How the Climate Crises are Affecting Our Mental Health (SOCAN Monthly Meeting)

Rev. Liz Olson M.Div. BCC (Masters of Divinity, Board Certified Chaplain) serves as a Specialty Chaplain with the in-patient Palliative Care team at Providence Medford Medical Center. With Ken Deveney, Liz has, for several years, led gatherings of SOCAN’s monthly support group ‘Sustaining Climate Activists.’

During her presentation, Liz will discuss why we should be concerned about our mental health as it pertains to climate change considering direct and indirect effects and differences among populations, particularly people of color, Indigenous communities and youth. During the second half of the program, Liz will lead us through some interactive exercises that SOCAN’s support group “Sustaining Climate Activists” uses.