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Election Season Survival Series 2024: Managing Big Emotions
July 18 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Free
Election Season Survival Series 2024
July 18 topic – Managing Big Emotions
It’s a tumultuous Presidential Election season. Let’s cope together with this new FREE bi-weekly group open to folks high school or older who are LGBTQ+ or allies in Westford & surrounding towns. Each meeting will feature topic or issue tied to strategies to cope with political stress. Meetings typically begin with a speaker and are followed by Q&A or open discussion.
Each week has a unique topic or focus. July 18 we focus on Managing Big Emotions. There are many techniques folks can utilize to identify what is causing them stress, look to others to support them in witnessing those stressors, and brainstorming together to identify coping strategies and plans for self care. During this session we will walk through these techniques to see how they be used to help you and your loved ones cope.
There is an exceptional amount of stress on LGBTQ+ and non-gender-conforming folks of all ages right now with state legislation being passed and the presidential campaign platforms (particularly the Trump platform) targeting our community and promising loss of rights in addition to punitive legislation.
During these sessions, it will be our intention to allow folks to express feelings around election concerns but to avoid getting involved in discussions on details regarding election topics as they are triggering for many. We will talk about practical and actionable strategies for self-care and self-preservation.
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