🔥 A Fireside Chat: Reflections on Refugee Experiences & Resilience
How do stories from the refugee space deepen our empathy and expand our sense of what resilience looks like? 🤍
Hear from speakers with years of experience in frontline work, community building, and lived experiences various countries:
🔸 Dr Hakim Young: medical doctor & humanitarian worker with 18 years at the Pakistan–Afghanistan border 🔸 Debbie Fordyce: veteran of the US Refugee Resettlement Program across Singapore, Indonesia & Thailand 🔸 Yuan Siang: co-founder of Monolith, working to expand refugee access to education
Moderated by: 🔹 Madhu: social service practitioner & AFR-SG volunteer with experience supporting Afghan & Syrian families in the UK
📅 Sat, 6 Dec 2025 ⏰ 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM 📍 Kaleo Event & Meeting Space 💰 Free-of-charge (limited slots!)
🔗 Register now: https://bit.ly/AFRSGfiresidechat
Listening to refugee journeys isn’t just an act of compassion; it’s a way of practising shared humanity
@openjio @experiencejio
How do stories from the refugee space deepen our empathy and expand our sense of what resilience looks like? 🤍
Hear from speakers with years of experience in frontline work, community building, and lived experiences various countries:
🔸 Dr Hakim Young: medical doctor & humanitarian worker with 18 years at the Pakistan–Afghanistan border 🔸 Debbie Fordyce: veteran of the US Refugee Resettlement Program across Singapore, Indonesia & Thailand 🔸 Yuan Siang: co-founder of Monolith, working to expand refugee access to education
Moderated by: 🔹 Madhu: social service practitioner & AFR-SG volunteer with experience supporting Afghan & Syrian families in the UK
📅 Sat, 6 Dec 2025 ⏰ 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM 📍 Kaleo Event & Meeting Space 💰 Free-of-charge (limited slots!)
🔗 Register now: https://bit.ly/AFRSGfiresidechat
Listening to refugee journeys isn’t just an act of compassion; it’s a way of practising shared humanity
@openjio @experiencejio
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🌈 Heya! December Kampung Kiki is here! Come cosy up with your kakis this December for a chill, affirming afternoon together. 💖
If you're an LGBTQ+ youth (16–29) in Singapore, Kampung Kiki is your safe, in-person hangout to meet new friends, reconnect with community, and just be yourself. ✨
📅 Sat, 13 December (2nd Saturday of the month) ⏰ 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM 📍 Oogachaga, 57B Pagoda Street (Chinatown MRT — Exit A)
Slots are limited and based on first-come-first-served, so don’t wait!
🔗 Sign up: bit.ly/OCKampungKiki
Hang, laugh, and recharge in a safe space ❤️🔥🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
@openjio @experiencejio
If you're an LGBTQ+ youth (16–29) in Singapore, Kampung Kiki is your safe, in-person hangout to meet new friends, reconnect with community, and just be yourself. ✨
📅 Sat, 13 December (2nd Saturday of the month) ⏰ 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM 📍 Oogachaga, 57B Pagoda Street (Chinatown MRT — Exit A)
Slots are limited and based on first-come-first-served, so don’t wait!
🔗 Sign up: bit.ly/OCKampungKiki
Hang, laugh, and recharge in a safe space ❤️🔥🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
@openjio @experiencejio
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🌱 Soil, art, food, and community — all in one living, breathing festival!
Join Living Soil Asia at the Living Earth Festival (LEF) for three days of grounding conversations, hands-on explorations, and gentle reminders of our deep kinship with the natural world.
From the soil beneath our feet to the stories that nourish us, LEF invites you to reconnect, reflect, and re-root yourself.
📅 5–7 Dec 2025
📍 72-13, Home of T:>Works
Soak in LEF’s mycelial magic and 🎟️ Get your tickets now: http://tiny.cc/livingearthfestival
This event is organised by Living Soil Asia as part of the Living Soil Series, produced under their fellowship at T:>Works’ CoThink Lab.
@openjio @experiencejio
Join Living Soil Asia at the Living Earth Festival (LEF) for three days of grounding conversations, hands-on explorations, and gentle reminders of our deep kinship with the natural world.
From the soil beneath our feet to the stories that nourish us, LEF invites you to reconnect, reflect, and re-root yourself.
📅 5–7 Dec 2025
📍 72-13, Home of T:>Works
Soak in LEF’s mycelial magic and 🎟️ Get your tickets now: http://tiny.cc/livingearthfestival
This event is organised by Living Soil Asia as part of the Living Soil Series, produced under their fellowship at T:>Works’ CoThink Lab.
@openjio @experiencejio
🎉 Enabling Lives Festival @ Punggol Library
Celebrate inclusion, creativity, and togetherness this December! 💛
From tote-bag making to inclusive storytelling and inspiring sharings, there’s something for everyone: kids, families, and friends alike.
Have a joyful weekend of learning, connection, and community.
📅 Sat & Sun, 6–7 Dec 2025 ⏰ 10:30 AM – 3:30 PM 📍 Punggol Library 💰 Free admission - all are welcome!
🔗 Sign up for programmes here: http://tiny.cc/enablinglivesfestival
Spend a meaningful weekend with disabled artists, learn basic sign language and celebrate inclusivity!
@openjio @experiencejio
Celebrate inclusion, creativity, and togetherness this December! 💛
From tote-bag making to inclusive storytelling and inspiring sharings, there’s something for everyone: kids, families, and friends alike.
Have a joyful weekend of learning, connection, and community.
📅 Sat & Sun, 6–7 Dec 2025 ⏰ 10:30 AM – 3:30 PM 📍 Punggol Library 💰 Free admission - all are welcome!
🔗 Sign up for programmes here: http://tiny.cc/enablinglivesfestival
Spend a meaningful weekend with disabled artists, learn basic sign language and celebrate inclusivity!
@openjio @experiencejio
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Play It Up! Carnival
Join them for an exciting afternoon of games, creativity and performances at Play It Up! Carnival, presented by Brahm Centre with grovve, SHINE, Limitless and TOUCH😊
Enjoy VR games, carnival booths, art & craft corners, a New Year magic walk-through, snacks, live performances and a stamp rally with prizes✨
The carnival also highlights mental health support available at grovve, the Youth Integrated Wellness Centre at SCAPE🙂
🔴31 Jan 26, Saturday
🔵2pm-5pm
🗺️grovve SCAPE, 2 Orchard Link #04-06, S (237978)
💵FOC
Sign up at: tiny.cc/playitup
@openjio @experiencejio
Join them for an exciting afternoon of games, creativity and performances at Play It Up! Carnival, presented by Brahm Centre with grovve, SHINE, Limitless and TOUCH😊
Enjoy VR games, carnival booths, art & craft corners, a New Year magic walk-through, snacks, live performances and a stamp rally with prizes✨
The carnival also highlights mental health support available at grovve, the Youth Integrated Wellness Centre at SCAPE🙂
🔴31 Jan 26, Saturday
🔵2pm-5pm
🗺️grovve SCAPE, 2 Orchard Link #04-06, S (237978)
💵FOC
Sign up at: tiny.cc/playitup
@openjio @experiencejio
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Modern Man's Book Club: The Feminist
In this session of the book club, you will be discussing this book features viral short story by Tony Tulathimutte in his short story collection, Rejection. The story depicts the radicalisation of its titular character, an ostensible feminist, in the face of romantic rejection🙌🏻
Tulathimutte's short story is an excellent read that asks uncomfortable questions and refuses to give comforting answers🤔
All are welcome to join this engaging discussion about masculinity and feminism, the manosphere, relationships, and more🤝
🔴 14 Dec 25, Sunday
🔵 1pm-3pm
🗺️ Casual Poet Library, 123 Bukit Merah Lane 1, #01-110, S(150123)
💵FOC
Sign up at: tiny.cc/modernmansbookclub
@openjio @experiencejio
In this session of the book club, you will be discussing this book features viral short story by Tony Tulathimutte in his short story collection, Rejection. The story depicts the radicalisation of its titular character, an ostensible feminist, in the face of romantic rejection🙌🏻
Tulathimutte's short story is an excellent read that asks uncomfortable questions and refuses to give comforting answers🤔
All are welcome to join this engaging discussion about masculinity and feminism, the manosphere, relationships, and more🤝
🔴 14 Dec 25, Sunday
🔵 1pm-3pm
🗺️ Casual Poet Library, 123 Bukit Merah Lane 1, #01-110, S(150123)
💵FOC
Sign up at: tiny.cc/modernmansbookclub
@openjio @experiencejio
AI Awda Movie Screening
Al Awda is a feature documentary that offers a rare behind-the-scenes look at the 2018 Freedom Flotilla mission to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza blockade🪧Among the activists on the boat was filmmaker Jason Soo and Singaporean exile Dr Ang Swee Chai💪🏻
🔴 13 Dec 25, Saturday
🔵 8pm
🗺️ Carnival Cinemas, Golden Mile Tower, Level 3
💵$17
Purchase your tickets at: https://carnivalcinemas.sg/#/
@openjio @experiencejio
Al Awda is a feature documentary that offers a rare behind-the-scenes look at the 2018 Freedom Flotilla mission to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza blockade🪧Among the activists on the boat was filmmaker Jason Soo and Singaporean exile Dr Ang Swee Chai💪🏻
🔴 13 Dec 25, Saturday
🔵 8pm
🗺️ Carnival Cinemas, Golden Mile Tower, Level 3
💵$17
Purchase your tickets at: https://carnivalcinemas.sg/#/
@openjio @experiencejio
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The Cost of Growth virtual discussion by the International Degrowth Network (IDN)'s Asia Circle
What is the actual price paid by humanity and the planet for endless economic growth?💰📈
This film connects local struggles in Europe against extractivism with broader debates on justice, democracy, and building alternatives to an economy not driven by profit, but by well-being💪
🎥 Stream the film on Kinema anytime before 18 Dec, 7pm, for USD 1 at: https://kinema.com/events/The-Cost-of-Growth-p-h234
🔴18 Dec 25, Thursday
🔵 7pm-8.30pm
🗺️ Onine
💵FOC
Sign up at: tiny.cc/costofgrowthdiscussion
@openjio @experiencejio
What is the actual price paid by humanity and the planet for endless economic growth?💰📈
This film connects local struggles in Europe against extractivism with broader debates on justice, democracy, and building alternatives to an economy not driven by profit, but by well-being💪
🎥 Stream the film on Kinema anytime before 18 Dec, 7pm, for USD 1 at: https://kinema.com/events/The-Cost-of-Growth-p-h234
🔴18 Dec 25, Thursday
🔵 7pm-8.30pm
🗺️ Onine
💵FOC
Sign up at: tiny.cc/costofgrowthdiscussion
@openjio @experiencejio
Aphasia: Reframed
Join them for a heartfelt event that sheds light on the real stories behind living with Aphasia🫶 Through an afternoon of learning, reflection, and connection, explore the lived experiences of Persons with Aphasia through film, dialogue, and interactive activities✨
🎞 Film Premiere – “Can You Hear Me?” takes a tender and honest look at what it means to live with aphasia — from the inside out.
📚 Mixed Media Human Library features stories and raw truths from people who live through the experiences
💬Dialogue with caregivers and their cast, the people who walk this journey with courage every day.
🔴13 Dec 25, Saturday
🔵3.30pm-5.30pm
🗺️SMU CIS B1 Event Space
💵FOC
Sign up at: tiny.cc/apahsiareframed
@openjio @experiencejio
Join them for a heartfelt event that sheds light on the real stories behind living with Aphasia🫶 Through an afternoon of learning, reflection, and connection, explore the lived experiences of Persons with Aphasia through film, dialogue, and interactive activities✨
🎞 Film Premiere – “Can You Hear Me?” takes a tender and honest look at what it means to live with aphasia — from the inside out.
📚 Mixed Media Human Library features stories and raw truths from people who live through the experiences
💬Dialogue with caregivers and their cast, the people who walk this journey with courage every day.
🔴13 Dec 25, Saturday
🔵3.30pm-5.30pm
🗺️SMU CIS B1 Event Space
💵FOC
Sign up at: tiny.cc/apahsiareframed
@openjio @experiencejio
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Wild Conversations: Final Session of 2025 Wrap up the year together with an evening of grounding stories, community, and hope. ✨
Regenerating soils, foods, and lives begins with a simple act: reconnecting with the land. Through their living campus, Ground-Up Initiative (GUI) nurtures this reconnection through reviving soils, cultivating mindful relationships with food, and inspiring everyday regenerative practices.
For this closing session, Kampung Architect Bingyu will share how GUI’s kampung spirit and land-based initiatives spark responsibility, belonging, and a deeper hope for a sustainable future. 🌱
📅 Tue, 16 Dec 2025 ⏰ 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM 📍 Stranger Conversations 🏡 195 Pearl's Hill Terrace, #02-38D 💰 Min. $5 donation to GUI
🔗 Register: Wildspace.sg/joinconvos
End the year in conversation and in connection with the land. 🌾
@openjio @experiencejio
Regenerating soils, foods, and lives begins with a simple act: reconnecting with the land. Through their living campus, Ground-Up Initiative (GUI) nurtures this reconnection through reviving soils, cultivating mindful relationships with food, and inspiring everyday regenerative practices.
For this closing session, Kampung Architect Bingyu will share how GUI’s kampung spirit and land-based initiatives spark responsibility, belonging, and a deeper hope for a sustainable future. 🌱
📅 Tue, 16 Dec 2025 ⏰ 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM 📍 Stranger Conversations 🏡 195 Pearl's Hill Terrace, #02-38D 💰 Min. $5 donation to GUI
🔗 Register: Wildspace.sg/joinconvos
End the year in conversation and in connection with the land. 🌾
@openjio @experiencejio
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🌿 A Soft Reset: Year-End Community Hang 🌿
End the year with a soft reset — no big resolutions, no pressure to reinvent yourself. Just a cosy community space to pause, reflect on what shaped your year, and build one small, kind system for January.
Join Ning Collective to explore:
✨ why resolutions can feel overwhelming
✨ what consistency looks like when it honours real energy
✨ how to notice patterns without judgement
✨ how to turn intention into tiny, doable experiments
Come as you are and leave with a calmer, more grounded plan for your next season. 🤍
📅 20 Dec
⏰ 1:00 – 2:30 PM
📍27 Ann Siang
🔗 http://tiny.cc/thegreatunwind
@openjio @experiencejio
End the year with a soft reset — no big resolutions, no pressure to reinvent yourself. Just a cosy community space to pause, reflect on what shaped your year, and build one small, kind system for January.
Join Ning Collective to explore:
✨ why resolutions can feel overwhelming
✨ what consistency looks like when it honours real energy
✨ how to notice patterns without judgement
✨ how to turn intention into tiny, doable experiments
Come as you are and leave with a calmer, more grounded plan for your next season. 🤍
📅 20 Dec
⏰ 1:00 – 2:30 PM
📍27 Ann Siang
🔗 http://tiny.cc/thegreatunwind
@openjio @experiencejio
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💸 From Self-Worth to Net Worth: What’s Really Worth It?
As 2026 begins, let’s pause for an honest conversation about money, meaning, and happiness. Join @thewokesalaryman and Happiness Initiative to explore how money shapes our choices, our sense of self-worth, and what we truly value in life.
Expect a thoughtful and engaging afternoon with:
🎨 a comic reading
🃏 What Truly Matters (money edition) conversational game
🔥 a fireside chat with the founders
Come curious, come reflective as we consider what net worth means to us 💛
📅 Sat, 10 Jan 2026
⏰ 2:00 – 4:00 PM
📍 SCAPE, Trampoline at Access (Level 5)
💰 Free (RSVP required)
👥 Limited slots available: http://tiny.cc/Canmoneybuyhappiness
@openjio @experiencejio
As 2026 begins, let’s pause for an honest conversation about money, meaning, and happiness. Join @thewokesalaryman and Happiness Initiative to explore how money shapes our choices, our sense of self-worth, and what we truly value in life.
Expect a thoughtful and engaging afternoon with:
🎨 a comic reading
🃏 What Truly Matters (money edition) conversational game
🔥 a fireside chat with the founders
Come curious, come reflective as we consider what net worth means to us 💛
📅 Sat, 10 Jan 2026
⏰ 2:00 – 4:00 PM
📍 SCAPE, Trampoline at Access (Level 5)
💰 Free (RSVP required)
👥 Limited slots available: http://tiny.cc/Canmoneybuyhappiness
@openjio @experiencejio
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🚨 Have you seen this Straits Times article on young homelessness?
It’s sparked a lot of conversation, and we’re really curious what you think.
Haven’t read it yet? Take a quick look here: http://tiny.cc/STyounghomeslessness, then come back and share your take with us!
Jump into the poll below and let us know your thoughts! 👇🏼
It’s sparked a lot of conversation, and we’re really curious what you think.
Haven’t read it yet? Take a quick look here: http://tiny.cc/STyounghomeslessness, then come back and share your take with us!
Jump into the poll below and let us know your thoughts! 👇🏼
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Why do you think youth homelessness is increasing?
Anonymous Poll
78%
Rising family conflicts (eg family violence, clash in family values)
44%
Financial instability / low wages with current job market
51%
Lack of affordable housing options
30%
Overcrowding / space constraints for multigenerational families
47%
Mental health challenges
32%
Other structural gaps (eg care system transitions)
At what age should someone qualify for home ownership or public rental?
Anonymous Poll
17%
18 years old
25%
21 years old
28%
25 years old
12%
30 years old
17%
Case-by-case basis
What do you think is the biggest barrier young people face when securing stable housing?
Anonymous Poll
74%
High rental prices
49%
Difficulty meeting eligibility rules
56%
Society’s value and priority of families over singles
23%
Lack of knowledge of available support
What type of support do you believe would help young people most?
Anonymous Poll
74%
More flexible housing options
47%
Employment and financial support
40%
Mental health services
21%
Family meditation
25%
Mentoring / casework support
44%
Shift in societal values to value singles equally as families
47%
Shift in society’s openness to varied family types
4%
Others
OPEN JIO🤗
What type of support do you believe would help young people most?
Sorry we had a typo for one of the options, it should be “family mediation”
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Wowwww the responses are very very interesting!! Keep your eyes 👀 peeled for a summary tonight and something else? ✨
Those who haven’t voted and interested to share your views can still do so until we summarise the results tonight~
Those who haven’t voted and interested to share your views can still do so until we summarise the results tonight~
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Omg sorry guys, was adulting and missed the time and only realised it’s past 12am! But here is the results of the poll so far (we’re keeping the polls open still to see if anything else changes!)
We have some curiosities as we were extracting the polls and would like to hear thoughts from you guys!
We have some curiosities as we were extracting the polls and would like to hear thoughts from you guys!
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1. What are your is overall impression of the poll results? (Anything expected / unexpected?!)