What's up with COP26?
Are you looking to know more about the upcoming COP26? Do you have expectations, concerns, stories or insights to share about the upcoming international climate change negotiations? Join us for "What's up with COP26" as we bring together environmentalists in the Asian region in the run-up to COP26!
🔴 23 Oct, Sat
🔵 10am - 12pm
👉 Sign up here: https://bit.ly/3lv0XBx
Organised by SG Youth for Climate Action
#climate #youth #environment
Are you looking to know more about the upcoming COP26? Do you have expectations, concerns, stories or insights to share about the upcoming international climate change negotiations? Join us for "What's up with COP26" as we bring together environmentalists in the Asian region in the run-up to COP26!
🔴 23 Oct, Sat
🔵 10am - 12pm
👉 Sign up here: https://bit.ly/3lv0XBx
Organised by SG Youth for Climate Action
#climate #youth #environment
Patch-workers Unite!
How can we turn fashion waste into something useful again? Nothing like collective patchwork to start thinking about ‘fixing and patching mother earth’. Come participate in patchworking! Work collectively on sorting, cutting and sewing textile which is used to create other apparel & projects.
👉 All materials, tools & machines are provided
👉 Suitable for complete beginners
👉 Fully vaccinated participants only
🔴 Month of October
🔵 Various timings in the afternoon
⚪ Temasek Shophouse, 28 Orchard Rd
👉 Sign up here: https://bit.ly/3oPqvLw
Organised by Post-Museum
#fashion #sustainability
How can we turn fashion waste into something useful again? Nothing like collective patchwork to start thinking about ‘fixing and patching mother earth’. Come participate in patchworking! Work collectively on sorting, cutting and sewing textile which is used to create other apparel & projects.
👉 All materials, tools & machines are provided
👉 Suitable for complete beginners
👉 Fully vaccinated participants only
🔴 Month of October
🔵 Various timings in the afternoon
⚪ Temasek Shophouse, 28 Orchard Rd
👉 Sign up here: https://bit.ly/3oPqvLw
Organised by Post-Museum
#fashion #sustainability
Human Library : Unmasking experiences
Human Library is a safe space to host personal conversations that raise awareness and break the stigma against mental health. Mental ACT has curated 12 intriguing books to share about their lived experiences along the themes of Racial Trauma, Addiction, Complementary Therapies, Self-Harm and many more.
🔴 23 Oct, Sat
🔵 5-7pm
👉 Sign up here: https://bit.ly/3vqtFH8
Organised by Mental ACT
#mentalhealth #humanlibrary
Human Library is a safe space to host personal conversations that raise awareness and break the stigma against mental health. Mental ACT has curated 12 intriguing books to share about their lived experiences along the themes of Racial Trauma, Addiction, Complementary Therapies, Self-Harm and many more.
🔴 23 Oct, Sat
🔵 5-7pm
👉 Sign up here: https://bit.ly/3vqtFH8
Organised by Mental ACT
#mentalhealth #humanlibrary
The Poverty Line – A Global Visual Art Research Project on Poverty and Food Choices
The Poverty Line uses the universal lens of food to examine the daily choices we would face living at the poverty line. From 2010 to 2020, the artists (Chow and Lin) travelled 200,000 km to create case studies of 36 countries and territories.
It is a growing conversation that questions understandings of poverty and inequality, traversing cultures and economic systems. In this seminar, Chow and Lin share about their work and its impacts across the globe.
🔴 27 Oct, Wed
🔵 4pm - 5.15pm
👉 Sign up here: https://bit.ly/3G814eH
Organised by NUS Social Service Research Centre
#poverty #inequality #webinar
The Poverty Line uses the universal lens of food to examine the daily choices we would face living at the poverty line. From 2010 to 2020, the artists (Chow and Lin) travelled 200,000 km to create case studies of 36 countries and territories.
It is a growing conversation that questions understandings of poverty and inequality, traversing cultures and economic systems. In this seminar, Chow and Lin share about their work and its impacts across the globe.
🔴 27 Oct, Wed
🔵 4pm - 5.15pm
👉 Sign up here: https://bit.ly/3G814eH
Organised by NUS Social Service Research Centre
#poverty #inequality #webinar
Raising Resilience
In this event, you’ll learn how you can draw upon resilience to support yourself and your community during this pandemic. This event includes the collaboration signing ceremony for Share a Pot @ Home, an initiative to improve continuity of care during the pandemic.
🔴 27 Oct, Wed
🔵 4pm - 6pm
👉 Sign up here: https://bit.ly/3FWyBIE
Organised by Khoo Teck Puat Hospital
#community #mentalhealth #webinar
In this event, you’ll learn how you can draw upon resilience to support yourself and your community during this pandemic. This event includes the collaboration signing ceremony for Share a Pot @ Home, an initiative to improve continuity of care during the pandemic.
🔴 27 Oct, Wed
🔵 4pm - 6pm
👉 Sign up here: https://bit.ly/3FWyBIE
Organised by Khoo Teck Puat Hospital
#community #mentalhealth #webinar
Fair Enough? Towards an anti-discrimination law for Singapore: A panel
It was recently announced that existing TAFEP guidelines will be enshrined in law. What will this look like, and will it protect everyone?
Join AWARE, the Disabled People's Association, PinkDot and Blackbox next Thursday for a panel discussion on workplace discrimination in Singapore. This discussion will cover: survey findings on workplace discrimination in Singapore, common forms of workplace discrimination, and discrimination protections available
💰 Pay-what-you-can
🔴 28 Oct, Thu
🔵 4pm - 5.30pm
👉 Sign up here: https://bit.ly/3DS3Dzn
Organised by AWARE
#workplacediscrimination #paneldiscussion
It was recently announced that existing TAFEP guidelines will be enshrined in law. What will this look like, and will it protect everyone?
Join AWARE, the Disabled People's Association, PinkDot and Blackbox next Thursday for a panel discussion on workplace discrimination in Singapore. This discussion will cover: survey findings on workplace discrimination in Singapore, common forms of workplace discrimination, and discrimination protections available
💰 Pay-what-you-can
🔴 28 Oct, Thu
🔵 4pm - 5.30pm
👉 Sign up here: https://bit.ly/3DS3Dzn
Organised by AWARE
#workplacediscrimination #paneldiscussion
Survivors First: Healing, justice and community care following sexual harm
What forms of care and support do people who’ve experienced sexual harms need? How come, despite harsher laws, sexual violence remains rampant in our society?
Join Transformative Justice Collective on 29 Oct for a discussion unpacking why current systems and responses are not serving the needs of survivors and our communities, and imagine possibilities for gentler futures liberated from sexual violence.
🔴 29 Oct, Fri
🔵 7-9pm
👉 For more info: https://bit.ly/3aTVoGp
Organised by Transformative Justice Collective
#transformativejustice #paneldiscussion
What forms of care and support do people who’ve experienced sexual harms need? How come, despite harsher laws, sexual violence remains rampant in our society?
Join Transformative Justice Collective on 29 Oct for a discussion unpacking why current systems and responses are not serving the needs of survivors and our communities, and imagine possibilities for gentler futures liberated from sexual violence.
🔴 29 Oct, Fri
🔵 7-9pm
👉 For more info: https://bit.ly/3aTVoGp
Organised by Transformative Justice Collective
#transformativejustice #paneldiscussion
Fresh insights in the social space!
📰 THIS WEEK'S FEATURE:
S$2,906 a ‘reasonable’ starting point for a living wage in Singapore: Study
👉 Click here: http://bit.ly/OJBites76
PS.
Check out the full report here: https://bit.ly/OJBites77 or https://whatsenough.sg/key-findings-mis2021/
📰 THIS WEEK'S FEATURE:
S$2,906 a ‘reasonable’ starting point for a living wage in Singapore: Study
👉 Click here: http://bit.ly/OJBites76
PS.
Check out the full report here: https://bit.ly/OJBites77 or https://whatsenough.sg/key-findings-mis2021/
CNA
S$2,906 a ‘reasonable’ starting point for a living wage in Singapore: Study
SINGAPORE: The “reasonable starting point” for a living wage in Singapore is S$2,906 a month, according to a study by the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. This figure is based on the average budget for a couple with two children, assuming both parents…
Brown Bag Sessions: Grief
Bereavement grief is a response to losing a loved one to death. It can involve a wide range of emotions, cognition, physical sensations and behaviours.
Is there a right way to grieve? When does my grief end? What if it is not about completing certain ‘stages’ or about ‘moving on’?
Join us for this session of Brown Bag: Grief, where we discuss various ways to navigate around bereavement grief.
🔴 28 Oct, Thu
🔵 8-9.30pm
👉 Sign up here: https://bit.ly/3vSq9Wh
Organised by Happiness Initiative
#grief #conversations
Bereavement grief is a response to losing a loved one to death. It can involve a wide range of emotions, cognition, physical sensations and behaviours.
Is there a right way to grieve? When does my grief end? What if it is not about completing certain ‘stages’ or about ‘moving on’?
Join us for this session of Brown Bag: Grief, where we discuss various ways to navigate around bereavement grief.
🔴 28 Oct, Thu
🔵 8-9.30pm
👉 Sign up here: https://bit.ly/3vSq9Wh
Organised by Happiness Initiative
#grief #conversations
Fostering Info-sharing Session (Virtual)
In this info-sharing session organised by Boys’ Town Fostering Services, you will get to learn about fostering in Singapore, how to apply to become foster parents, and hear our foster parents share their experiences in caring for the foster children! We will also be addressing the common fears and myths about fostering in this session.
🔴 29 Oct, Fri
🔵 7.30-9pm
👉 Sign up here: https://bit.ly/3Ec538c
Organised by Boys' Town Fostering Services
#fostering #talk
In this info-sharing session organised by Boys’ Town Fostering Services, you will get to learn about fostering in Singapore, how to apply to become foster parents, and hear our foster parents share their experiences in caring for the foster children! We will also be addressing the common fears and myths about fostering in this session.
🔴 29 Oct, Fri
🔵 7.30-9pm
👉 Sign up here: https://bit.ly/3Ec538c
Organised by Boys' Town Fostering Services
#fostering #talk
ABYA LEAPS x Talent @ SWITCH Youth Challenge 2021 (Demo Day)
How do we find inspiration to improve our ways of living and doing business, amidst the raging pandemic?
Join us as we explore themes of Food Security, Liveable Cities, and Impact Investing, and witness the accomplishments of various youth teams and their mentors over the past months to better the businesses’ regional market strategy.
🔴 30 Oct, Sat
🔵 10am - 1pm
⚪️ SCAPE (The Ground Theatre) / Zoom
👉 Sign up here: https://bit.ly/3b7YnLQ
Organised by ASEAN Business Youth Association
#sustainability #asean #challenge
How do we find inspiration to improve our ways of living and doing business, amidst the raging pandemic?
Join us as we explore themes of Food Security, Liveable Cities, and Impact Investing, and witness the accomplishments of various youth teams and their mentors over the past months to better the businesses’ regional market strategy.
🔴 30 Oct, Sat
🔵 10am - 1pm
⚪️ SCAPE (The Ground Theatre) / Zoom
👉 Sign up here: https://bit.ly/3b7YnLQ
Organised by ASEAN Business Youth Association
#sustainability #asean #challenge
Night at the Library 2021
Night at the Library is back in its 4th year to facilitate difficult conversations in life and imagination as the world continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic. Bringing writers who explore supernatural in literature and as cultural phenomenon, to professionals who encounter mortality in the fields of funeral planning and end of life care, Night at the Library will confront the uncertainties of reality and horrors that keep us awake at night.
🔴 29 Oct – 7 Nov
🔵 Various timings
👉 Sign up here: https://bit.ly/3nlxslj
Organised by National Library Board
#endoflife #literature
Night at the Library is back in its 4th year to facilitate difficult conversations in life and imagination as the world continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic. Bringing writers who explore supernatural in literature and as cultural phenomenon, to professionals who encounter mortality in the fields of funeral planning and end of life care, Night at the Library will confront the uncertainties of reality and horrors that keep us awake at night.
🔴 29 Oct – 7 Nov
🔵 Various timings
👉 Sign up here: https://bit.ly/3nlxslj
Organised by National Library Board
#endoflife #literature
PARK(ING) DAY at Jurong 2021
Bold creators have responded to combat the blah-ness of the pandemic season, piqued their curiosity to create 5 unique parking lots takeover experience.
In this year of 'languishing', join us to delve deeper to discover what is means to be BOLD & AMBITIOUS for different generations.
🔴 30 Oct, Sat
🔵 4pm - 8pm
⚪️ Parking Lots around Bold at Work, 600319
👉 Sign up here: https://bit.ly/3C5Hg9b
Organised by Bold At Work
#neighbourhood #ambition
Bold creators have responded to combat the blah-ness of the pandemic season, piqued their curiosity to create 5 unique parking lots takeover experience.
In this year of 'languishing', join us to delve deeper to discover what is means to be BOLD & AMBITIOUS for different generations.
🔴 30 Oct, Sat
🔵 4pm - 8pm
⚪️ Parking Lots around Bold at Work, 600319
👉 Sign up here: https://bit.ly/3C5Hg9b
Organised by Bold At Work
#neighbourhood #ambition
Lust, Trust & Latex
Are you making healthy decisions about sex? Where do we even begin?
Get clued in with well-informed decisions to better your sexual health! Despite its well intended purpose, myths, misinformation and excuses like “sex isn’t as good with a condom” - to talk you out of using one - are still happening today. Learn correct and effective methods to protect yourself and your partner!
🔴 3 Nov, Wed
🔵 830pm
👉 Sign up here: https://bit.ly/3BBkxAC
Organised by Good Vibes and One Condoms
#consent #sexualhealth
Are you making healthy decisions about sex? Where do we even begin?
Get clued in with well-informed decisions to better your sexual health! Despite its well intended purpose, myths, misinformation and excuses like “sex isn’t as good with a condom” - to talk you out of using one - are still happening today. Learn correct and effective methods to protect yourself and your partner!
🔴 3 Nov, Wed
🔵 830pm
👉 Sign up here: https://bit.ly/3BBkxAC
Organised by Good Vibes and One Condoms
#consent #sexualhealth
Being Well: Caring for Our Mental and Physical Wellness in a Post-COVID World
Get to hear from wellness and fitness experts as we tackle pressing themes behind self-care - accessibility to resources, impact of COVID on our health & the importance of being well and staying well.
Watch an amazing rollersports performance, Play, Learn & Win trial classes to CrossFit gym, Amplify & Ideate by joining a fun brainstorm!
🔴 6 Nov, Sat
🔵 10am
👉 Sign up here: https://bit.ly/3mtQRRF
Organised by Brain Juice Collective and Air Amber
#selfcare #wellness #fitness
Get to hear from wellness and fitness experts as we tackle pressing themes behind self-care - accessibility to resources, impact of COVID on our health & the importance of being well and staying well.
Watch an amazing rollersports performance, Play, Learn & Win trial classes to CrossFit gym, Amplify & Ideate by joining a fun brainstorm!
🔴 6 Nov, Sat
🔵 10am
👉 Sign up here: https://bit.ly/3mtQRRF
Organised by Brain Juice Collective and Air Amber
#selfcare #wellness #fitness
Tech for Good 2021
T4G celebrates the use of technology in creating possibilities for persons with disabilities through innovative solutions - from improving telescope canes for the visually impaired to communication tools for persons with Aphasia!
Join this festival and
🏠 Explore booths and presentations by 40 T4G teams, Makerspaces, Community Partners & alumni teams
🎙Assistive tech panel discussion from 5 distinguished differently-abled speakers
🔴 6 Nov, Sat
🔵 930am - 5pm
👉 Sign up here: https://bit.ly/3nNzdYu
Organised by Engineering Good
#technology #disabilities #festival
T4G celebrates the use of technology in creating possibilities for persons with disabilities through innovative solutions - from improving telescope canes for the visually impaired to communication tools for persons with Aphasia!
Join this festival and
🏠 Explore booths and presentations by 40 T4G teams, Makerspaces, Community Partners & alumni teams
🎙Assistive tech panel discussion from 5 distinguished differently-abled speakers
🔴 6 Nov, Sat
🔵 930am - 5pm
👉 Sign up here: https://bit.ly/3nNzdYu
Organised by Engineering Good
#technology #disabilities #festival
Both Sides, Now: Mengukir Harapan presents Kata-Kata Kita
This is a community engagement project exploring what it means to live well, and leave well. Lets talk about it openly - What are our wishes and hopes while our hearts are still beating? How do we prepare for our final exit without losing our dignity? Are our closest and dearest ready to accept our sometimes painful, final decisions?
🔴 5-7 Nov, Fri-Sun
🔵 7:30pm – 10:00pm
👉 Sign up here: https://bit.ly/3CyJH4r
Organised by ArtsWok Collaborative and Drama Box
#death #community
This is a community engagement project exploring what it means to live well, and leave well. Lets talk about it openly - What are our wishes and hopes while our hearts are still beating? How do we prepare for our final exit without losing our dignity? Are our closest and dearest ready to accept our sometimes painful, final decisions?
🔴 5-7 Nov, Fri-Sun
🔵 7:30pm – 10:00pm
👉 Sign up here: https://bit.ly/3CyJH4r
Organised by ArtsWok Collaborative and Drama Box
#death #community
Finding Resilience in Caregiving
Join us in our webinar – Dedicating to Self-Care – as our guest speakers share useful tips and resources that will help caregivers to look after themselves as they care for their loved ones. Interactive virtual workshops are held throughout the week. Register now to secure a slot!
🔴 3-7 Nov, Wed-Sun
🔵 930am - 4pm
👉 Sign up here: https://bit.ly/2ZE2Eob
Organised by Caregiving Welfare Association
#caregiving #workshops #webinar
Join us in our webinar – Dedicating to Self-Care – as our guest speakers share useful tips and resources that will help caregivers to look after themselves as they care for their loved ones. Interactive virtual workshops are held throughout the week. Register now to secure a slot!
🔴 3-7 Nov, Wed-Sun
🔵 930am - 4pm
👉 Sign up here: https://bit.ly/2ZE2Eob
Organised by Caregiving Welfare Association
#caregiving #workshops #webinar
Friendzone November Calendar
Have you ever wished you had close friends who live near you? Recently moved to a new neighbourhood?
Sign up now to meet your neighbours and make new friends! 🏘️ Follow @friendzonesg for more event updates
🔴 15 - 27 Nov
🔵 8 - 10pm / 10am - 12pm
👉 Sign up here: https://bit.ly/2yoqHJs
Organised by Friendzone SG
#community #friends
Have you ever wished you had close friends who live near you? Recently moved to a new neighbourhood?
Sign up now to meet your neighbours and make new friends! 🏘️ Follow @friendzonesg for more event updates
🔴 15 - 27 Nov
🔵 8 - 10pm / 10am - 12pm
👉 Sign up here: https://bit.ly/2yoqHJs
Organised by Friendzone SG
#community #friends
CalmCon - Virtual Wellbeing Festival
Hear from experts on Workplace Wellness, how to find Calm and how to Thrive, and learn strategies to build your resilience — for both your personal and professional lives.
💰 $59-$100
[Use code ‘OPENJIO30’ for 30% discount]
🔴 12 - 13 Nov, Fri - Sat
🔵 Various timings
👉 Sign up here: https://bit.ly/3F0WKMV
Organised by Calm Collective Asia
#mentalhealth #festival
Hear from experts on Workplace Wellness, how to find Calm and how to Thrive, and learn strategies to build your resilience — for both your personal and professional lives.
💰 $59-$100
[Use code ‘OPENJIO30’ for 30% discount]
🔴 12 - 13 Nov, Fri - Sat
🔵 Various timings
👉 Sign up here: https://bit.ly/3F0WKMV
Organised by Calm Collective Asia
#mentalhealth #festival
Racial Discrimination in Singapore: Furthering the Conversation
Ahead of Singapore’s first review by the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, five organisations have submitted their reports to the UN highlighting areas that need to be improved on to tackle racial discrimination.
Join them next Monday to hear their report and recommendations.
🔴 15 Nov, Mon
🔵 8 - 9.30pm
👉 Sign up here: https://bit.ly/3CVl3ex
Organised by Anti-Racism Coalition (Singapore), Community Action Network, Humanitarian Organization for Migration Economics,Transient Workers Count Too, and Transformative Justice Collective
#race #paneldiscussion
Ahead of Singapore’s first review by the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, five organisations have submitted their reports to the UN highlighting areas that need to be improved on to tackle racial discrimination.
Join them next Monday to hear their report and recommendations.
🔴 15 Nov, Mon
🔵 8 - 9.30pm
👉 Sign up here: https://bit.ly/3CVl3ex
Organised by Anti-Racism Coalition (Singapore), Community Action Network, Humanitarian Organization for Migration Economics,Transient Workers Count Too, and Transformative Justice Collective
#race #paneldiscussion