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Looking for more connection, community, support, and joy?Feeling lonely or disconnected from the queer community?
This is a monthly gathering to explore what true, authentic community and connection can look like, and to discuss how we might begin to build more of this in our own lives.
We’ll use Mia Birdsong’s book, How We Show Up, to guide our conversations. When I read it, I felt more hopeful, inspired and energized than I had in a long time. The book provides a springboard to discuss how we can queer our friendships and communities. As we read stories of how social connection and community can counteract the forces of patriarchy, capitalism and white supremacy (as well as homophobia, transphobia, ableism, and poverty), I hope we will design a roadmap toward more joy, connection, meaning, and real joy in our lives.
We explore how we can meet our needs for friendship, connection, financial and emotional well-being, physical support, and community in a way that will endure as we move in and out of romantic and other relationships. We dig into what it would look like to create a community that helped us feel safe, connected, needed, supported and loved throughout the inevitable ups and downs of our lives.
You are welcome to join us even if you haven’t read the book. Let me know if you need help accessing a copy of it.
We are so grateful to the ECC for generously donating their space to us to hold these meetings each month, allowing us to welcome everyone regardless of their financial situation. Donations allow them to keep serving our community and providing a space for us to gather that is safe, welcoming, and not commercial or religious.
So, if you have the means and want to send little love their way, it would be greatly appreciated. You can donate at https://eccmaine.org/donate or donate to @ecc_me on Venmo. Your presence is what is most important to us, and I want to be clear that there is not requirement to donate in order to come to the event or fully participate in our community. ❤
***Masks are required. Please reach out to me if you need a mask for the event.
Snacks will be available for folks as well (thanks to generous contributions from group members) in an area adjacent to where we meet.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Equality Community Center - ECC, 15 Casco St, Portland, ME 04101-5909, United States,Portland, Maine
