Post-Election: Resist Grieving in Isolation.

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Resources for Support and Community, Bay Area and Queer-Focused.

I have not personally vetted all of these groups. Please send me resources you think would be helpful to add. 

Upcoming Events:

QTIBIPOC Burnt Out Activist Club Wednesday, Nov 13 8 pm https://www.eventbrite.com/e/burnt-out-activist-club-tickets-632102424367

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Ongoing support:

Hotlines, Support Groups, Political Groups, Spiritual Communities

Hotlines

Election Anxiety Hotline

https://www.crisistextline.org/topics/election-anxiety/

Trevor Project 

chat, call, text: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help/ 

988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline 

https://988lifeline.org/ 

Family Paths 

Parent stress hotline for Alameda County

800-829-3777 

https://familypaths.org/ 

The LGBT National Hotline

(888) 843-4564  

The LGBT National Youth Talkline (youth serving youth through age 25)

(800) 246-7743 

Support Groups

Oakland LGBTQ Center

Free peer groups

https://www.oaklandlgbtqcenter.org/calendar 

Pacific Center in Oakland

Online free peer groups

https://www.pacificcenter.org/current-peer-groups 

Get Involved: Politicized Groups

Bay Area In-Person Politicized Somatics Practice Group at Canticle Farms

Link

Sunrise Movement Bay Area

https://sunrisebayarea.org/

East Bay Democratic Socialists

https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/

San Francisco Democratic Socialists

https://dsasf.org/

West Oakland Punks with Lunch

https://www.punkswithlunch.org/

Showing Up for Racial Justice

https://surj.org/

Spiritual Community

progressively-focused and queer-forward

Berkeley Zen Center

https://berkeleyzencenter.org/ 

San Francisco Zen Center

https://www.sfzc.org/ 

East Bay Meditation Center

https://eastbaymeditation.org/

Queer Healing Journey

Free virtual meditation, chanting, breathwork circles

https://www.facebook.com/queerhealingjourneys/events

MCC Queer Church San Francisco

Worship on Sundays

https://mccsf.org/ 

Sha’ar Zahav Synagogue in San Francisco 

Shabbat Services

https://shaarzahav.org/community/ 

Kehilla Synagogue in Oakland

Shabbat Services and Organizing 

https://kehillasynagogue.org/events/ 

Unitarian Universalist Church Berkeley

Post-election gatherings and regular gatherings

https://uucb.org/ 

Franciscan Liturgical Services at Canticle Farms

https://canticlefarmoakland.org/get-involved/event-workshops/

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