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Event seeks to help navigate social media dangers
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WomenSource is hosting a free “Safe Habits with Social Media” program from 6:30-8 p.m. Friday, June 8, at Elachee Nature Science Center.

Rachel Greene Ayers will be the event’s speaker. Ayers previously worked as case manager for the Health, Empowerment, Linkage, Possibilities Court in Hall County and as a therapist at Laurelwood, an inpatient behavioral health facility. 

She has served as a board member for both the Gateway Domestic Violence Center and the Children’s Center for Hope and Healing. She is in private practice as a psychotherapist specializing in the treatment of adolescents.

“Social Media outlets like Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Tumblr and others are here to stay and are a large part of our lives either directly or indirectly through the young people in our lives,” says an event announcement. “What can we do to prevent and protect ourselves and others from unwanted outcomes with our social media use?”

For more information on the event, contact Elizabeth Burnette at elizabeth@womensource.info or 770-503-9060.

Information from WomenSource