Anniversaries and birthdays can be very challenging. These are times to be comforted by peers who have been through similar loss and heartbreak. Join this ongoing gathering in the month of your or your loved one’s anniversary and/or birthday to share stories, and traditions, to comfort others, and receive comfort. This gathering will be facilitated by FSS support staff and open to anyone who has a crash anniversary or birthday in the given month.

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Join us for a movie followed by conversation. We will watch All of Us Strangers a film based on the novel by Taicihi Yamada exploring ongoing grief, alienation, and the roles of parental and romantic love following a fatal bicycle crash. (Though we recently read the novel in FSS Book Club, you do not need to have read it to join in.)

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Anniversaries and birthdays can be very challenging. These are times to be comforted by peers who have been through similar loss and heartbreak. Join this ongoing gathering in the month of your or your loved one’s anniversary and/or birthday to share stories, and traditions, to comfort others, and receive comfort. This gathering will be facilitated by FSS support staff and open to anyone who has a crash anniversary or birthday in the given month.

Register to receive the Zoom link.

From physical pain to emotional trauma and lifestyle changes, the effects of crashes for survivors can be life-changing. Join peers for conversation and the support of those with shared experience.  Conversation facilitated by the FSS Support Team.

Register here

A Sound bath uses acoustics to generate a calm, focused state. Sound has proven health benefits such as stress reduction and better sleep.

During a sound bath, participants are guided into a relaxed state typically while lying down, and are ’bathed’ by different sounds promoting deep relaxation.

A professional musician, Samer Ghadry has been leading sound baths and guiding other teachers since 2018. He appears in recorded works such as Alanis Morissette’s The Storm Before The Calm and the award winning film Everything Everywhere All At Once, playing gongs and bowls.

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FSS Peer Mentoring provides bereaved family members, or those seriously injured and their caregivers, with a connection to a volunteer peer support mentor. Our FSS mentors are all individuals who have been through similar experiences and are dedicated to helping others survive these life-altering tragedies. Join the training to learn more and become a mentor.

Register here to learn more and become a mentor

Anniversaries and birthdays can be very challenging. These are times to be comforted by peers who have been through similar loss and heartbreak.

Join this ongoing gathering in the month of your or your loved one’s anniversary and/or birthday to share stories, traditions, to comfort others and receive comfort.

This gathering will be facilitated by FSS support staff and open to anyone who has a crash anniversary or birthday in the given month.

Register to receive the Zoom link

We will be reading All of Us Strangers by Taicihi Yamada, a Japanese novel that explores ongoing grief, alienation, and the roles of parental and romantic love following a fatal bicycle crash. Optional: Watch party of the acclaimed 2024 film adaptation!

Please join us even if you have not completed the book.

Register to receive the Zoom link

Anniversaries and birthdays can be very challenging. These are times to be comforted by peers who have been through similar loss and heartbreak.

Join this ongoing gathering in the month of your or your loved one’s anniversary and/or birthday to share stories, traditions, to comfort others and receive comfort.

This gathering will be facilitated by FSS support staff and open to anyone who has a crash anniversary or birthday in the given month.

Register to receive the Zoom link

From physical pain to emotional trauma and lifestyle changes, the effects of crashes on survivors can be life-changing. Join peers for conversation and the support of those with shared experience.  Conversation facilitated by the FSS Support Team.

Register here to receive the Zoom link

The traumatic loss of a spouse or a partner poses unique challenges including loneliness, the absence of familiar routines, daily conversations, income loss, and financial strain. Gather with peers to share stories, discuss challenges, and find connection. Gathering facilitated by Families for Safe Streets support team.

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The support of peers and is the bedrock of our work together. Join fellow FSS members who have lost a loved one for bi-weekly conversation facilitated by FSS staff. We ask that you try to attend all 6 sessions.

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Anniversaries and birthdays can be very challenging. These are times to be comforted by peers who have been through similar loss and heartbreak.

Join this ongoing gathering in the month of your or your loved one’s anniversary and/or birthday to share stories, traditions, to comfort others and receive comfort.

This gathering will be facilitated by FSS support staff and open to anyone who has a crash anniversary or birthday in the given month.

Register to receive the Zoom link

WE ARE SO SORRY TO BE POSTPONING THIS EVENT. WE WILL RESCHEDULE SOON.

Expressing difficult emotions through art can help us to process traumatic events, and address difficult emotions like PTSD, depression, and anxiety. We will be guided by Chelsea Ritter-Saronen of Chalk Riot for a (virtual) hands-on art project, and as always, conversation with peers and FSS staff.

For the activity, please collect over the weekend the following items: 
- 10-15 small leaves (of any kind, truly!) 
- A few small pebbles or stones (perhaps no bigger than a silver dollar) 
- 2 sheets of blank paper (8.5"x11" or bigger) 
- 1 marker or pen (whatever color you wish) 
- Anything else intriguing that you find on your explorations! Sticks, acorns, etcJ

A note from Chelsea:

I'm honored to be invited to share space with the Families for Safe Streets community, thank you for having me. At my business Chalk Riot, not only do we produce traffic calming murals fairly regularly, but we also create rapid-response chalk art when traffic violence happens in our own community in Washington, DC. We love chalk because of its ephemeral, fleeting nature. The medium allows us to release complicated feelings from our bodies, engage in conversation with others, and let it all wash away to make room for all other things that fulfill us rather than weigh us down. I've spent over a decade learning about ephemeral art practices around the world thanks to my fascination with chalk, and while we cannot create with chalk easily over zoom, I invite you to participate in our activity that will center the same spiritual pillars of impermanence and soulfulness. 

Honor and remember loved ones lost to crashes and those who have suffered life-changing injuries by adding to the Community Story Map.  The map is a way to focus attention on the human cost of preventable crashes severe injuries. This gathering is a weekly opportunity to find support for writing your story and adding it to the map.

Register here to receive the Zoom link.

The Community Story Map is a memorial to loved ones killed in traffic violence an a place to acknowledge your own injury crash. By sharing your or your loved one’s story on the map, you are also helping to build a collective portrait of preventable loss that is difficult to ignore. Sharing stories is among the most compelling ways we can focus attention on this crisis. The more stories we share, the more the map will reflect the true crisis on our roadways. Join us for guidance, and meet community members in the process.

Anniversaries and birthdays can be very challenging. These are times to be comforted by peers who have been through similar loss and heartbreak.

Join this ongoing gathering in the month of your or your loved one’s anniversary and/or birthday to share stories, traditions, to comfort others and receive comfort.

This gathering will be facilitated by FSS support staff and open to anyone who has a crash anniversary or birthday in the given month.

Register here to receive Zoom link.

FSS Peer Mentoring provides bereaved family members, or those seriously injured and their caregivers, with a connection to a volunteer peer support mentor. Our FSS mentors are all individuals who have been through similar experiences and are dedicated to helping others survive these life-altering tragedies. Join the training to learn more and join our team of mentors.

Register to join the training

From physical pain to emotional trauma and lifestyle changes, the effects of crashes for survivors can be life-changing. Join peers for conversation and the support of those with shared experience.  Conversation facilitated by the FSS Support Team.

Register here

Anniversaries and birthdays can be very challenging. These are times to be comforted by peers who have been through similar loss and heartbreak.

Join this ongoing gathering in the month of your or your loved one’s anniversary and/or birthday to share stories, traditions, to comfort others and receive comfort.

This gathering will be facilitated by FSS support staff and open to anyone who has a crash anniversary or birthday in the given month.

Register here to receive Zoom link.

Our loved one’s possessions are filled with memories, and letting them go can be painful and exhausting. How do we approach the process of going through possessions in a way that is mindful and supportive and not overwhelming?

A conversation for those who have lost a loved one, to explore the process of letting go of possessions and understanding which will bring connection. We’ll share ideas for lifting up special objects, letters, photos, etc., and in the process remember our loved ones and support each other.

Register here

This weekly space is for anyone who wants a little guidance, or simply a little company as they write their loved one’s story to add to our national story map.

The map is a forum where our community can honor loved ones or their own crashes, and show decision makers the true human cost of traffic violence, beyond the numbers and statistics. We hope you will share your story.

Register to receive the Zoom link.

Anniversaries and birthdays can be very challenging. These are times to be comforted by peers who have been through similar loss and heartbreak.

Join this ongoing gathering in the month of your or your loved one’s anniversary and/or birthday to share stories, traditions, to comfort others and receive comfort.

This gathering will be facilitated by FSS support staff and open to anyone who has a crash anniversary or birthday in the given month.

Register here to receive Zoom link.

From physical pain to emotional trauma and lifestyle changes, the effects of crashes for survivors can be life-changing. Join peers for conversation and the support of those with shared experience. Conversation facilitated by the FSS Support

Register here

Expressive writing can ease symptoms of PTSD and help to find meaning in life changes following a traumatic event. A regular writing practice can provide a release that can reduce trauma symptoms like feelings of overwhelm, anxiety, sleeplessness, and poor concentration. Getting thoughts out of your head and onto the paper can offer a safe and judgement-free place to express feelings, build resilience, empowerment and well-being.

Join with peers in a journal writing support group led by FSS member Robin Felsher. No writing experience or expertise needed! This group is open to all.

Register here

Anniversaries and birthdays can be very challenging. These are times to be comforted by peers who have been through similar loss and heartbreak.

Join this ongoing gathering in the month of your or your loved one’s anniversary and/or birthday to share stories, traditions, to comfort others and receive comfort.

This gathering will be facilitated by FSS support staff and open to anyone who has a crash anniversary or birthday in the given month.

Register here to receive Zoom link.

Durante esta reunión, nos reuniremos para compartir nuestras experiencias, conectarnos entre nosotros y construir un grupo de apoyo en español. Juntos, podemos construir una comunidad de habla hispana fuerte y solidaria en FSS. Si conoce a otros miembros que podrían beneficiarse de este grupo, no dude en pasar esta invitación o enviar un correo electrónico a ana@familiesforsafestreets.org. Puede acceder a la reunión por Zoom Aquí

FSS Peer Mentoring provides bereaved family members, or those seriously injured and their caregivers, with a connection to a volunteer peer support mentor. Our FSS mentors are all individuals who have been through similar experiences and are dedicated to helping others survive these life-altering tragedies. Join the training to learn more and join our team of mentors.

Register to join the training.

Join the NYS Safe Streets Coalition, Transportation Alternatives, Families for Safe Streets, and the New York Bicycle Coalition as we travel together to Albany and lobby for the SAFE Streets Package on Tuesday, May 7.

Sign up here!