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Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
National Capital Area Chapter | |
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Hello and welcome to the weekly email! If you have a suggestion or news item to share please send to [email protected] by 5:00 pm on Fridays.
Be sure to check out the chapter website at www.dbsanca.org.
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As always, a calendar of all meetings, including zoom links, is on our site. https://www.dbsanca.org/supportgroups.html
In Person Support Groups
Tuesday
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Silver Spring Group, Tuesdays at 7:00 pm
Silver Spring United Methodist Church
8900 Georgia Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Thursday
- DC Peer Group, Thursdays at 7:15 pm
Foundry United Methodist Church
1500 16th St NW, Washington, DC 20036
Virtual Support Groups
Sunday
- Peer Group, weekly on Sundays at 6:00 pm
Monday
- Peer Group, second and fourth Mondays at 7:00 pm
Tuesday
- LGBTQIA+ Peer Group, first and third Tuesdays at 7:00 pm
- Women's Peer Group, second and fourth Tuesdays at 7:00 pm
Wednesday
- Mid-Day Peer Group, Wednesdays at 12:00 pm
- (Formerly Ellicott City*) Peer Group, first and third Wednesdays at 7:00 pm
- (Formerly Montgomery County*) Peer Group, second and fourth Wednesdays at 7:00 pm
Thursday
- Peer Group, weekly on Thursdays at 7:00 pm
*locations here denote in-person origin; you are welcome to join any appropriate virtual peer group regardless of location.
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Zoom Link
If the provided link is used online, a password should be unnecessary. Please let us know of any difficulties via [email protected].
Invite link for all ZOOM PEER groups: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6625874960?pwd=TU5SZ3lkV3o4TDhDdi9lZU1jZDZMQT09
Meeting ID 662 587 4960 Passcode: dbsanca
One tap mobile +13017158592,,6625874960#,,,,,,0#,,3858633#
+13017158592,,6625874960#,,,,*3858633# US (Washington D.C)
Dial in 301-715-8592 Meeting ID: 662-587-4960 Passcode: 3858633
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Google Calendar Links
Special Events | Peer In Person | Peer Virtual
These are the links for our Google Calendar. Our Google Calendar is the most up to date source for meeting information, including links, specific locations, and meeting policies.
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DBSA National & Local Alternative Support Groups for Youth and Loved Ones | |
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DBSA NCA Chapter Announcements | |
Happy Thanksgiving!
Meetings will NOT be taking place on Thanksgiving, 11/23. The Wednesday noon and evening meetings WILL take place on 11/22.
COVID Notification
One of the members of our Thursday in person group at Foundry UMC on 11/9 has tested positive for COVID. Please take appropriate action for your health if you attended this meeting.
Board and Facilitators Meetings
DBSA NCA Board and Facilitators meetings will take place on Saturday, December 2. Among issues to address is the subsumption of the Baltimore DBSA chapter into our chapter. Please let us know if you have any additional issues, questions, or concerns by letting your facilitator know, or you can email Alvin at: [email protected].
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DBSA NCA Seeks Volunteers
DBSA NCA is seeking volunteers for the following two positions:
1. Social Media Coordinator: A social media coordinator is needed to help DBSA NCA manage its presence on its various social media platforms. Tasks include posting various items on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Twitter to generate positive feelings towards DBSA NCA.
2. Community Outreach Coordinator: A volunteer is needed to manage outreach to various local government and community organizations. Tasks include researching key contacts with local government and community organizations as well as scheduling meetings with key contacts at local government agencies and community organizations.
Contact: Greg Billings via email: [email protected] or 202-440-7714 if interested.
Have you Liked our Facebook Page?
https://www.facebook.com/DBSANCA/ Please like and follow us to help our outreach.
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DBSA NCA Unofficial (Chapter Affiliated) Groups | |
DBSA NCA Unofficial Book Club: Now meeting Tuesdays at 7:15pm. For more details, contact us by email.
Our unofficial DBSA NCA book club is reading An Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield Jamison starting October 24, 2023.
A deeply powerful memoir about bipolar illness that has both transformed and saved lives—with a new preface by the author.
Dr. Jamison is one of the foremost authorities on manic-depressive (bipolar) illness; she has also experienced it firsthand. For even while she was pursuing her career in academic medicine, Jamison found herself succumbing to the same exhilarating highs and catastrophic depressions that afflicted many of her patients, as her disorder launched her into ruinous spending sprees, episodes of violence, and an attempted suicide.
Here Jamison examines bipolar illness from the dual perspectives of the healer and the healed, revealing both its terrors and the cruel allure that at times prompted her to resist taking medication.
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DBSA NCA Unofficial Overspenders Group: Now Meeting first and third Sundays at 12:00 pm (noon)
Email Sarah ([email protected]) if you are interested in joining.
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Weekly Articles From BP Hope | |
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Weekly Articles From Everyday Health | |
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In Health,
The DBSA NCA Web Team
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