WINTHROP — Interim Town Manager Terence Delehanty and Public Health Director Meredith Hurley announce that the Town of Winthrop will hold a virtual series to help residents process the acts of violence committed in June against members of the BIPOC community.
The town has partnered with And Still We Rise to develop the ‘Building & Sharing Solidarity’ series. The series aims to support the community in processing this event, as well as other experiences of social injustice by providing psychoeducation on emotions, as well as how to identify and cope with emotions. Participants will be provided with resources and take away information.
The series will also address ideas around diversity, equity, inclusion and bias and will acknowledge the diversity of the Winthrop community.
The 3-part virtual series will take place on Thursday, Oct. 14, 21 and 28, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. To register for the series, please click here.
“Our goal is to foster a safe environment for residents to work through the trauma and grief that they may have experienced following the horrific and hateful events that took place in June,” Director Hurley said. “This will be a way for residents to come together, communicate their collective experience around social injustices and lean on each other for support. And Still We Rise staff members are experts in mental health care, especially for those in marginalized groups, and we are very pleased to be working with them to curate this series.”
About And Still We Rise
And Still We Rise specializes in mental health care for marginalized groups, including women, as well as the BIPOC, queer and trans communities. The goal of the organization is to create healing spaces for marginalized people by focusing on the values of community, critical consciousness and decolonizing mental healthcare.
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