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VIRTUAL SESSIONS

�� Breathing and Centering: Different exercises encouraged participants to take a moment to center themselves and be present in the moment.

�� Ground Rules and Shared Power Community Agreements: As people adjusted to online forums, these reminded participants to pay attention to the impact of their behaviors, their words, and their actions on others in the group.

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�� Personal Safety and Self-Care Plans: These served to remind facilitators and participants that it is hard to find a safe space. Naming intentional strategies to help make the online sessions “brave” spaces (e.g., cameras on/cameras off) helped model the ways that this new platform can build a robust and trusting