• We offer free, confidential and compassionate HIV testing onsite. Get tested at The DOCK Sexual Health Clinic. Support is here if you need it.

• Hepatitis C is a viral infection that causes liver inflammation, sometimes leading to serious liver damage. Free walk in testing at The DOCK.

• DAP and The DOCK are further removing barriers to access for sexual health services by offering STI testing for $25 at our DOCK clinic.

• The DOCK is temporarily in the Green Clinic on the DAP Campus
• We are also operating our Mobile Testing van in the DAP parking lot
• Both offer free HIV & HCV testing
• STI testing and treatment still just $25
• HIV Self-test kits offered FREE by calling (760) 656-8425

• Chat with us about what it means to care for ourselves and each other when we’re not able to physically be near each other.

Please join us at the Prime Timers Sharing Every Monday, from 4:30-6 pm on ZOOM!

What is Prime Timers Sharing?

• Hear from our Clinical Internship Director about tools you can use to self-regulate and self-care during times of crisis and anxiety.

Understanding Medicare Plans & Enrollment

Local leaders discuss 'The Economic Future of the Coachella Valley' in a free webinar series from the Coachella Valley Economic Partnership, Palm Springs Life, and SBEMP Attorneys.

SEPT. 23: TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY

• Scott White (Greater Palm Springs Convention & Visitors Bureau), Kelly Steward (The Ritz-Carlton, Rancho Mirage), and Allen Monroe (The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens) discuss how airlines, hotels, attractions, and events are making Greater Palm Springs a safe and welcoming place to visit for business and pleasure.

SEPT. 30: HEALTH, MEDICINE, AND WELLNESS

• Ken Wheat (Eisenhower Health), Jenna LeComte-Hinely (Health Assessment and Research for Communities), and Kim Saruwatari (Riverside University Health System–Public Health) discuss the future of primary and secondary care as well as public health in the COVID-19 era.

OCT. 7: ARTS AND CULTURE

• Louis Grachos (Palm Springs Art Museum), Chris Mobley (Modernism Week), and Ron Celona (Coachella Valley Repertory Theatre) discuss how arts and culture organizations, venues, and events are adapting to safely welcome visitors and deliver on their missions.

OCT. 14: EDUCATION

• Joel Kinnamon (College of the Desert), Jake Zhu (CSUSB Palm Desert), and Sandra Lyon (Palm Springs Unified School District) discuss the pandemic’s temporary and long-term effects on education as well as how our local institutions are innovating new ways to teach and learn.

OCT. 21: REAL ESTATE

• Michael Meade (Wilson Meade Commercial Real Estate), Peggy Sue Lane (First American Mortgage), and Brady Sandahl (Brady Sandahl Real Estate Group at Keller Williams Luxury Homes) discuss the boom in home sales and the challenge for commercial real estate. Sponsored by Franklin Loan Center.

OCT. 28: RETAIL AND RESTAURANTS

• Michael Braun (Grit Development), Tara Lazar (f10creative), and Patrick Klein (The Gardens on El Paseo) discuss the state of retail and restaurants in the Coachella Valley— from the impacts on sales and employees to the new world of risk reduction.

NOV. 4: NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

• Laura Fritz (Eisenhower Health Foundation) and Debbie Espinosa (FIND Food Bank) discuss how nonprofit organizations are tuning their programming and fundraising strategies for the COVID era.

NOV. 11: GOVERNANCE

• One valley, nine cities, five tribal governments, and one pandemic: Lauri Aylaian (City of Palm Desert) and Jeff Grubbe (Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians) discuss how local governments can work together to lift the entire region.

NOV. 18: THE FUTURE IS ECONOMIC DIVERSITY

• Is the region too dependent on tourism? In the final installment in our nine-part series, Joe Wallace of CVEP and his guests discuss how to diversify the economy of the Coachella Valley.

Meeting ID: 817 1071 2928

Password: PALS Cafe

Click on: Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81710712928?pwd=U0FqbVBHeE82bjlXQmJ0bUxONDlmQT09 

• IF using a phone, laptop, desktop or tablet, you must download the ZOOM APP ahead of time.  The ZOOM icon is a blue circle with a white video camera.
• Before/at the scheduled meeting time, CLICK ON the hyperlink listed above and/or key in the  RED Meeting ID & Password to join the meeting.
• IF using a desktop computer, you will be asked to open ZOOM.  Click on 'yes', 'open', or 'allow'.
• On all devices, you will be asked for permission to use your device's camera, microphone and audio:  Be sure to approve all requests.
• You will be 'muted' upon entering the meeting.  It's best to stay muted until it's your turn to speak.  This will make the sound clearer for all and avoid unnecessary background noise (doorbells, phone ringing, etc).
• Use the 'CHAT' option to make comments or ask questions while others are speaking.
• IF using a phone or tablet, hold your device sideways or 'landscape' to widen your view.
• PALS CAFÉ hosts will open the meeting 30 minutes beforehand for a basic "how to use" ZOOM tutorial and to address any connectivity issues.

• $25.00 due on Nov 1 2020 $25.00 due on Dec 1, 2020 and $25.00 due on Jan 2, 2021

• Flag Raising
• Interfaith Pride Kabbalat Shabbat (online) – 6:30 pm
• Drive-in Movie Night Nov 6 at the Palm Springs Cultural Center
• Light Up The Night - Go Rainbow citywide effort to encourage displaying pink lights and rainbow theme decorations to show solidarity and support for the LGBTQ community

• Pride Car Caravan (free to participate)
• 10am-Noon, Pride Caravan (no street closures, no floats, no walking only passenger cars following posted traffic laws). Details Coming Soon
• Front Runners Pride 5K run and walk - See event listing for details
• Retail Sales Events – watch for sales promotions with Main Street, Uptown, and Arenas Rd.
• Drive-in Movie Night Nov 7 at the Palm Springs Cultural Center
• Light Up The Night - Go Rainbow citywide effort to encourage displaying pink lights and rainbow theme decorations to show solidarity and support for the LGBTQ community

• Pride KGAY T-Dance (free online event)
  Sorry - with COVID there are no big parties. There are no large in-person gatherings. Who would even want to be in large spaces with the threat of coronavirus? This is not the time.
  This event is your go-to guide for all the virtual save and socially distanced pride celebrations happening in Palm Springs during the weekend.

Greater Palm Springs Pride Drive-In Special Event Double Feature:

AHEAD OF THE CURVE/ EXIST, PERSIST, RESIST, AND THRIVE

• AHEAD OF THE CURVE is the story of one of the most influential women in lesbian history you’ve never heard of and the impact her work continues to have today. Growing up, Franco never saw any representation of queer women–she didn’t even know it was possible for a woman to be gay. When she realized she was a lesbian, it changed the course of her life.
  • • In 1990, Franco created a safe place for lesbians in the form of Curve magazine. Her approach to threats and erasure in the ‘90s was to lift all kinds of lesbians up and make them beautifully visible. The magazine helped build a foundation for many intersectional movements being led by today’s activists in the face of accelerating threats to the LGBTQ community. Decades later, as her legacy faces extinction and she reassesses her life after a disabling injury, she sets out to understand visibility work being led by an intersection of queer women today. Featuring Andrea Pino-Silva, Kim Katrin, Denice Frohman, Amber Hikes, Jewelle Gomez, Melissa Etheridge, and Lea DeLaria, and a score composed by the legendary Meshell Ndegeocello, AHEAD OF THE CURVE celebrates the legacy of a movement while considering the agenda of its future.

EXIST, PERSIST, RESIST, AND THRIVE 2020

• Exist, Persist, Resist, and Thrive is a community film focusing on queer women/lesbians. Produced by Lesbo Expo Presents, Directed by Shann Carr and Marnie Navarro the film strives to present visibility, creativity, and community for the Pride community and beyond. Featuring entertainers you love, commentary, funny stuff, and all the creativity the women's community has to offer.

• The Katzenmutter, where military men in uniforms traded sexual favours for dinner and cigarettes
• The Monte-Casino where labourers rented rooms and boys by the hour whilst their wives and kids watched drag acts in the bar.
• The Cosy Corner, where British writers Christopher Isherwood and WH Auden realised that ‘Berlin Meant Boys’
• The Violetta, where shop girls and factory girls danced the night away together and took boat trips along the Spree.
• And of course, The Eldorado itself, where Marlene Dietrich studied the cross-dressing taxi-dancers for costume inspiration.

•  Bull, a 24 hour/7 days a week sex club on the sight of Europe’s oldest gay bar
• Prinzknecht, a cavernous, high-ceilinged mega-bar for the bearded and tattooed types.
• The annual Strassenfest - a two-day street fair, celebrating the diversity of the community
• And the Schlagernachtparty, a 500-strong naked dance night for fans of kitschy pop.

• Brendan Nash is an Irish writer and tour guide specialising in the Weimar era of 1919-1933. His first book A Walk Along The Ku’damm was published in 2015, followed by his first novel The Landlady in 2019. His weekly walking tour Isherwood’s Neighbourhood is now in its tenth year.

• • The Zoom invite will be sent to your email address at 48hrs, 2hrs and 10 mins before the event. PLEASE CHECK YOUR SPAM AND SOCIAL FOLDERS IF YOU DON'T SEE IT IN YOUR INBOX. If you do not receive a Zoom invitation by 1hr before the event please get in contact with us.

• The event is scheduled for 11am PST (i.e. Palm Springs time). You can watch it in any time zone but please adjust to the time zone you are in.