# Event Details - **Event Name**: Care Not Cops Community Wellness Festival - **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 26 Jun, 2026 at 04:00 pm – Fri, 26 Jun, 2026 at 09:00 pm - **Event Description**: Join us for the CARE NOT COPS Community Wellness Festival, a free, all-ages celebration of music, culture, healing, and community care!About this EventCARE NOT COPS Community Wellness Festival starts a 3 day convening with an evening of music, culture, healing, and community in Oak Park, Sacramento. This intergenerational gathering will feature live performances by Sol Development, Spear of the Nation, Jenn Johns, M’ster Lewis, Junior Toots, Reach Back Retain, spoken word by Andru Defey, and uplifting selections from the Peace and Justice Choir.Hosted by the Anti Police-Terror Project and the Justice Teams Network, this gathering will explore what it means to create safety through healing, accountability, collective care, and community power.The festival will also include local vendors, food, art activities, community resources, Healing Justice services, free NADA ear seed acupressure trainings, and blessing bag giveaways supporting unhoused community members. Come celebrate collective care, culture, and the power of community as we open the weekend together.This event is FREE - ALL AGES & Open to the Public! https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events8/banners/36042400-6f94-11f1-b417-3b90d0074d1b-rimg-w555-h740-dcffffff-gmir.jpg MORE ABOUT CARE NOT COPS CARE NOT COPS is a three-day international convening bringing together organizers, healers, artists, impacted families, movement leaders, cultural workers, youth organizers, and practitioners building real alternatives to punishment and policing.DAY 1: Community Wellness Festival — Friday, June 26 4-9pm in Oak ParkDAY 2 & 3: Healing Justice & Alternatives Conference  — Saturday, June 27 & 28thJune 27th & 28th is the Healing Justice and Alternative Conference held both virtually and in person at Aggie Square -  4480 2nd Ave in Sacramento, CA. Registration is required as space in-person space is limited. Secure your FREE tickets : This 2-day convening features keynote speakers and movement leaders, including:Cat Brooks - co-founder and executive director of Anti-Police Terror Project and Justice Teams, host of Law & Disorder on KPFA, and a long-time performer, organizer, and activist. Malkia Devich Cyril -  @mediajustice co-founder | @radical_loss founder | writer | grief worker | Leftist | movement & narrative strategist | 13th Film Erica Woodland — facilitator, consultant, psychotherapist and healing justice practitioner with more than 20 years of experience working at the intersections of movements for racial, gender, economic, trans & queer justice. Woodland and Cara Page are editors of the anthology ‘Healing Justice Lineages: Dreaming at the Crossroads of Liberation, Collective Care and Safety’ (North Atlantic Books, 2023).Across the weekend, participants will engage powerful conversations, strategy spaces, healing activations, and workshops rooted in Healing Justice, abolition, and collective liberation. Panels and sessions include:Foundations & Community CareHealing Justice as Resistance: California-Based Models for Organizing & Collective CareArt as Medicine: Culture, Creativity & Collective HealingMental Health Beyond the System: From Pathology to Collective CareNo Peace Without Justice: Healing-Centered Responses to Domestic ViolenceCrisis Response, Accountability & RestorationLife After Harm: Abolition, Reentry & the Work of Coming HomeWe Remember, We Rise: Families Healing from State ViolenceThe Power is Ours—Reclaiming Healing for Trauma & Substance UseBeyond Borders, Beyond Policing: Global Pathways to Abolition & HealingPower, Policy & Movement BuildingFrom Extraction to Investment: Budget Justice & Resourcing Our FuturesYoung People Lead the Way: Organizing, Healing & Collective PowerWe Keep Each Other Safe: Mutual Aid, Abolition & People PowerSafety Without Policing: Reimagining Public Safety & Alternative Community ResponsesFeatured panelists and participating organizations include members of:Critical ResistanceCURYJMH First SacramentoNational Compadres NetworkKataly FoundationPoor People’s CampaignAsian Prisoner Support CommitteeYouth TogetherAll of Us or Noneand many more movement partners, healers, organizers, and impacted community leaders.In addition to panels and strategy sessions, the convening will include:Healing Justice practice spacesCommunity acupuncture & bodyworkArt activations & cultural performanceHerbal medicine & blessing bag stationsAnd moreThis gathering is for those asking: What becomes possible when we choose care over punishment? How do we build safety without policing? What does healing look like in practice, policy, and movement?We hope you will join us in building, imagining, and practicing the world we deserve. Register here todayIn solidarity,CARE NOT COPS Convening Team Justice Teams Network + Anti Police-Terror ProjectAgenda?: 04:00 PMCommunity Mural & Affirmation Art w/ Abayomi Brownfield & Omega Abakah?: 04:30 PM - 05:45 PMRoots & Remedy- A Sensory Herb Lab with Jazz Hudson of Goddess Butter Oakland?: 06:00 PM - 07:15 PMNADA Protocol training: Acupressure for Addiction & PTSD w/ Juan Cortez ?: 07:30 PM - 08:30 PMIntergenerational Healing Circle w/ Bro Sizwe Andrews-Abakah of Spearitwurx - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/sacramento/care-not-cops-community-wellness-festival/100001990832173623 - **Event Categories**: festivals, health-wellness, art, entertainment, business, workshops, music, conferences, performances, literary-art, mental-health, spoken-word - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Age Limit: all_ages - Duration: 5 hours - Location: McClatchy Park - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Sacramento - **state**: CA - **country**: United States - **location**: McClatchy Park - **lat**: 38.547688 - **long**: -121.46965 - **full address**: McClatchy Park, 3500 5th Avenue, Sacramento, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Care Not Cops Community Wellness Festival - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events1/banners/c247cf69dbc4461ea7848681f4e461ebb04ac95a2b83be55790d9033e40dc53d-rimg-w1200-h1800-dcffffff-gmir.jpg?v=1780366256 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Care Not Cops Community Wellness Festival being held? - **A:** Care Not Cops Community Wellness Festival takes place on Fri, 26 Jun, 2026 at 04:00 pm to Fri, 26 Jun, 2026 at 09:00 pm at McClatchy Park, 3500 5th Avenue, Sacramento, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Care Not Cops Community Wellness Festival? - **A:** Care Not Cops Community Wellness Festival is organized by SPEARITWURX. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** Care Not Cops Community Wellness Festival is ideal for festival lovers, culture enthusiasts, and anyone looking for a vibrant, immersive community experience. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Sacramento, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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