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Description: Come kick back and enjoy some playful connecting with other trans+ community members.  We’ll play several different online games which will appeal to just about everyone!  No gaming experience needed.  Come as you are and have some fun relaxing with others.   Zoom link Zoom link https://forge-forward.zoom.us/j/96821176118 Use computer audio or dial in: +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) +1 929 205 6099 US (New York) Meeting ID: 968 2117 6118   Facilitators: FORGE Staff ASL, Captions, Recordings, and Trans/Queer-led. CONNECT events will have an ASL interpreter upon request.  AI-generated captions will be available. Please reach out with any access needs. Support focused groups are trans and queer led.   ABOUT events FORGE and Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin, Inclusion Health Clinic have created a series of events for trans+/non-binary community members, loved ones, and supporters, to come together for support, connection, learning, and empowerment.  Participants will have the opportunity to find […]

Description: Join FORGE for this dynamic, interactive, experiential, and reflective space that encourages attendees to transform feelings about personal or global loss, trauma, or life-hardships into empowered hope.  Attendees – in a structured, safe, creative setting – will use writing (and maybe a little art and movement too) to address topics that impact us all. Participants will leave with a renewed sense of hope, community, and connection with themselves and with others. All materials provided, but feel free to bring your favorite notebooks and writing tools. No writing experience necessary.   Zoom link https://forge-forward.zoom.us/j/92125798398 Use computer audio or dial in: +1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown) +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) Meeting ID: 921 2579 8398   Presenters: michael munson michael is as an agender, trans-masculine, boot-loving, LatinX/multi-racial, femme.  He embraces many overlapping identities, including being an altruist iconoclast; a passionate worker bee; proud parent of a millennial & a strong, tender partner. He […]

Description: Sometimes we just need a bit of time to chill, connect with others, chat, and color!  Find your favorite coloring book or sketch pad, or download a coloring page from the web.  As we color, we talk about whatever moves us – and share the results of our beautiful coloring at the end of the session.   Zoom link Zoom link https://forge-forward.zoom.us/j/91715755445 Use computer audio or dial in: +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) +1 929 205 6099 US (New York) Meeting ID: 917 1575 5445   Presenters: michael munson michael is as an agender, trans-masculine, boot-loving, LatinX/multi-racial, femme.  He embraces many overlapping identities, including being an altruist iconoclast; a passionate worker bee; proud parent of a millennial & a strong, tender partner. He co-founded FORGE in 1994 and has an educational background in psychology with an emphasis on trauma-informed care. He is FORGE’s Executive Director and primary trainer.   ASL, Captions, Recordings, and […]