This page provides a list of ongoing, free community and support groups that do not require participants to be an active patient of Howard Brown. If you’re looking for our group therapy listings, please visit our Group Therapy webpage.
COMMUNITY GROUPS
Fourth Monday of each month, 6 – 7:30 p.m.
This free support group is for anyone within the LGBTQIA+ community who has been impacted by cancer, including those who are living with cancer, family members and friends.
Learn more at: https://www.gildasclubchicago.org/programs/detail/lgbtqia-monthly-support-group/
Every Tuesday from 1:00 – 2:30 PM. In-person at HBH Halsted.
Supporting resilience and quality of life for LGBTQ+ adults age 50 and beyond, the Journey Continues is a diverse, gender inclusive and affirming 10 week group process. The purpose of the group is to explore the aging process specific to LGBTQ+ individuals, to build community in a safe and empowering environment and to support resilience and quality of life in the aging process. The group is phenomenological, or client-centered by design, and shaped by the participants of each group.
Contact: Email DondeeG@howardbrown.org
Last Thursday of each month, 6 – 8 p.m.
Drop in workshops are available on the last Thursday of the month, 6 – 8 p.m., facilitated by care specialists. Workshops are a safe space for any person, regardless of gender, race, or identity, who is living with HIV/AIDS. Workshop facilitators work to directly address misconceptions and myths related to HIV. Facilitators focus on key topics and help to provide workshop participants with a higher understanding of HIV/AIDS and Antiretroviral therapies.
For more information please contact: Adriana Maldonado | 773.388.1600, ext. 1043 | AdrianaM@howardbrown.org
El grupo incluirá educación básica, apoyo emocional, recursos, y un espacio dedicado a discutir métodos para enfrentar las dificultades de vivir con diabetes. Este grupo de apoyo se enfocará en empoderar la comunidad Latinx para vivir una vida saludable mientras manejando la diabetes.
Este grupo no está activo actualmente, pero estamos reclutando miembros para el próximo año. Comuníquese y envíe un correo electrónico a anaisc@howardbrown.org
Anais Cotillas • 773.388.1600 ext. 3676 or 773.708.3166 anaisc@howardbrown.org
First and third Thursday of each month, 5 – 6 p.m. Virtual.
The group is drop-in style, no commitment necessary, and is open to everyone that is living diabetes. This group discusses self-management behaviors, provides emotional support, resources, and overall, a safe space to discuss how to cope with the difficulties of living with diabetes. For more information, contact Anais Cotillas at 773.388.1600. ext. 3676 or anaisc@howardbrown.org
First Thursday of each month, 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. In-person at our Clark clinic.
Rising Phoenix is a Community Group for Long-term Survivors Living with HIV/AIDS. This activity-based group for long-term survivors of HIV/AIDS (diagnosis before 1996) will focus on participant interests as we continue to thrive through our strengths and resiliency.
Contact: Email bucks@howardbrown.org
Second Wednesday of each month, 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. In-person at our Clark clinic.
Transcendence in an in-person support group for trans* older adults. This ongoing group is peer-led and will include a variety of activities, as well as opportunities for discussion, mentoring, and resource-sharing in our continued journeys.
Contact: Email bucks@howardbrown.org
T-Time is an open group for transgender, gender variant, two-spirit, gender nonconforming, nonbinary, intersex, and gender questioning individuals. For more information, contact us at hbhtranshealth@howardbrown.org