Raise the Bar — Vol. 02: Health & Wellness

RAISE THE BAR — VOL. 02: HEALTH & WELLNESS

Compliance, Complicity, and Culture Change: A Conversation About Preventing Drink Spiking in Nightlife

Raise the Bar is a happy-hour series built for the people who make everyone else’s night out possible — hospitality professionals who rarely get real conversations about their own health and safety.

For Vol. 02, we’re teaming up with The Night’s Watch. Few people are better positioned to change how nightlife handles harm than the folks who run it — so we’re spending an evening on how to keep drinks, dance floors, and each other safe. A sponsored cocktail hour and food bookend the night, with an honest conversation in the middle.

What to expect

● A sponsored cocktail hour to kick things off

● A conversation led by The Night’s Watch, covering:

○ California’s new drink spiking law — what it asks of bars, and how to go beyond compliance

○ Red flags and warning signs of drug-facilitated sexual assault, for both perpetrators and victims

○ Bystander intervention moves built for bars and dance floors

● Open Q&A — bring your questions, there’s no wrong one

Who it’s for

Bartenders, servers, bar-backs, security, hosts, and bar, club, and restaurant managers and owners across San Francisco — plus the partygoers who fill those rooms. If you work nights or go out at night, this one’s for you. The goal is simple: a nightlife community where everyone can let loose without looking over their shoulder.

Your hosts

The Night’s Watch is a San Francisco nonprofit working to make nights out safer by empowering the nightlife community to challenge sexual and gender-based violence through outreach, education, and advocacy. They treat sexual violence as a public health issue — one that takes root in any space unless it’s proactively challenged.

https://thenightswatchsf.org/

Raise the Bar was founded by David Upton, a longtime hospitality professional and now an independent financial consultant, to bring the industry the conversations it rarely gets.

http://www.ourinfinite.com/davidUptonAgent

Details

● Venue: 200 Channels, 111 6th St, SoMa

● Date: Tuesday, Nov 10, 2026

● Time: 6:00–8:00 PM

● Capacity is limited — reserve your spot above.

This is an educational and networking event, not a sales presentation. Attendance does not include or require a quote, application, or purchase of any kind. David Upton is licensed in California, license no. 4408240. Not affiliated with or endorsed by any single insurance carrier.