Therapeutically speaking, a support group is one of the key components to making a healthy transition from one state of being to another. From a social point of view, support groups can provide its members outlets to express their creativity to their peers and share informational resources in a casual setting. Women across the global have recognized the benefits of support groups for centuries and have relied on the power of numbers to help them cope, grow and learn. On a general level, church, school and even work environments are where many women band together in support of one another on such universal themes as motherhood, marriage and vocational advancement. But when it comes to natural hair, because the movement is still pretty much in its social toddlerhood stages with no set protocol for interaction among naturals, many women feel alienated when it comes to finding a face-to-face support network. Fortunately for natural newbies, Meetup.com provides a medium for social and supportive interaction to help make the transition from relaxed to natural a breeze.

Meetup.com is a Website that allows people from all walks of life to form collaborative networks with others based on a shared interest. In many ways it’s set up like any other social networking site, like Facebook or the Ning networks, by providing Webpages for local organizations to share information ideas. But where Meetup differs from its counterparts is in its emphasis on facilitating face-to-face interaction between its 6.1 million group members in lieu of simply posting one-dimensional text. In that aspect, it serves as an organizational hub for groups to coordinate events that are of value to its member base and its surrounding community as well. This is a great service for natural hair collectives because it allows women (and men too) to personally learn how to care for their natural hair and receive hands-on support that would otherwise be unavailable to them.

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