✨ Memes for a Post-Growth Career, Round 2
Can making a living align with the values we care about? Or are we sometimes caught between earning a living and questioning the systems we work within?
Back by popular demand, this casual gathering uses memes as conversation starters to unpack the tensions many of us experience around work, capitalism, ethics, meaning and burnout, and imagine what careers could look like beyond growth-at-all-costs. 💭
Swipe through some of the memes that got the biggest laughs from the first session, and hear what participants had to say.
📅 29 August 2026, Saturday
🕒 3–5pm
📍 The Arts and Civil Space (near Bendemeer MRT)
👉 Sign up: http://tiny.cc/PostGrowth_CareerR2
Come for the memes, stay for the conversations about what meaningful work could look like. 🌱
@openjio @experiencejio
Can making a living align with the values we care about? Or are we sometimes caught between earning a living and questioning the systems we work within?
Back by popular demand, this casual gathering uses memes as conversation starters to unpack the tensions many of us experience around work, capitalism, ethics, meaning and burnout, and imagine what careers could look like beyond growth-at-all-costs. 💭
Swipe through some of the memes that got the biggest laughs from the first session, and hear what participants had to say.
📅 29 August 2026, Saturday
🕒 3–5pm
📍 The Arts and Civil Space (near Bendemeer MRT)
👉 Sign up: http://tiny.cc/PostGrowth_CareerR2
Come for the memes, stay for the conversations about what meaningful work could look like. 🌱
@openjio @experiencejio
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🧠 Worry Wiggles: Rethinking Academic Stress
Academic stress can be more than just having a lot on our plates. The thoughts we carry about grades, expectations and our own abilities can also shape how we feel, cope and see ourselves.
Worry Wiggles is an evidence-informed psychoeducational board game designed to help youths recognise and rethink unhelpful thoughts around academic stress. Through play, reflection and conversation, we’ll explore how we can challenge our assumptions, develop more balanced perspectives and build healthier ways of coping.
🌱 Join us to take a pause, reflect and explore what supports our mental well-being together.
👥 Who: Youths aged 12–25 who are currently in formal education
📅 Saturday, 29 August 2026
⏰ 2pm–4pm
📍grovve @ SCAPE
👉🏼 Register by 25 August:
tiny.cc/grovve_worrywiggles
💡 Who’s behind this?
Worry Wiggles is a youth-led initiative by Psychology and Community Development students from Ngee Ann Polytechnic, brought to you by grovve.
@openjio @experiencejio
Academic stress can be more than just having a lot on our plates. The thoughts we carry about grades, expectations and our own abilities can also shape how we feel, cope and see ourselves.
Worry Wiggles is an evidence-informed psychoeducational board game designed to help youths recognise and rethink unhelpful thoughts around academic stress. Through play, reflection and conversation, we’ll explore how we can challenge our assumptions, develop more balanced perspectives and build healthier ways of coping.
🌱 Join us to take a pause, reflect and explore what supports our mental well-being together.
👥 Who: Youths aged 12–25 who are currently in formal education
📅 Saturday, 29 August 2026
⏰ 2pm–4pm
📍grovve @ SCAPE
👉🏼 Register by 25 August:
tiny.cc/grovve_worrywiggles
💡 Who’s behind this?
Worry Wiggles is a youth-led initiative by Psychology and Community Development students from Ngee Ann Polytechnic, brought to you by grovve.
@openjio @experiencejio
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Live Well. Leave Well. Festival 2026
What does it mean to live before living?🧐
This festival is a month-long outreach initiative meant to advance public awareness of palliative care in Singapore with educational talks, webinars and interactive workshops🤩
Join them for a jam-packed month of insightful talks, webinars and creative workshops that cover a comprehensive spectrum of palliative care, resources, and service providers🙌🏻
It’s your one-stop destination for everything you need to know about this crucial aspect of life.
📅 29 Sept 26-1 Nov 26
Find out more and sign up at: https://www.singaporehospice.org.sg/lwlw/#about
@openjio @experiencejio
What does it mean to live before living?🧐
This festival is a month-long outreach initiative meant to advance public awareness of palliative care in Singapore with educational talks, webinars and interactive workshops🤩
Join them for a jam-packed month of insightful talks, webinars and creative workshops that cover a comprehensive spectrum of palliative care, resources, and service providers🙌🏻
It’s your one-stop destination for everything you need to know about this crucial aspect of life.
📅 29 Sept 26-1 Nov 26
Find out more and sign up at: https://www.singaporehospice.org.sg/lwlw/#about
@openjio @experiencejio
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Flourishing 3.0 by SOAR SG
What can we do to thrive, build meaningful connections, and ground ourselves through life's transitions?🤔
Flourishing 3.0 is an evidence-informed mental health workshops rooted in the Recovery College model. Built around co-production, this workshops brings together professional expertise and the valuable insights of lived experience.
Over 6 Saturdays, youths (aged 15-24) and trusted adults (above 25, parents, teachers, coaches, mentors) learn alongside each other as equal partners, creating a safe space for honest conversations, reflection, and practical skill-building💪🏻
Join them to pause, learn, and co-create healthier paths to mental wellness together✨
📅 19 Sept – 28 Nov 2026 (6 fortnightly Saturdays)
🕙 10am–12pm
📍 The Foundry
💵 Standard: $60 | Youths: $30
👉🏼Sign up by 12 Sept: http://tiny.cc/flourishingsoar
@openjio @experiencejio
What can we do to thrive, build meaningful connections, and ground ourselves through life's transitions?🤔
Flourishing 3.0 is an evidence-informed mental health workshops rooted in the Recovery College model. Built around co-production, this workshops brings together professional expertise and the valuable insights of lived experience.
Over 6 Saturdays, youths (aged 15-24) and trusted adults (above 25, parents, teachers, coaches, mentors) learn alongside each other as equal partners, creating a safe space for honest conversations, reflection, and practical skill-building💪🏻
Join them to pause, learn, and co-create healthier paths to mental wellness together✨
📅 19 Sept – 28 Nov 2026 (6 fortnightly Saturdays)
🕙 10am–12pm
📍 The Foundry
💵 Standard: $60 | Youths: $30
👉🏼Sign up by 12 Sept: http://tiny.cc/flourishingsoar
@openjio @experiencejio
Rights Here, Right Now!
Want to learn more about children's rights? 💪🏻This event’s premise believes that every child has rights. The right to be heard and to feel safe enough to speak up🤝
Through games, activities and discussion, the events will explore:
✨ What children and youth need to feel happy, healthy and safe
💬 Why their views matter
📣 How they can have a say in matters that affect them
For Youths (Aged 13-21)
📅 4 September, Friday
🕒 3.00pm – 5.00pm
📍 CONNECT @ City Square Mall (connected to Farrer Park MRT)
💵 FOC
👉 Sign up at: http://tiny.cc/rhrnyouth
For Adults
📅 12 September, Saturday
🕒 10.30am – 12.30pm
📍 CONNECT @ City Square Mall (connected to Farrer Park MRT)
💵 FOC
👉 Sign up at: http://tiny.cc/rhrnadult
@openjio @experiencejio
Want to learn more about children's rights? 💪🏻This event’s premise believes that every child has rights. The right to be heard and to feel safe enough to speak up🤝
Through games, activities and discussion, the events will explore:
✨ What children and youth need to feel happy, healthy and safe
💬 Why their views matter
📣 How they can have a say in matters that affect them
For Youths (Aged 13-21)
📅 4 September, Friday
🕒 3.00pm – 5.00pm
📍 CONNECT @ City Square Mall (connected to Farrer Park MRT)
💵 FOC
👉 Sign up at: http://tiny.cc/rhrnyouth
For Adults
📅 12 September, Saturday
🕒 10.30am – 12.30pm
📍 CONNECT @ City Square Mall (connected to Farrer Park MRT)
💵 FOC
👉 Sign up at: http://tiny.cc/rhrnadult
@openjio @experiencejio
Session with Author Diana Rahim, We Saw Mountains
Through these visionary tales, Diana Rahim, whose stories have been featured in Best New Singaporean Short Stories and The Best of World SF asks, can we do things differently? Can we imagine a different kind of life?👀
We Saw Mountains gathers nine stories of human and non-human daring, where quotidian life is cracked open to possibilities of autonomy and re-imagination🤩A teen’s part-time job tests his integrity, a grieving elephant finds a new home by way of a contested river, and on an island a mountain appears, fully formed.
Diana is a writer and visual artist whose work circles around the themes of gender justice, the experience of the environment and the politics of public space🙌🏻
📅 10 Sept 2026 (Thursday)
🕙8pm
📍 Wardah Books, 58 Bussorah Street, Level 2 (Stairs only)
🎟️ $5
👉Sign-up at: https://wardahbooks.com/products/session-with-author-diana-rahim
@openjio @experiencejio
Through these visionary tales, Diana Rahim, whose stories have been featured in Best New Singaporean Short Stories and The Best of World SF asks, can we do things differently? Can we imagine a different kind of life?👀
We Saw Mountains gathers nine stories of human and non-human daring, where quotidian life is cracked open to possibilities of autonomy and re-imagination🤩A teen’s part-time job tests his integrity, a grieving elephant finds a new home by way of a contested river, and on an island a mountain appears, fully formed.
Diana is a writer and visual artist whose work circles around the themes of gender justice, the experience of the environment and the politics of public space🙌🏻
📅 10 Sept 2026 (Thursday)
🕙8pm
📍 Wardah Books, 58 Bussorah Street, Level 2 (Stairs only)
🎟️ $5
👉Sign-up at: https://wardahbooks.com/products/session-with-author-diana-rahim
@openjio @experiencejio
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Deforestation, urbanisation and urban birds: An ecological approach by Urban Birds Initiative SG (UBISG)
How may an understanding of ecology better inform urban planning and bird management? How can we find new ways to relate to birds?🦆
Since 1819, deforestation for agriculture and urbanisation has caused mass species extinction in Singapore. Urban bird populations have increased, but some species are less tolerated and subjected to culling🦅
Join speaker, Jimmy Tan as he dive deeper into the topic on deforestration and urbanisation. Jimmy is a nature advocate and the Founder of Singapore’s Forests & Farrms Facebook group and @sgforests on Instagram
📅 24 September 2026 (Thursday)
🕙7pm-9pm
📍 The Arts and Civil Space - 2 Kallang Avenue #3-16 CT Hub S(339407)
💵 FOC
👉Sign-up at: http://tiny.cc/urbankinship24sept
This is the second event on the form
@openjio @experiencejio
How may an understanding of ecology better inform urban planning and bird management? How can we find new ways to relate to birds?🦆
Since 1819, deforestation for agriculture and urbanisation has caused mass species extinction in Singapore. Urban bird populations have increased, but some species are less tolerated and subjected to culling🦅
Join speaker, Jimmy Tan as he dive deeper into the topic on deforestration and urbanisation. Jimmy is a nature advocate and the Founder of Singapore’s Forests & Farrms Facebook group and @sgforests on Instagram
📅 24 September 2026 (Thursday)
🕙7pm-9pm
📍 The Arts and Civil Space - 2 Kallang Avenue #3-16 CT Hub S(339407)
💵 FOC
👉Sign-up at: http://tiny.cc/urbankinship24sept
This is the second event on the form
@openjio @experiencejio
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📣 In the Public Eye: Media Narratives of Deaf Identities and Sign Language(s) in Singapore
How have Singapore’s media narratives shaped the way we understand deafness, disability and sign language?
Join deaf researcher Phoebe Tay as she traces representations of deaf identities and sign languages in Singaporean media from 1945 to 2025. Drawing on decades of newspaper archives, the talk explores how recurring narratives such as disability stereotypes, “inspiration porn”, benevolence and tokenism influence public attitudes towards deaf people and sign language.
The session offers a deeper look at how media shapes our understanding of disability, inclusion and language rights.
📅 Saturday, 12 September 2026
🕚 11am–12pm
📍 National Library Building, Programme Room, Level 7
♿ Singapore Sign Language (SgSL) interpretation available
👉🏼 Register: http://tiny.cc/InThePublicEye
A thoughtful opportunity to question the stories we’ve been told, and consider whose voices get to shape them.
@openjio @experiencejio
How have Singapore’s media narratives shaped the way we understand deafness, disability and sign language?
Join deaf researcher Phoebe Tay as she traces representations of deaf identities and sign languages in Singaporean media from 1945 to 2025. Drawing on decades of newspaper archives, the talk explores how recurring narratives such as disability stereotypes, “inspiration porn”, benevolence and tokenism influence public attitudes towards deaf people and sign language.
The session offers a deeper look at how media shapes our understanding of disability, inclusion and language rights.
📅 Saturday, 12 September 2026
🕚 11am–12pm
📍 National Library Building, Programme Room, Level 7
♿ Singapore Sign Language (SgSL) interpretation available
👉🏼 Register: http://tiny.cc/InThePublicEye
A thoughtful opportunity to question the stories we’ve been told, and consider whose voices get to shape them.
@openjio @experiencejio
🎓 Edu2030 Vibe Hackathon: Shaping the Future of Education
What if young people could move beyond sharing their opinions and actually shape the policies that affect their education?
As part of MOE’s Education Conversations, the Edu2030 Vibe Hackathon brings students and youths together with educators, mentors and education experts to unpack the mechanics of education policy, develop ideas and build tangible prototypes.
It’s a chance to turn your experiences and perspectives into ideas for how Singapore’s education system could work better for young people. 💡
📅 Sunday, 13 September 2026
🕘 9am–4pm
📍 MOE HQ, Buona Vista
👥 For current students & youths under 30
🍱 Lunch provided
👉🏼 Sign up: http://tiny.cc/Edu2030_VibeHackathon
Whether you’re into policy, education, technology or simply have thoughts on what could be improved, come be part of the conversation.
@openjio @experiencejio
What if young people could move beyond sharing their opinions and actually shape the policies that affect their education?
As part of MOE’s Education Conversations, the Edu2030 Vibe Hackathon brings students and youths together with educators, mentors and education experts to unpack the mechanics of education policy, develop ideas and build tangible prototypes.
It’s a chance to turn your experiences and perspectives into ideas for how Singapore’s education system could work better for young people. 💡
📅 Sunday, 13 September 2026
🕘 9am–4pm
📍 MOE HQ, Buona Vista
👥 For current students & youths under 30
🍱 Lunch provided
👉🏼 Sign up: http://tiny.cc/Edu2030_VibeHackathon
Whether you’re into policy, education, technology or simply have thoughts on what could be improved, come be part of the conversation.
@openjio @experiencejio
📸 Nothing to See Here! (Snaps of Home)
What happens when young people from underserved and often unseen communities get to tell their own stories through photography?
Nothing to See Here! is a photography exhibition featuring works by Project Obscura’s mentees, capturing the ordinary moments, spaces and people that make up their lives. 🏠✨
The exhibition challenges the idea that creativity belongs only to those with access and shows how everyday experiences can hold stories worth seeing, and every person has a perspective worth sharing.
📍 *The Loft, Level 4 @ SCAPE
📅 11 September, 2–9pm
📅 12 September, 10am–9pm
📅 13 September, 10am–9pm
🎟️ Free admission
👉🏼 Register here: http://tinyurl.com/obscuraexhibition2026scape
Follow @projectobscura.sg for updates and to meet the featured artists.
Come take a closer look at the seemingly mundane, and see what happens when we give people the space to frame their own stories.
@openjio @experiencejio
What happens when young people from underserved and often unseen communities get to tell their own stories through photography?
Nothing to See Here! is a photography exhibition featuring works by Project Obscura’s mentees, capturing the ordinary moments, spaces and people that make up their lives. 🏠✨
The exhibition challenges the idea that creativity belongs only to those with access and shows how everyday experiences can hold stories worth seeing, and every person has a perspective worth sharing.
📍 *The Loft, Level 4 @ SCAPE
📅 11 September, 2–9pm
📅 12 September, 10am–9pm
📅 13 September, 10am–9pm
🎟️ Free admission
👉🏼 Register here: http://tinyurl.com/obscuraexhibition2026scape
Follow @projectobscura.sg for updates and to meet the featured artists.
Come take a closer look at the seemingly mundane, and see what happens when we give people the space to frame their own stories.
@openjio @experiencejio
🚀 Career Takeoff 2026: Young AMP’s Career Networking Fair
Looking for your next opportunity, but not sure where to start? Career Takeoff 2026 is a one-day launchpad for youths to explore career pathways, meet industry professionals, and connect with mentors who can help you take your next step.
🛫 5 Boarding Zones will take you through different career experiences:
💼 Career booths: Meet 22 organisations, with 20 actively hiring for full-time and internship opportunities
🫱🏻🫲🏼 Mentorship: Connect with mentors who are offering continued mentorship for up to 6 months
📸 Professional headshot: Complete all 5 zones and receive one for free!
📅 12 September 2026
🕙 10am–5pm (drop in anytime)
📍 Sands Expo & Convention Centre
👥 Open to all youths
👉🏼 Register: https://www.tinyurl.com/careertakeoff2026
🔎 Find out more about the participating companies, mentors and all 5 zones: https://reg.eventnook.com/event/careertakeoff2026/Boarding-Information
@openjio @experiencejio
Looking for your next opportunity, but not sure where to start? Career Takeoff 2026 is a one-day launchpad for youths to explore career pathways, meet industry professionals, and connect with mentors who can help you take your next step.
🛫 5 Boarding Zones will take you through different career experiences:
💼 Career booths: Meet 22 organisations, with 20 actively hiring for full-time and internship opportunities
🫱🏻🫲🏼 Mentorship: Connect with mentors who are offering continued mentorship for up to 6 months
📸 Professional headshot: Complete all 5 zones and receive one for free!
📅 12 September 2026
🕙 10am–5pm (drop in anytime)
📍 Sands Expo & Convention Centre
👥 Open to all youths
👉🏼 Register: https://www.tinyurl.com/careertakeoff2026
🔎 Find out more about the participating companies, mentors and all 5 zones: https://reg.eventnook.com/event/careertakeoff2026/Boarding-Information
@openjio @experiencejio
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♻️ Beyond Recycling: Can Singapore Reach Its 2030 Waste Targets?
Singapore has set ambitious recycling target but are we on track to get there?
Join this community discussion to unpack why we may be falling short of our recycling goals and, more importantly, what it would take to put the waste hierarchy into practice.
If you’re part of a green group in Singapore, come bring your perspectives, exchange ideas and brainstorm practical ways we can move beyond recycling towards a more effective approach to waste. 🌱
📅 Saturday, 26 September 2026
🕑 2–5pm
📍 Singapore Sustainability Academy, City Square Mall, Level 6
👉🏼 Sign up: http://tiny.cc/2030RecyclingTargets
Confirmation of registration will be sent one week before the event.
@openjio @experiencejio
Singapore has set ambitious recycling target but are we on track to get there?
Join this community discussion to unpack why we may be falling short of our recycling goals and, more importantly, what it would take to put the waste hierarchy into practice.
If you’re part of a green group in Singapore, come bring your perspectives, exchange ideas and brainstorm practical ways we can move beyond recycling towards a more effective approach to waste. 🌱
📅 Saturday, 26 September 2026
🕑 2–5pm
📍 Singapore Sustainability Academy, City Square Mall, Level 6
👉🏼 Sign up: http://tiny.cc/2030RecyclingTargets
Confirmation of registration will be sent one week before the event.
@openjio @experiencejio
🌱 Money & Mission: Resourcing Third Spaces
What does it really take to keep a community space alive, not just running, but true to why it started?
Third Spaces Need Money & Mission brings together City Sprouts and Ground-Up Initiative (GUI), two groups who’ve built very different homes for the same belief: that change starts when people have a space to gather in but resourcing that space, without losing the mission, is another story.
In this Circle, we hear from Simone Lim, co-founder of City Sprouts, and Bingyu Cai, GUI’s Kampung Architect on what it’s taken to start and sustain their work, and the pressures they’ve each faced along the way.
📍 Common Ground Civic Centre, 21 Bedok North Street 1, Singapore 469659
📅 18 September 2026, Friday
🕖 7 – 9:30pm
🎟️ $35 (incl. GST) /$22 (after OJ discount)
👉🏼 Register here: https://ourcommonground.com.sg/cnfc26-circles#sept
❗️🔊 OPENJIO subscribers get a discount with code JIOEVERYBODY (click “add discount” at checkout)
@openjio @experiencejio
What does it really take to keep a community space alive, not just running, but true to why it started?
Third Spaces Need Money & Mission brings together City Sprouts and Ground-Up Initiative (GUI), two groups who’ve built very different homes for the same belief: that change starts when people have a space to gather in but resourcing that space, without losing the mission, is another story.
In this Circle, we hear from Simone Lim, co-founder of City Sprouts, and Bingyu Cai, GUI’s Kampung Architect on what it’s taken to start and sustain their work, and the pressures they’ve each faced along the way.
📍 Common Ground Civic Centre, 21 Bedok North Street 1, Singapore 469659
📅 18 September 2026, Friday
🕖 7 – 9:30pm
🎟️ $35 (incl. GST) /$22 (after OJ discount)
👉🏼 Register here: https://ourcommonground.com.sg/cnfc26-circles#sept
❗️🔊 OPENJIO subscribers get a discount with code JIOEVERYBODY (click “add discount” at checkout)
@openjio @experiencejio
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