cpsylist: CPsy Get Together and Healing Space

[Bryan O. Rojas-Arauz]

Dear Cpsy Family (Students, Faculty, and staff),

As we continue to process Dr. Smith's passing and the effect something 
like this can have on our community, we wanted to invite all of those 
who would like to come together to do so. We all mourn in different 
ways; however it is important for us to create the space for one another 
if we need it. Many of us came to this program because of the sense of 
community we felt during our interview weekend. We need to go back to 
that space in which we allowed strangers to become family. Whether it 
was our cohort, docsem, or advisors, we all chose to call the UO home 
for the time being. A true measure of a community is how we show up for 
one another during difficult times. It is during difficult times that 
things get pushed into perspective. The many worries, stressors, or 
emotional bruising that we often carry seem to dissipate and be put 
aside when we need each other most.

It goes without saying that now more than ever, we need to show up for 
one another. It truly takes a tribe to get us through and even though 
eventually we may leave this place, we will always be part of each 
other’s story. Even when the geography changes, we continue to show up 
for one another. It is in the hopes of continuing to be present, 
supportive, share space, love, compassion, and healing that we would 
like to invite everyone to a potluck at Dani Wilson’s house (90974 S 
Willamette St) this Saturday at 7pm. Please feel free to bring something 
to share but more than anything, please feel welcome to come to be in 
community for as much or as little time as you'd like. Let's make sure 
we are not going through it alone. Each one heal one.

Much Love,


Bryan, SALA Diversity Chair


What: Potluck and Healing Space
When: Saturday 7pm
Where: 90974 S Willamette St
Who: Students, faculty, and staff


-- 
Bryan O. Rojas-Araúz
Doctoral Student Counseling Psychology, University of Oregon 2021
M.S. MFT & College Counseling, San Francisco State 2015
BOR at UOregon.edu
Pronouns: he, him, his
"_Speak Always Remembering _
_ We Were Never Meant To Survive_"

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