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Description: Every day, most of us use our phones or computers or other tools that make our lives more fun or more efficient.  Join in and share your favorite app, game, or electronic tool (which could be software, a device, anything else). Think about the things that bring you joy, make your life easier, support your productivity, or help connect you with others. You can sit back and listen, share, or do some of both! Zoom link Topic: Show and Share: Apps, Games, Electronic Tools, Oh MY! Time: Aug 11, 2020 06:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada) https://forge-forward.zoom.us/j/92996125356 Dial by your location +1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown) +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) Meeting ID: 929 9612 5356   Facilitators: michael munson. michael is as an out trans-masculine femme. He embraces many overlapping identities, including being radically queer, gender-fluid, a person living with multiple disabilities, a passionate worker, proud parent, strong and tender […]

Description: Fill up your cup. Listen to your inner voice, identify what fills your spirit, and blow the steam off stress. Warm beverages optional. Bring markers, crayons, color pencils, pens.  We will provide a simple exercise to warm your soul. No art experience necessary. Download the worksheet: Zoom link https://forge-forward.zoom.us/j/92038219152 Use computer audio or dial in: +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) +1 929 205 6099 US (New York) Meeting ID: 920 3821 9152   Facilitated by Denise Cawley. Denise has been a pivotal player in diversity, inclusion, marriage equality and voting rights for three decades. Denise is Unitarian Universalist minister in preliminary fellowship and will be ordained in June. Denise loves walking by big bodies of water. She enjoys beauty walks in nature. To relieve stress, you will find her cooking and preserving food, growing flowers and vegetables. Denise is also a renowned fiber artist in the Midwest.   ASL, Captions, and Trans/Queer-led Events […]

Description: We all have different communication styles, and sometimes when conflict arises, it helps to speak a common language. It can be especially difficult to communicate during conflicts when there are strong emotions or beliefs involved. In this interactive workshop, we’ll talk about strategies for expressing our observations, feelings, and needs, listening and being heard, and forming solutions going forward. After covering some basic framework for communication, we will have a chance to practice and problem-solve with one another. Facilitated by Caleb Weinhardt. Caleb Weinhardt is an undergraduate student at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon, and studies Psychology. His previous work with FORGE has included leading outdoor activities with the FORGE Outdoors program and organizing volunteers during Milwaukee PrideFest. In his spare time, Caleb enjoys running, hiking, and biking outside, rock climbing, and foraging wild plants! ASL, Captions, and Trans/Queer-led. Events will have an ASL interpreter and AI-generated closed captioning.  Please reach out […]