"Self Reliance Skills, Preparedness in the Real World" is mainly the remote learning and bushcraft portion of PracticeSurvival.com & PracticePreparedness.com's objectives.

Remote attendance via Zoom. While we strive to provide a hands-on learning experience, we are interested in extending our reach. This group has been created to offer the opportunity for people from all over the world to be able to participate remotely via zoom. We still want you to attend in person, and wherever possible we encourage that.

The host is a stickler for privacy and the safety/security of its members. In order to be approved as a member, you must provide your real photo and name via text to Will's cellphone at 856-816-1764 or via private email to will@practicesurvival.com Will prefers that you create a pseudonym as your user id (preferably one that others will recognize you by). That way having verified you, Will will admit you.

All are welcome to join us. We are a friendly, family, team-oriented, and broad-minded group. Our main group is https://www.meetup.com/PreparednessSurvival101/ . We are looking to help people stabilize and protect themselves their families and inner circle in the event of daily disasters, incidents or on rare occasion a natural or man-made disaster. All three groups provide classroom-style theory, fact-filled presentations. They also incorporate hands-on practice, hikes, camping trips, outdoor exercises, and much more. If you are here to a real-world survival and preparedness mentoring website phish or steal info without giving back you will be removed and banned. We are not looking for numbers we are looking for actively engaged members. Please read the intro to get the full overview.

We are apolitical, yes we have beliefs and opinions but park them at the door. We welcome all as long as you approach us and the topics with thoughtful, courteous, and respectful adult behavior. We are a group comprised of people with many diverse perceptions and beliefs, all joined together as a network of friends working individually and as a team to assure our joint survival in a crisis. All levels of skill and experience are welcome, you do not have to have a skill or knowledge to join, just be willing to learn and be interested in the topic. We only ask that you please park any political, religious, or other divisive rhetoric at the door. (We appreciate and respect, even promote the idea that everyone has strong beliefs and is true to them.) If you do have skills and knowledge to share there is generally ample opportunity at every meeting to do so.

Our approach is Survival through Self Reliance, Self Sufficiency, and Preparedness. If you have skills and a mindset that nurture a strong sense of Self Sufficiency or wish to build them we are looking for you. We are focused on what the real, everyday person, who has a job and a full, active life (civilian) will actually be able to do in order to overcome their daily survival challenges. We believe that if you are ready to handle those challenges you are more likely to survive a more significant crisis on the rare occasion of such. Massive events are few and far between. We are more concerned about things that happen every day; like a breakdown on a back road, a power outage due to an accident in your area, or an unexpected problem while hiking in the wilderness, than troubling over the possibility of some "doomsday" scenario. Common challenges drive you to learn and practice new skills and refresh old ones, building confidence and reliable skills for that unusual natural and man-made disasters.

Our presentations in this group are meant to be primers to excite people's interests into further exploring topics, skills, and experiences in various related subjects. They are not "expert classes" (as no one is ever an expert). The aim is to create a forum for conversation; a starting point for beginners and to offer an opportunity for more experienced people to share their input so that all can benefit from their knowledge and experience in a civil, orderly, and digestible format.

Once we get to know you, you may apply to join our advanced group; Practice Self Reliance, Preparedness, and Survival. We are not focused on hiking, bushcraft, primitive skills, or weapons. They are all great skills and activities, we do touch on them occasionally. There are many other groups out there who do a great job focusing individually on those specific skills. We encourage people to experience them too. The organizers of this group believe that it is important to hear many voices to find balance in life. We hope to be a positive part of the conversation. No tinfoil hats here, we are not "Doomsday Preppers" and there are no bunkers here. Simply solid, fact-filled presentations and rounded discussions regarding all facets of self-reliance and self-sufficiency in the urban, suburban, and wilderness survival environments. Businesses who would like to sponsor the group or demonstrate their wares are asked to contact Will to discuss particulars. Any members who have any specialized skills pertaining to survival please contact Will regarding the opportunity to present. If you host or organize a Meetup Group or other group and wish to announce an upcoming event of interest or meeting, contact the organizers prior to mentioning it on the site. Please see the discussion board posting titled: Meetup Group Phishing and Sniping. Violations of that rule will result in immediate deletion.

These are not public organizations, we are building a private group of productive and active members to increase preparedness and strengthen the communities in which the members reside. We are very serious about privacy and protecting our members from unwanted solicitations and worse. Our Meetup.com groups are therefore locked as private and require that you are verified and approved as a member.

Please provide honest information and thoroughly answer the questions in the member profile. You must verify your identity (privately via email and text) with the Organizer prior to acceptance. This process is solely for the protection of the privacy and safety of our members and attendees.

We reserve the right to refuse admittance to those who are disruptive, disrespectful or attempt to phish the group for commercial or organizational gains without the approval of the Organizer.

We also work to maintain only members who are actively involved and participate. In the event that you are unable to attend regularly, you will be removed in order to maintain that goal.

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