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@AnnaSilverberg

Hello Anna wow wonderful post tbh I was waiting for something like this.

For me I really like to attending events for like the first listeners or the leaders and  Founders of 7cups Maybe Idk if that's happened before tbh but even so I always like to see from where their inspiration come to do this wonderful site ,and what are their feelings when they see all that memebers and listeners here and how they try to support and listen and help each other and how they communicate and have fun sometimes.

Maybe  event that included all   therapist here  and listen to their advice because they are who have experience so they may help by giving like general speech that may help and motivate others 🌷🌷

@AnnaSilverberg

What kind of an event would you like to attend?

I would like to attend an event that encompasses secular approaches to mental health.

What event would you want to see?

Global secular conference 

I think their should be a community for the Autistic 

I'll repeat a post I made on the main Cupsgiving thread for 2024, with the hopes that it'll be heard and perhaps there can be a gratitude-related event not tied to/ coinciding with American Thanksgiving. Perhaps Cupsgiving can in turn be turned into an opportunity to educate people on what Indigenous Peoples, particularly the Wampanoag people, experience - which they highlight every year on the fourth Thursday of November, on the National Day of Mourning. Listening to and caring about the mental health of Indigenous Peoples shows we see them as human beings too and allows the healing process to begin.

The post goes as follows:

"I'm all for celebrations! It matters what we're celebrating. I wonder how inclusive such a celebration as Cupsgiving is, being tied to American Thanksgiving.

Why do I say this? Is it because 7Cups is an international platform now, celebrating an exclusively American holiday?

Not entirely. It's also because Thanksgiving itself isn't a universally recognized good thing to celebrate within the American border, where I'm guessing 7Cups is located. We might risk excluding and alienating Indigenous Peoples, who have been trying to get their voices heard about the myths surrounding Thanksgiving through observance of the National Day of Mourning, which takes place on the same day as American Thanksgiving and which centres Indigenous perspectives on Thanksgiving. In particular, the Wampanoag people and other Eastern Indigenous Peoples - whom the Thanksgiving story we were all taught in schools and in media as fact involves - past and present.

Do their perspectives and experiences matter, or does only one side of the dinner table - so to speak - deserve being listened to?

I worry that the celebration of Cupsgiving sends the implicit message that only certain peoples' mental health, experiences, and perspectives ultimately count as valid. I worry 7Cups may not be a place where Indigenous Peoples will be listened to, nor a safe place to come to for their mental health needs.

No one can participate and feel appreciated and connected if they're alienated altogether, nor if participation requires swallowing the very real hurt they may feel. If you don't have an idea of what I'm talking about, that gap where understanding could be is showing you why their perspectives are worth listening to. We are empathetic people here, yearning to understand and connect.

It is from my appreciation for my Indigenous friends that I share this. Perhaps we can come up with a celebration and enjoy these activities in a way which affirms and uplifts all, from a place where we're mindful about what it is we are celebrating and why. Our creativity can be best guided when we listen - which is, after all, what 7Cups is all about!

Anyway, thanks for listening. Someone please pass the mashed potatoes." 🍠

@AnnaSilverberg perhaps a "get to know you" event. But yeah I haven't thought it through.... Good luck 💖💖💖💖

I want an event which boosts are awareness about our lives. The people we have In our life, the places we go, our emotions, how we percieve our emotions ( like how do we feel on seeing a particular person or thing).

This would help us all indulge more in our lives.

Anna, thank you for this post and invitation! I am also keeping an eye on this thread and looking forward to seeing what emerges!

It would be amazing to have an event on Eid-ul-Fitr, which is a holiday based on the moon sighting. based on the lunar calendar, it is expected to be night of March 29th going into the day of March 30th. We wouldn’t know until the night of, therefore it will be - to be announced!

On what online platform would this event take place? on zoom?

I have never been to a 7cups event!

I would love to attend and meet new amazing people! 😊

@AnnaSilverberg

First Nations/Indigenous & Truth & Reconciliation Forum