After Hours

A New Peer-to-Peer Support Group for Restaurant Workers

"A free, 12-week virtual peer-to-peer support program launching on February 9 that meets on Tuesday nights via Zoom to help restaurant workers address mental-health challenges. Each session focuses on a different topic (starting with self-care) and is led by a mental-health counselor with a decade of hospitality experience; the group emphasizes confidentiality (sessions are not recorded), nonjudgmental sharing, and practical psychoeducational takeaways. Organizers created the program from lived experience in the industry and aim to make mental-health education and resources more accessible through live conversations and a private Facebook group, then reassess after the final session to determine needs such as additional meetings or more language options." - Chris Crowley