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🎨 Community Event: Therapeutic Art Community Activity & Guided Discussion

Hosted Monthly by Graduate Students from Emporia State University

Upcoming Session Dates (register for each separately)
📅 February 16 | Monday, 12p-1p
📅 March 9 | Monday, 12p-1p
📅 April 13 | Monday, 12p-1p
📅 May 11 | Monday, 12p-1p
📅 Summer Sessions TBD

Join The Empower Network for a community therapeutic art activity with guided discussion, led by graduate students from Emporia State University. Art materials required to participate are usually quite simple – paper, pencil, coloring materials such as colored pencils, markers, or crayons.

Webinar Series: Remote Work Options for Sustainable, Accessible Employment

Join The Empower Network & Davie Holt for this informative webinar focused on virtual assistant work as a flexible remote employment option for disabled and chronically ill professionals.

We’ll explore what virtual assistant roles actually look like, including fractional work, variable schedules, and task-based responsibilities, and discuss how disability accommodations and capacity-aware design can make this work more sustainable for both workers and organizations.

The meeting will be recorded and available to registrants within a week after the event.

📅 Webinar Date: Thursday, February 19th
⏰ Time: 12PM-1PM Central US
🎟️ Register Here

Webinar Series: SquareOne Resources for Small Business Owners

Ashley Muffitt from SquareOne will be highlighting some of the free entrepreneurship resources available through the Mid Continent Public library system.

Ashley will review what free, virtual business resources are available to you, how to connect with resources in your local library, and set the stage for upcoming members-only workshops to walk through some of the tools in a disability & chronic illness-accessible way together as a community. 

The meeting will be recorded and available to registrants within a week after the event.

📅 Webinar Date: Monday, March 16th
⏰ Time: 12PM-1PM Central US
🎟️ Register Here

✨Chronic Illness Career Support Facebook Group

The Long Covid & Chronic Illness Career Support group meets monthly and is free to attend. These Saturday sessions are open to anyone who has joined the Facebook group.

Join us on the 2nd Saturdays of every month, 11AM Central US (9AM Pacific, 5PM GMT)

*NOTE: February’s meet-up is moved to Feb 21st*

Join the group here

Our Empower Network Volunteer Team is working hard to get our spring webinar series scheduled! If you have content ideas or questions you’d like us to cover, please send your ideas and feedback here.

Tech & Business Support Sessions

Hosted by Rheanna Nutter, The Chronic CEO

Upcoming Session Dates: Join as a Member Here
Every two weeks, 11:30am Central US (9:30am Pacific, 12:30pm Eastern, 5:30pm GMT/BST)
March 12, March 26
April 9, April 23
May 7, May 21
June 4, June 18
July 2, July 16, July 30
Aug 13, Aug 27
Sept 10, Sept 24

Join us for a live, one-hour support session focused on practical tech and business help. Get hands-on assistance with websites, email, digital tools, workflows, and other day-to-day setup or troubleshooting needs.

Submit your questions in advance, share your screen if helpful, and leave with clearer next steps and solutions you can actually use.

Membership is $10/month, $100/year, or scholarships are available by application. 

Members have access to dedicated support community and additional connection opportunities. 

These Include (but are not limited to): 

• Weekly “Virtual Coffee Hours” – Wednesdays, 12pm Central US
• Tech & Business Support Sessions
• Community Discussion Platform – Discord
• Membership Directory (Coming Soon)
• Free listing in the annual Holiday Gift Guide

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