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Follow on Google News |  Just Be. a New Oakland-based Creative Collective, Debuts with a Happy Hour Party & Holiday Pop-UpBy: Just Be. The Noire Holiday Pop Up will be a lively celebration with music, laughter, and love featuring more than 15 vendors, complimentary raffle tickets, a free cocktail, and dessert. Proceeds from the event help Just Be. fundraise for our EntrepreneurHER Workshop Series in March 2017 that will offer art, maker, and entrepreneurship workshops as a vehicle for Black healing and sustainability. "The Noire Holiday Pop Up will encourage self-restoration when most of us are drained from the year and will provide an inspirational destination for holiday shopping in the Bay Area," said Candice Cox, member of Just Be. Tickets are $10 and can be found on EventBrite (https://justbeholiday.eventbrite.com) https://justbeholiday.eventbrite.com. Shoppers will find a range of gifts that are thoughtful, well made, and unique including original jewelry, statement making apparel and accessories and original fine art prints. "By partnering with Era Art Bar, Just Be. is able to provide a much needed platform for local makers and artists of color to showcase their products and gives discerning holiday shoppers an opportunity to take action with their dollar and support the viability of Bay Area creatives," said Yolanda Cotton Turner, member of Just Be. More information can be found on our website: Our website can be found at www.justbecollective.com Featured vendors include: • Candice Cox, CanDid Art candidartaccessories.com (http://www.candidartaccessories.com/) • Kim Turner, Elizabeth In Pearls etsy.com/ • Hope Lehman, FreshtoDef Collective freshtodefcollective.com • Juliette Acker, Furious Flower Designs furiousflower.com (http://www.furiousflower.com/) • Yolanda Cotton Turner, Cotton Turner, The Printmaker cottonturner.com • Kamilah Richardson, Rich & Riot richandriot.com (http://www.richandriot.com/) • Merceces Martin, Tres Mercedes, https://www.etsy.com/ • La Tasha Brown, Lavish Empire, http://www.lavishempireclothing.com/ • More vendors to be added … Just Be. is an emerging group of creators who will offer healing workshops and events for Black communities (a people who deserve a right to thrive free of internal, interpersonal, and external state oppression). This collective was called into action in response to the increasing number of incidents of police brutality and created as a way to heal and grow a strong connected Black family free of oppression through art and entrepreneurship. The Era Art Bar is a sleek, bi-level bar & lounge featuring a striking bar, vintage-chic decor & vibrant dance floor. The bar will soon announce on their website this showcase of local women artists and creatives descended from the black diaspora. The Era Art Bar is located at 19 Grand Ave, Oakland, CA 94610. They are open daily from 4:30 pm to 10:00 pm/1:30 am on Thur, Fri, and Sat – Tel. (510) 832-4400. About the Black entrepreneur collective, Just Be.: Conceived in 2016, Just Be. is a collective of Black women creators, activists, and entrepreneurs based out of Oakland, California. Our mission is to utilize creativity and entrepreneurship as a tool for Black healing and sustainability. Our website can be found at www.justbecollective.com and the group can be reached at justbe.help@ Event Overview: What: The Noire Holiday Pop Up Shop When: Thursday, December 15, 5-10 pm Where: Era Art Bar, 19 Grand Ave, Oakland, CA 94610 How: Buy tickets at EventBrite (https://justbeholiday.eventbrite.com) Cost: $10, which includes a free holiday cocktail, dessert and a raffle ticket End
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