Affinity groups are community-oriented sessions designed to encourage and foster connections between folks within the FAI community who share a common identity or experience.

Upcoming Sessions

Summer Affinity Group Week. August 26 through 29
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All Affinity Groups

Activists and Changemakers

This session is intended for people who identify as activists and changemakers.

Folkies 55+

This group is intended specifically and exclusively for folks who 55-years-old or older.

Folks Coping with Loss

This session is intended for people who are dealing with grieving and loss.

Folks from the African Diaspora

This group is intended specifically and exclusively for folks who identify as Black or as a member of the African Diaspora.

Folks with Disability or Chronic Illness

This group is intended specifically and exclusively for folks who identify as living with a disability or chronic illness.

Indigenous Folks

This group is intended specifically and exclusively for folks who identify as Indigenous.

International Folks

This group is intended specifically and exclusively for people who live, work, or identify as being from outside of North America/Turtle Island.

Jewish Folks

This group is intended specifically and exclusively for folks who identify as Jewish (ethnically, culturally, and/or spiritually).

Latiné and Hispanic Folks

This group is intended specifically and exclusively for folks who identify as Latiné or Hispanic.  

LGBTQ2IA+

This session is intended for people who identify as LGBTQ2IA+.

Pan-Asian Folks

This group is intended specifically and exclusively for folks who identify as Asian or Pan-Asian.  

Parents and Caregivers

This group is intended specifically and exclusively for folks who are parents or caregivers.

Women

This group is intended specifically and exclusively for folks who identify as women, including transgender women, genderfluid people, genderqueer people, and nonbinary people. (Note: there is also a separate LGBTQ2IA+ Affinity Group).

Young Music Industry Leaders (35 and under)

This group is intended specifically and exclusively for folks who are 18 to 35 working in the field (industry, artist, presenter, etc.).

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