...

DanceSafe & Safe Sex: A Guest Blog from Beforeplay.org

DanceSafe is centered on health and safety in the electronic music world, but what about health and safety after you head home from an event and slip between the sheets with that special dancing someone? That’s where Beforeplay.org comes in.   Beforeplay.org is around to help “normalize” conversations about sexual health and make sure we can all have our fun (and enjoy it too) by staying safe, honest and informed. We encourage everyone to #JustTalkAboutIt.  One big issue for us – and we hope you – is consent in all things sexual. Just to clarify: when we say, “consent,” it means that...

June 2, 2015Read more...

It’s the start of season and what a season it’s going to be!

Welcome to the start of season 2015! As the longest running health education non-profit in the EDM community, the DanceSafe family always looks forward to this weekend. It's the official start of season, and we've got some big things planned for this year! If someone asks you why they should support DanceSafe, here is your answer. This weekend alone we're set up at Lightening in a Bottle in California, The Movement Electronic Music Festival in Detroit, Mysteryland in New York, and SummerCamp in Illinois. At these four events we'll be providing our service to over 175,000 people. Even at events where we can't provide the...

May 21, 2015Read more...
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The 2015 Global Drug Survey is here!

The 2015 Global Drug Survey has arrived!! https://www.globaldrugsurvey.com  From Dr Adam Winstock MBBS, BSc, MSc, MRCP, MRCPsych, FAChAM, MD,  the founder of Global Drug Survey and a Consultant Psychiatrist , Addiction Medicine Specialist and researcher based in London: Safer drug using limits! Could or should there be such a thing? Last year almost 80,000 people took part in GDS2014 and helped us produce the world's first harm reduction guide (the Global Drug Survey Highway Code) to be voted for by experts - people who like taking drugs and want to keep themselves and their community as safe as possible. It's been downloaded 30,000 times. It...

November 17, 2014Read more...