Goal: Give participants clear tools to decide where and when to seek care, and how to speak up for themselves and others in medical settings.

Core Themes:

• Access to care isn’t equal, and we name barriers openly.

• Knowing your options helps you make informed choices about your health.

• Advocacy builds confidence and strengthens connections to community support systems.

• Navigating trauma around medical situations and how to mitigate triggers.

Goal: Give participants tools to communicate clearly, stay grounded in hard conversations, and build stronger relationships while honoring personal boundaries and safety.

Core Themes:

• Disagreement doesn’t have to lead to harm. We can approach conflict with care.

• Self-regulation helps us stay grounded in hard conversations.

• Trust and repair make communities stronger and safer.

• Knowing when communication is a one-way street and how to disengage in unwanted conversations.

Goal: Help participants learn grounding techniques, nervous system regulation tools, and everyday practices to support mental health and wellbeing.

Core Themes:

• Caring for mental health is an ongoing practice, not waiting for a crisis.

• Grounding and somatic tools can reconnect us to our bodies when stress or trauma takes over.

• Community care networks can hold us when we can’t hold ourselves.

• These are skills for preventative care, responsive care may look different.

Goal: Teach participants how to recognize and respond to mental health crises, de-escalate safely, and reduce harm while supporting others.

Core Themes:

• Calling for help can be risky for many people and we explore safer options.

• Crisis response works best when we meet people where they are, without judgment.

• Harm reduction saves lives and strengthens trust within our communities.

Goal: Give participants tools to protect their privacy, understand their rights, and advocate for themselves and others while keeping communities safe. Teaching people that knowing their rights and exercising them sometimes look differently. 

Core Themes:

• Knowing your rights can make unsafe situations safer.

• Properly documenting things can provide evidence if it ever becomes necessary.

• Digital privacy and physical safety are connected and equally important.

• Advocacy becomes stronger when we work together and share resources.

Goal: Teach participants strategies for staying safe at events, protecting themselves and others, and responding to emergencies in crowded spaces.

Core Themes:

• Safety looks different depending on who you are and where you are. Personal trauma and experience play a large role.

• Practicing safety skills ahead of time builds confidence and muscle memory for when it matters.

• Community safety includes everyone and comes from looking out for one another.

• Knowing what to look for proactively can help prevent crimes of opportunity and lessen the likelihood of unsafe situations.

Goal: Prepare participants to handle large-scale disruptions by making personal and collective plans, sharing resources, and supporting vulnerable neighbors.

Core Themes:

• Disasters impact marginalized communities first and hardest.

• Planning ahead makes responses safer, calmer, and more effective.

• Collective strategies keep everyone safer than going at it alone.

Goal: Build lifesaving skills to respond confidently to emergencies until professional help arrives.

Core Themes:

• First aid saves lives, especially where access to care is limited.

• Everyone should learn these skills, you don’t need to be a medical professional.

• Caring for others in emergencies builds trust and connection.

Goal: Help participants create safer, affirming spaces for queer and trans youth and connect them to supportive resources and networks.

Core Themes:

• Queer and trans youth face unique barriers to safety, care, and belonging.

• Affirming language, spaces, and practices make a difference.

• Community support like chosen family, peer networks, and safe adults are vital.

• Building rapport is essential with youth, even more so with queer and trans youth that may not have supportive adults elsewhere.

Goal: Understand the disproportionate impacts of climate change on health and prepare participants to stay safe, adapt, and build resilience together.

Core Themes:

• Climate change worsens health disparities and hits marginalized communities hardest.

• Preparing for extreme weather and disasters protects those most at risk.

• Community-based solutions help us adapt and care for one another.

• Survival requires collective adaptation and resource-sharing.

Goal: Support participants in finding balanced, inclusive approaches to nourishing their bodies, restoring energy, and moving in ways that feel good.

Core Themes:

• Health looks different for everyone, and there’s no single “right” approach.

• Food and movement can be rooted in joy, culture, and connection instead of shame.

• Sustainable self-care practices are built on compassion, not restriction.

Goal: Bring together everything participants have learned to create shared care plans, strengthen connections, and build resilient support systems.

Core Themes:

• We keep each other safe by showing up for one another.

• Collective care creates belonging and sustains us in times of crisis.

• Building care webs turns knowledge into action and strengthens communities.