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intentional tech use: community discussion-AI, social media & harm reduction

Hosted by queering existentialism
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As algorithms shape our attention and AI reshapes our realities, this community discussion invites us to slow down, unpack context,and imagine what intentional, healing-centered tech use could look like. What happens when we bring harm reduction–a public health vs prohibitionist (all or nothing) approach, to our relationship with technology? 

Together, we’ll explore how principles of set, setting, support, source, and skill—tools often used in psychedelic and harm reduction work—can also help us navigate AI, social media, and digital life.

Facilitated by Logina Mostafa (Founder/Director of Queering Existentialism) and Connor Griffin (Study Corps facilitator with SORA), this community discussion bridges digital equity, attention activism, and transformative justice frameworks. Through dialogue, reflection, and collaborative imagining, we’ll hold space for complexity—acknowledging both the harm and the potential of technology as we explore how we, as individuals participating in progressive movements, might ethically and sustainably engage with AI and social media in ways rooted in humanity, accessibility, and collective care.

What to Expect:

🌀 Guided frameworks on Intentional Use, Healing-Centered Harm Reduction, and Communal Secure Attachment

💬 Partner & small-group discussions

🪞 Reflection & journaling prompts on the impact of set, setting, support, source, and skill

🌱Exploration of solarpunk futures, environmental impacts of AI, and radical acceptance as tools for imagining new relationships with technology

🔗 Closing integration: setting intentions for mindful & sustainable tech use that protect our humanity & cognitive liberty

About the Facilitators:
Logina Mostafa (they/she), Founder/Director of Queering Existentialism, is a public health practitioner, educator, and attention activist working at the intersection of harm reduction, digital equity, and communal care. Their work explores how healing-centered frameworks—rooted in transformative justice and communal secure attachment—can be applied to controversial topics including technology, AI, and online spaces.

Connor Griffin (he/him) is a facilitator with Study Corps at the Strother School of Radical Attention (SORA), holding a bachelor’s degree in geology from the University of Edinburgh. Since high school, Connor has worked as a stagehand, construction laborer, engineering geologist, line cook, UberEats driver, and SAT tutor. Across these varied experiences, his passion remains clear: preserving the capacity for creative thought and self-reflection in an increasingly mechanized world.

Location
Crossroads Cafe
119 Knickerbocker Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11237, USA
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