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@Former-Member wrote:

As a lot of you have mentioned now, connection is so essential for our mental health. We connect for our own needs but also to help others. Whether its talking through the things we are discussing tonight or just being around someone else or being in a social circumstance that brings you some joy. We thought we could goal set together tonight: How can you connect in the next week to help yourself and your community? Remember whatever you do, you need to feel safe, so you can think of anything that is within your comfort here. 

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My goal for the next week -- I wanted to go to an event in a nearby town on the weekend, but there's a heatwave forecast, so I'll be there in spirit, and online -- it's a party in a park and people are invited to dress up as endangered animals, so I'll wear my costume at home and post selfies on the event page on Facebook