QueerWOC Upstate Escape August 30th-Sep1st RSVP by August 8th here: https://bit.ly/2XXagyX Where to find us: IG & Twitter - @queerwocpod FB - https://www.facebook.com/QueerWOCpod/ Tumblr - www.QueerWOC.com Listen to us on Google, soundcloud, stitcher, Apple Podcast App, or castbox Contribute to QueerWOC via CashApp: $QueerWOCPod Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/queerwocpod Love us out loud by doing The R’s: Rate, Review, Request, Repost, Retweet, and Reply! Use the hashtag #QueerWOC to talk all things the podcast Send us an email or submit your Curved Chronicles: QueerWOCpod@gmail.com 00:08:01 QueerWOC of the Week Speaker, organizer, and strategist Elle Hearns @soulfreedreams Executive Director, The Marsha P. Johnson Institute in Washington, DC. Her writing has been featured in Huff Post, Ebony, and The NY Times. Learn more about the Marsha P Johnson Institute: https://marshap.org/about-mpji/ 00:16:22 Community Contributors New Patrons: SJ, Donnae, Bag Ladiez, and Ms. Vixen all became new patrons! Christine, Kris and Berna upped their pledge Bernadette for Cashapp! Letter from Kemigisha Hayward, CA and Tomball, TX 00:23:21 Mental Moment with Money Coping Skills are conscious, intentional, and direct responses to life events that cause us problems (stress, trauma, anxiety, pain…) Negative - Neutral - Constructive - any approach to stress management that is generally considered to be adaptive or otherwise positive. Examples include planning and strategizing, seeking help and support from others, Journaling, reframing the situation, and meditating. so they don’t provide the instant, easy relief that other, less effective methods do, but you’re addressing the root-cause of your stress. 00:42:27 - Word Compton's Cafeteria Riots of 1966 00:53:00 Topic Recap Pride Menzez Crushes 01:25:00 Curved Chronicles Please send us your dating stories, topics, or questions! Letter from ROSETTE Follow Money| IG/Twitter @BettaThanMoney Follow Nikeeta| IG/Twitter @AfroBlazingGuns And you’ve listened to episode 69 of QueerWOC The Podcast Editorial support by Ahmad Saeed