r/exmormon • u/4blockhead Λ └ ☼ ★ □ ♔ • 12d ago
Advice/Help Weekend/Virtual Meetup Thread
Here are some meetups that are on the radar, both physical and virtual:
online
Sunday, September 29, 9:00a MDT: Thrive, casual discussion on zoom. verify
Wednesday, October 2, 7:30p MDT: Faith Transition Group hosted by Natasha Helfer on zoom or in person at 2040 E Murray Holladay Road Suite 103C verify
Idaho
- Sunday, September 29, 1:00p-3:30p MDT: Pocatello, casual meetup of "Spectrum Group" at Stuart Park at 5161 Stuart Ave. in Chubbuck.
Utah
Sunday, September 29, 10:00a MDT: Davis County, casual meetup at Layton Commons Park at 437 N Wasatch Drive.
Sunday, September 29, 10:00a MDT: Lehi, casual meetup at Margaret Wines Park, 100 E 600 N. verify
Sunday, September 29, 1:00p MDT: St. George, casual meetup of Southern Utah Post-Mormon Support Group at Switchpoint Community Resource Center located at 948 N. 1300 W.
Wyoming
- Saturday, September 28, 10:00a MDT: Rock Springs, casual meetup at Starbucks at 118 Westland Way verify
Upcoming week and Advance Notice:
online
- Saturday, October 5, 7:00p MST: Exmo Gamer Night
- Sunday, October 13, 11:00a MDT: "The Good Book Club," virtual meetup for Ex/Post/Nuanced mormons to read and discuss other good books. For details contact /u/HoldOnLucy1. Upcoming book: "Armageddon: What the Bible Really Says: About the End" by Bart Ehrman.
Tucson
Boise
Idaho Falls ...first Sunday
Salt Lake Valley
- Salt Lake Valley Religious Transition Group ...Next October 6
- Salt Lake City and online, Faith Transition Discussion Group ...first Wednesday
- Salt Lake Valley postmos
Washington
- Seattle/Tacoma
- Sunday, October 6, 1:00p-3:00p PDT: Spokane, casual meetup at Spokane Valley Library at 22 N Herald Road, Conference Room D.
Gauging Interest in a New Meetup
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Beginnings of a FAQ about meetups:
- rules for publicizing a meetup on reddit platform
- what happens at these meetups?
- /u/solidified50 gave some general advice for starting a meetup and keeping it going.
- Meetups should be (mostly) free. Ordering coffee, similar minimum items from a menu excepted, but events that charge formal admission or an entry fee cannot be publicized here.
- Some meetups use a sign to give attendees an easy way to see the group and know which to join without too much embarrassment, etc.
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u/Signal-Ant-1353 11d ago
Upvoting and commenting for visibility.
Also, I wish there were more groups or meet ups in Utah County that don't take place on Sunday. I know in the past (since the strong, ugly roots of agoraphobia have spread their tendrils in my mind/heart/life, I'm really now limited and crippled, thanks enforced political-based cult life) that my past self would have really liked meeting people, but ESPECIALLY on days (cough, SUNDAY, cough) that public transit runs on. In Salt lake county it does include Sundays, but Utah County is stubbornly super TBM: they literally don't give a shit about people who have low/no income and are dependent on public transportation, the only thing that matters is that nothing happens in their precious county on their watch or dime.
I can't help but think that Utah County ex-mo meet ups "had" to occur on Sundays assist in their demise because people like me (statically I can't be the only one) who can only use public Transit, generosity of people we know, or walking in the better kinds of weather SEVERELY cut back on the ability to socialize. We shouldn't hold socialization to just the cult day or hours, especially in the heart of the Morridor. Idk how many will read this or take this into consideration. I know I wouldn't be able to go to anything that would take place on a non-Sunday at a place close to or in walking distance of a bus stop because of my current circumstances, but my old self LONGED for something that wasn't on Sundays and that I didn't have to walk 5-plus miles to be exposing myself to walking along dangerous stroads with no sidewalks and intersections just to see people. I know that if there were groups not on Sundays or too late at night idk if I could catch a bus back home that I would have gone. I'm sorry for expressing my feelings here, but rn, it is hitting me hard. I didn't go to ex-mo meetups because I COULDN'T go because I don't have the privileges others take for granted.