Women’s group is a support group to gather women who may have been through the same experiences, would like to share stories, resources and bond with others on a monthly basis. This group is ran by peers and volunteers with a few experts coming to speak to us at certain times also. We started this group because we personally know how it feels to be alone with no one to relate to or to talk to. In a world where there is so much violence put on our children and ourselves as women, we must find and create spaces where we feel safe, comfortable, heard and overall have the support we all need.
Every last Tuesday of the month 6-7pm. Most of our support groups and workshops will be at the Peebles Library in their meeting room. Depending on weather, we may have locations outdoors, at a park or hiking location or even the private 3rd space we created where our community aid garden is. Our lead, Taryn, will be there to greet you and get us started at each of these groups and workshops.
We are allies and accomplices here.
6-7pm Women’s Support Group
5-6pm Sexual and Domestic Violence Educational Workshops
Survivors deserve active, accessible and affordable advocacy, support and the right to heal on their own terms. This group and the workshops are designed to help you build resilience, develop skills to keep you and your loved ones safe, and create bonds with those who have been through the same experiences as well as educating and informing the public for prevention.
There are no age restrictions only to make this accessible. We don’t want to make younger children or your children who may need this group to feel like they can’t be apart of it just because of their age. If they have experienced hardship or need a safe space just like we do, we will not be turning them away. We do understand that this could potentially keep conversations from being too deep but if enough girls or younger women would like to attend, we can start a support group for our youth.
Our sexual and domestic violence workshops are to bring awareness to ourselves and our youth to help prevent further violence against children and women. Both of these groups will be for survivors as well as the general public, those who want to learn more to help with prevention and education around Sexual Violence and Assault. For more information on these workshops, you can find that on the event pages of the Sexual Violence Awareness Workshops and on our community aid page too.
We want this group to be as accessible as we possibly can, that includes rides and childcare. If you have children, you can bring them to the first group or workshop you attend if you need to. A kid’s club will begin once we find more volunteers to help us make this successful as well and we will have them during these times. Once we find enough volunteers and go through background checks, we will talk more about this at the our group meetings or workshops and spread the word more. We’re working towards bringing our villages back. We can’t have a village without villagers.
Coffee and snacks will be available too. We hope you join us. We all need someone or something. We’re here for you. No shame, no judgement, no exceptions.❤️🩹
We want to add to ensure it’s known, when we say women, we are always including trans women as well as non-binary folks who may also need a support system. As soon as we find a better term to use for only women and non-binary folks, the name of this support group will change. We apologize to anyone who may feel left out or uncomfortable to the term Women’s Support Group.