Mozaic

Mozaic is back with another FREE self-defense workshop! This session is for intermediate level learners, meaning folks who have some basic self-defense knowledge and skills. As always, this event is hosted BY trans folks FOR trans folks! 💙🤍🩷
 
Space is limited to the first 20 people. 🏳️‍⚧️ Sign up today at the link in bio! 🔗 
 
📍Stonewall Columbus | 1160 N. High St. | Columbus, OH 43201
 
🗓️ Sunday, September 13 from 1- 4 PM

Have you changed your name since the last time you voted? If so, don’t forget to update your voter registration, so it reflects that!

On September 15 for , you can visit Mozaic at the Equitas Health King-Lincoln location from 11AM-7PM to register to vote and to update your registration!

Prepare for the upcoming election on November 3 by:

✅ Checking your voter registration is current and active,
📍 Knowing where and when you'll vote, and
📝 Researching the candidates and issues on your ballot.

P.S. Don’t forget to visit equitashealth.com/votes for more information about how to get !

We appreciated the invitation by Delta Theta Omega and Iota Phi Theta® Fraternity Inc to table at their back-to-school resource fair!

Over the course of the event, we met with over 70 people and were able to let them know about Mozaic’s:

⚖️ free legal resources and drop-in hours,
👕 free clothing closet, and
🆓 free swag like stickers and sweatbands!

We learned so much attending LOVEboldly and Franklin County Coroner's Office first ever Symposium on LGBTQ+ Death and Dying! 

We know that death planning is an act of trans and q***r self-determination, especially at a time when name changes and ID changes are under attack. Make life more livable by having an honest conversation about what you want for your death, and: 

🔗Check out our link.tree for documents on Life Planning for Transgender Communities, and 

📞Take action by calling Gov. DeWine and demanding that trans people deserve correct documents!

Mozaic has been on the move this month supporting and attending local events which support our community, including, 
 
📚Helping students prepare for back-to-school by tabling Kaleidoscope Youth Center BBQueer, and
 
👔Bringing business professional clothes through Threads Revisited – Mozaic’s free clothing closet – to Stonewall Columbus Out to Work Workplace Development program participants.
 
👀Looking to bring Mozaic or Threads Revisited to your next event? Send us a DM!

Last week, our team had the pleasure of meeting with representatives from the Columbus
Mayor’s Office at Safe Point – Central Ohio’s only sanctioned syringe service program
(SSP).

We gave the City of Columbus team a tour of the space and a firsthand look at the program’s
life-saving impact. During the tour, we highlighted the team’s dedication to building trust with the communities it serves through its:

💉 syringe exchange and safe injection use education materials,
🆓 free NARCAN and fentanyl testing strips,
👩🏽‍⚕️ linkages to medical care, and more.

Mozaic and the External Affairs team are proud of the work we do every day to protect
essential risk prevention services like those offered at Safe Point and other Equitas Health programs. 🩷

Mozaic’s month drop-in hours are back this Thursday, August 20, from 3-7pm in the Equitas Health King-Lincoln community space!

Stop by to access resources, make a medical appointment, shop for clothes, or just to hang with your friendly Mozaic staff members!😊

Come on by and bring a friend! 🫂

Yesterday, the Mozaic team joined ARCH Reentry for “First Step Friday” — a monthly event aimed at helping returning citizens re-establish themselves after incarceration. 
 
As a regular participant of this open to the public and free resource fair, Equitas Health — including Mozaic and Ohio HIV/STI Hotline — helped over 50 attendees this month. 🙌 
 
Thank you to ARCH for inviting us to participate, to OMJ Columbus-Franklin County for providing space for the event, and to Franklin County Office of Justice Policy & Programs for lending their support to attendees.

Threads Revisited – Mozaic’s free clothing closet – is traveling around central Ohio!
 
Last week, we joined Safe Point for their monthly outreach at the corner of Mt. Vernon Ave. and 20th St. The Safe Point team gives out free risk prevention supplies at this spot every final Friday of the month.
 
We were so happy to chat with the community and provide a space for folks to pick out a new outfit. Huge thank you to the Safe Point team for inviting us along! 🫂🩷 
 
Mozaic & Threads Revisited will be coming soon to a site near you! Stay tuned to find out where we’ll be next! 😉

We so appreciated y’all showing up for Mozaic this NACHC 🩷🏳️‍⚧️

It takes a community to make trans joy a reality. Thank you to Point of Pride for your donation that allows us to give out FREE chest binders, ViiV Healthcare , Brothers In Unity , and Buckeye Region Anti-Violence Organization (BRAVO) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 for connecting our community members to resources, and Slammers Bar for providing pizza! 

👀 Keep following along to find out where the Moziac team will be next, 

🗓️ and join us at our next drop-in hours on Thursday, August 20th from 3-7PM at our community space at the King-Lincon Equitas Health location!