Current Community Offerings

begins Monday, August 24, 2026
Mondays, 2:00–3:00 pm
@ Uptown CAPS
open group | weekly, 60-minute sessions | lasts all semester

Overview: Mindful Mondays is a mindfulness, skill-building Community designed to introduce students to mindful breathing, movement, and meditation practices as a way of reducing stress and anxiety, increasing body and mind-awareness, and developing emotional regulation skills. This Community is ideal for students struggling with stress, anxiety, or those who are simply looking for ways to relax and cultivate a deeper connection with themselves. This will be an open Community facilitated by Dr. Maria D. Vazquez, and students can attend as many or as few meetings as they would like.

Who Should Join? This Community is ideal for anyone, graduate or undergraduate, who:

• Feel overwhelmed by academic and social pressures
• Struggle with managing emotions or stress
• Want to improve their grounding, mindfulness, and emotional regulation skills

begins Friday, September 18, 2026
Fridays, 12:00–1:00 pm
@ Hutchinson Rm 1558 (Downtown Campus)
6-week program | weekly, 60-minute sessions

Overview: Join us as we create a community for LGBTQIA+ graduate students at Tulane. Discussion and support may include topics such as dating, relationships with family, and the intersectionality of our identities. This Community will include the use of art and creative expression to make meaning of our experiences. Snacks and materials will be provided!

Who Should Join? This Community is ideal for graduate students who identify as part of the LGBTQIA+ community and are looking for a place of connection and community.

begins Tuesday, September 22, 2026
Tuesdays, 3:30–5:00 pm
@ Uptown CAPS
open group | 8-week program | weekly, 90-minute sessions

Overview: Board games are a social activity designed for people to have fun while interacting with each other. Using board games as a medium, this Community plans to utilize this unique ability to the fullest to help students tackle social anxiety by practicing social skills with other members. The Community will also help students build resilience to stressful situations that they may not have complete control over since you never know who is going to do well in a game. Students will then process the feeling of interactions with each other and how they can use what they experienced outside of Community meetings. This Community is meant to have a casual atmosphere, and students can attend as many meetings as they would like.

Who Should Join? This Community is ideal for college students who are dealing with mild to moderate social anxiety, struggling with staying in the moment, and want to improve their confidence and communication skills.

begins Thursday, September 24, 2026
Thursdays, 4:30–5:50 pm
@ The Garage at The Hub (Lake/River Residence Halls)
9-week program | weekly, 80-minute sessions

Overview: Have you ever been in a fight with a friend, family member, or partner? Want to learn how to communicate your needs in your situationship? Have you ever noticed patterns in your relationships and thought, where'd those come from?

If so, you might want to join our new CAPS Community, "Roadmap for Healthy Relationships." This Community utilizes connections to help students cultivate a shared vision, resolve conflicts, and deepen emotional connections. Students will explore relationship themes with peers and develop boundary setting, communication, and conflict mitigation skills. This Community may benefit students who want to better  understand the roots of their relational patterns and how to engage in and sustain healthy relationships.

By mapping out goals, values, and mutual expectations, you can reduce anxiety, relieve relationship stress, build growth-fostering relationships, and establish a collaborative foundation to navigate life’s challenges as a community.

Who Should Join? This Community is ideal for college students who believe they may benefit from exploring their own relationship patterns and learning about boundaries, communication, and healthy confrontation.

begins Thursday, October 8, 2026
Thursdays, 2:30–4:00 pm
@ Uptown CAPS
9-week program | weekly, 90-minute sessions

Overview: This weekly Community will provide a space for survivors of sexual trauma to process the individual and interpersonal impacts of trauma. Community members will learn about sexual trauma and its impact on self-image and relationships, process their experiences, develop skills to navigate trauma responses, and explore ways to build empowering relationships with themselves and others. This Community will be facilitated by Dr. Maria D. Vazquez and will incorporate an intersectional, culturally sensitive, and LGBTQ+ affirming framework. All are welcome.

Skills Covered: Insights about the emotional and interpersonal impacts of trauma; emotional regulation; boundary awareness and communication; assertive communication skills.

Who Should Join?  This Community is ideal for college students who are looking for a space to process the impacts of their trauma experience and learn helpful skills to navigate life with trauma Interested students will complete a 30-minute screening appointment with Dr. Vázquez to be approved for addition to the Community – referrals/screenings accepted through October 12. Community closes to new members on October 15.