Affinity Groups

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

International Folks

November 2, 2022 @ 6 am CT

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

Facilitator: Iona Fyfe

Folks Coping with Loss

November 2, 2022 @ 12 pm CT

This session is intended for people who are coping with loss. 

Facilitator: Stephen Bond Garvan

Folks from the African Diaspora

November 2, 2022 @ 2 pm CT

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

Facilitator: Lilli Lewis, Paula Boggs

Activists and Changemakers

November 4, 2022 @ 2 pm CT

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

Facilitator: TBD

Folks with Disability or Chronic Illness

November 4, 2022 @ 12 pm CT

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

Facilitator: Iona Fyfe

Folkies 55+

November 7, 2022 @ 12 pm CT

This group is intended specifically and exclusively for folks who are over 55.

Facilitator: Reggie Harris

Women

November 7, 2022 @ 4 pm CT

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

Facilitator: Janice Jo Lee

Latiné and Hispanic Folks

November 7, 2022 @ 6 pm CT

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

Facilitator: Catalina Maria Johnson

Parents and Caregivers

November 8, 2022 @ 12 pm CT

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

Facilitator: Jennifer Roe

LGBTQ2IA+ 

November 8, 2022 @ 2 pm CT

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

Facilitator: Janice Jo Lee 

Indigenous Folks

November 8, 2022 @ 4 pm CT

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

Facilitator: Elexa Dawson

Pan-Asian Folks

November 9, 2022 @ 1 pm CT

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

Facilitator: Aireene Espiritu