Name: Support Space with Marie
Start: 2024-05-26T13:00:00-05:00
End: 2024-05-26T15:00:00-05:00

**Marie LePage will be facilitating this group. 651-468-7187**

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Support Space is a time for listening, sharing, encouraging, and supporting one another as we move forward in our journeys. We begin with 2 minute introductions, followed by facilitated conversation stemmed from intros.
Below are Support Space's intentions:

* Be mindful of the limited time.
* Make room for healing. Understand that while our experiences have left a lot of us with understandable bitterness and negativity, this group strives towards positive healing.
* Respect and be sensitive to the fact that group members are in different places in their journeys, from first doubts to atheism.
* When you have the floor for your topic, focus on your experience. Use “I” statements. Otherwise, the time can begin to sound a bit like a sermon or lecture. This is a meeting dedicated to personal sharing and reflection.
* When supporting others, focus on empathy and relating your own experiences instead of giving advice or - asking invasive questions.
As a peer-led support group, our space needs to be safe and since none of the facilitators are trained in group facilitation nor are therapists, facilitators will use their discretion to redirect topics including, but not limited to, any conversation wherein a mandated reporter would be required to report (neglect, or financial, physical, sexual or other abuse). Facilitators will actively moderate conversation; please respect them as they moderate.
* Support Space is primarily for ages 18+. Children under 18 may only attend if not disruptive to the participants.
* This is a space which values being inclusive to all identities. When (not if) lines are stepped over, please let us know and we’ll do our best to remediate.

Structure

* Group will be facilitated by Marie.
We will go around in a circle and do 2 minute intros (see list below); they are strictly two minutes; during this time we will accumulate an agenda for topics
* Any new attendees are encouraged to request agenda time to introduce themselves and tell their story
* During intros, a list of agenda items will be created; briefly state your agenda item, wait to elaborate until later.
* Once everyone has introduced themselves, the facilitator will evaluate how much time is left and distribute time to all discussion topics.
* Facilitator will set an alarm for when your time is finished. Please finish your point within 1 minute of the alarm going off.
* When it is your turn to discuss your topic, you have the floor; no one is allowed to interrupt you.
* If others want to show solidarity, “mmhhmm” or snaps work. No words, please, until the floor is open.
* The floor will not open until the speaker says it is open. If you interrupt before the floor is open, the facilitator will hedge you
* You are free to leave, judgment-free, at any point. These discussions can be triggering. We honor the boundaries of everyone here

Former Fundamentalists (Twin Cities)

Religion & Spirituality

Separation of Church and State

Science

Free Thinker

Humanism

Atheist

Spirituality

Freedom From Religion

Skeptics

Agnostic

Philosophy

Self-Help & Self-Improvement

Critical Thinking

Secularism

Recovering from Religion

Consciousness

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