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@MayInToronto I am not a succinct person most of the time so I appreciate the long word count to explore an idea casually!
I 💯 think you're right about accessible third spaces. And while I'm a very online person and I appreciate how online communities can function as a form of third spaces, it's not the same as sharing physical space with other people.

One other thing that came up in discussion was how Saathi meetings were very informal and the events the group organized were open to everyone, it wasn't agenda driven, it was motivated by care and connection. It was place finding/making. It was very touching hearing from some of the younger members of the audience and their desire to feel they belong somewhere (and quite a few of us older people were pretty overwhelmed with emotion too). It's been a very powerful time for me recently reconnecting with both that part of my past and with people I fell out of touch with because illness made my world very small for about 10 years and then the pandemic hit!