At OpenJio, we believe that supporting and advocating for a community is a continuous journey 👣
That’s why we’re closing off our collaboration series with LGBTQ SNSG on LGBTQIA+ awareness this year with a few meaningful volunteering opportunities - so you can continue learning, supporting, and standing in solidarity with the community, even beyond Pride Month 🌈
Remember to jio a friend along! 🤝
*this is not an exhaustive list of volunteering opportunities within the LGBTQIA+ space
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That’s why we’re closing off our collaboration series with LGBTQ SNSG on LGBTQIA+ awareness this year with a few meaningful volunteering opportunities - so you can continue learning, supporting, and standing in solidarity with the community, even beyond Pride Month 🌈
Remember to jio a friend along! 🤝
*this is not an exhaustive list of volunteering opportunities within the LGBTQIA+ space
@openjio
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🎭 Facilitate conversations that matter.
In a world of growing polarisation, how do we create spaces where people can question assumptions, navigate differences, and engage with complexity?
Join Drama Box’s Workshop for Critical Facilitation, led by Kok Heng Leun. Through drama-based techniques, collective reflection, and critical pedagogy, you’ll strengthen your facilitation practice while learning how to foster more collaborative, participatory conversations.
Designed for experienced social and community workers, educators, arts practitioners, and facilitators working in community engagement or dialogic learning.
⚠️ Prerequisite: Participants should have prior facilitation experience in drama education, participatory performance (e.g. Forum Theatre), or community engagement.
📅 7–8 September 2026
💵 Early Bird: $300 (till 17 July) | Standard: $360
🔗 Register here: http://tiny.cc/Dramabox_Sep2026
@openjio @experiencejio
In a world of growing polarisation, how do we create spaces where people can question assumptions, navigate differences, and engage with complexity?
Join Drama Box’s Workshop for Critical Facilitation, led by Kok Heng Leun. Through drama-based techniques, collective reflection, and critical pedagogy, you’ll strengthen your facilitation practice while learning how to foster more collaborative, participatory conversations.
Designed for experienced social and community workers, educators, arts practitioners, and facilitators working in community engagement or dialogic learning.
⚠️ Prerequisite: Participants should have prior facilitation experience in drama education, participatory performance (e.g. Forum Theatre), or community engagement.
📅 7–8 September 2026
💵 Early Bird: $300 (till 17 July) | Standard: $360
🔗 Register here: http://tiny.cc/Dramabox_Sep2026
@openjio @experiencejio
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🕊️ Living Room Series: What Is a Good Death?
How often do we talk about death, and what it means to die well? While conversations about end-of-life are often avoided, reflecting on death can help us better understand how we want to live.
Join The Life Review for an intimate Living Room Series conversation exploring what a “good death” really means. In the session, you will unpack societal taboos, reflect on personal values, and examine how our views on death shape the choices we make in life. Through guided discussions in a safe and welcoming space, you’ll be invited to reflect, share, and listen with curiosity and compassion.
📅 18 July 2026, Saturday
⏰ 12:30PM – 2:30PM
📍 Druggists, 119 Tyrwhitt Road, Jalan Besar
💵 $45 and include pizza 🍕 and workshop materials
🎟️ Book here: https://thelifereview.org/community-events/good-death2026
@openjio @experiencejio
How often do we talk about death, and what it means to die well? While conversations about end-of-life are often avoided, reflecting on death can help us better understand how we want to live.
Join The Life Review for an intimate Living Room Series conversation exploring what a “good death” really means. In the session, you will unpack societal taboos, reflect on personal values, and examine how our views on death shape the choices we make in life. Through guided discussions in a safe and welcoming space, you’ll be invited to reflect, share, and listen with curiosity and compassion.
📅 18 July 2026, Saturday
⏰ 12:30PM – 2:30PM
📍 Druggists, 119 Tyrwhitt Road, Jalan Besar
💵 $45 and include pizza 🍕 and workshop materials
🎟️ Book here: https://thelifereview.org/community-events/good-death2026
@openjio @experiencejio
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🌿 Climate Interfaith: Compost & Art 🌱
What can compost teach us about community, care, and our relationship with the environment? Join Climate Interfaith for a morning of hands-on learning, reflection, and creativity as you explore how caring for the earth can also strengthen our connection with one another.
Visit a community garden, discover the world of composting, and continue a guided nature journaling practice. Through shared conversations across different faith backgrounds, you will get to reflect on themes of food, sustainability, and collective responsibility for our common home 🌏✨
📅 18 July 2026, Saturday
⏰ 9:00AM – 11:30AM
📍 Boon Lay Nature Garden, Jurong Central Park
🎟️ Register here: http://tiny.cc/compostnart2026
@openjio @experiencejio
What can compost teach us about community, care, and our relationship with the environment? Join Climate Interfaith for a morning of hands-on learning, reflection, and creativity as you explore how caring for the earth can also strengthen our connection with one another.
Visit a community garden, discover the world of composting, and continue a guided nature journaling practice. Through shared conversations across different faith backgrounds, you will get to reflect on themes of food, sustainability, and collective responsibility for our common home 🌏✨
📅 18 July 2026, Saturday
⏰ 9:00AM – 11:30AM
📍 Boon Lay Nature Garden, Jurong Central Park
🎟️ Register here: http://tiny.cc/compostnart2026
@openjio @experiencejio
🇵🇸 How can caring for the land become an act of resistance?
Join Sumud and Soil: Palestinian Land Defence and the Ecology of Resistance, an online community conversation exploring the deep connections between land, identity, and resilience in Palestine.
Hear from environmental scientist Dr Rania Masri and Palestinian educator Baha Hilo as they unpack how olive trees, seeds, water, and family memory have become part of everyday resistance. Together, you’ll explore how ecological destruction intersects with colonialism, and what meaningful solidarity can look like from Singapore.
📅 15 July 2026 (Wednesday)
⏰ 8.00pm – 10.00pm (SGT)
💻 Online
🎟️ Sign up: http://tiny.cc/EOG-SumudSoil
@openjio @experiencejio
Join Sumud and Soil: Palestinian Land Defence and the Ecology of Resistance, an online community conversation exploring the deep connections between land, identity, and resilience in Palestine.
Hear from environmental scientist Dr Rania Masri and Palestinian educator Baha Hilo as they unpack how olive trees, seeds, water, and family memory have become part of everyday resistance. Together, you’ll explore how ecological destruction intersects with colonialism, and what meaningful solidarity can look like from Singapore.
📅 15 July 2026 (Wednesday)
⏰ 8.00pm – 10.00pm (SGT)
💻 Online
🎟️ Sign up: http://tiny.cc/EOG-SumudSoil
@openjio @experiencejio
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👨👩👧 Could you be the safe, steady adult a child needs?
Join Fostering, Unfiltered, an honest conversation with a foster care worker and foster parents as they share what fostering really looks like. Hear real experiences, unpack common misconceptions, and discover how fostering can make a lasting difference in a child’s life.
You don’t need to be ready to foster, just bring your curiosity and an open heart.
📅 19 July 2026 (Sunday)
⏰ 2.00pm – 4.00pm
📍 Bishan CC, Classroom 3 (Level 1)
💵 Free
🎟️ Register: http://tiny.cc/Fostering_Unfiltered
@openjio @experiencejio
Join Fostering, Unfiltered, an honest conversation with a foster care worker and foster parents as they share what fostering really looks like. Hear real experiences, unpack common misconceptions, and discover how fostering can make a lasting difference in a child’s life.
You don’t need to be ready to foster, just bring your curiosity and an open heart.
📅 19 July 2026 (Sunday)
⏰ 2.00pm – 4.00pm
📍 Bishan CC, Classroom 3 (Level 1)
💵 Free
🎟️ Register: http://tiny.cc/Fostering_Unfiltered
@openjio @experiencejio
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From Eco-Anxiety To Climate Action
Do you feel eco-anxious? Climate-numb? Quietly hopeful?🤔
"The first trigger to any form of personal and collective change begins with emotions."
🌍 Join Post Growth SG for an afternoon to share how we're feeling about the climate crisis, connect with others, and transform emotions into hopeful energy for collective action.
There will be:
🎬 Film screening: Lost World (2018)
🧭 Time and space to connect with your emotions
💬 Discussions about Eco-Hope and Resilience as well as new ways of being✨
📅 25 July 2026 (Saturday)
🕒 3.30pm-5.30pm
📍 Synthesis Creative Data House, 21 Cavan Road #03-00 S(209852)
Sign up at: tiny.cc/PGSJul26
@openjio @experiencejio
Do you feel eco-anxious? Climate-numb? Quietly hopeful?🤔
"The first trigger to any form of personal and collective change begins with emotions."
🌍 Join Post Growth SG for an afternoon to share how we're feeling about the climate crisis, connect with others, and transform emotions into hopeful energy for collective action.
There will be:
🎬 Film screening: Lost World (2018)
🧭 Time and space to connect with your emotions
💬 Discussions about Eco-Hope and Resilience as well as new ways of being✨
📅 25 July 2026 (Saturday)
🕒 3.30pm-5.30pm
📍 Synthesis Creative Data House, 21 Cavan Road #03-00 S(209852)
Sign up at: tiny.cc/PGSJul26
@openjio @experiencejio
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The Will to Change: Men, Masulinity and Love! by Bell Hooks
Ever wonder how patriarchy shapes men’s identities, relationships, and emotional lives?🙆🏻♂️
This book offers a compassionate but critical look at how men are socialised and what meaningful change could look like🙌🏻
The discussion will also centre around how masculinity is being re-examined across different spaces, communities and evolving gender norms that are shaping how people understand men’s roles in society🤗
📅 1 Aug 2026 (Saturday)
🕒 11am-1pm
📍 Location will be disclosed after registration
💵 FOC
Sign up at: tiny.cc/CAPEthewilltochange
@openjio @experiencejio
Ever wonder how patriarchy shapes men’s identities, relationships, and emotional lives?🙆🏻♂️
This book offers a compassionate but critical look at how men are socialised and what meaningful change could look like🙌🏻
The discussion will also centre around how masculinity is being re-examined across different spaces, communities and evolving gender norms that are shaping how people understand men’s roles in society🤗
📅 1 Aug 2026 (Saturday)
🕒 11am-1pm
📍 Location will be disclosed after registration
💵 FOC
Sign up at: tiny.cc/CAPEthewilltochange
@openjio @experiencejio
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From Crisis to Clarity: Understanding the Metacrisis by Studio Dojo
Ever wonder why we keep throwing effort at the AI race, climate stalemates, or the exhaustion-inducing grind of school and work, and things still don't seem to improve? 🧐
This workshop session unpacks the difference between the permacrisis, polycrisis, and metacrisis as useful vocabulary for anyone trying to make sense of the worlds we live in.
Drawing on the work of people like Nate Hagens, Daniel Schmachtenberger, and Iain McGilchrist, they will look at the incentive structures, collective action problems and ways of thinking that keep reproducing collapse-adjacent patterns across totally different domains🤝
They invite you to zoom out/within and look at why such patterns still hold even when everyone can see it’s not working🤔
📅 25 Jul 2026 (Saturday)
🕒 9.30am-3pm
📍 Location will be disclosed after registration
💵 $50
Sign up at: https://www.studiodojo.com/events/understanding-metacrisis-jul2026/
@openjio @experiencejio
Ever wonder why we keep throwing effort at the AI race, climate stalemates, or the exhaustion-inducing grind of school and work, and things still don't seem to improve? 🧐
This workshop session unpacks the difference between the permacrisis, polycrisis, and metacrisis as useful vocabulary for anyone trying to make sense of the worlds we live in.
Drawing on the work of people like Nate Hagens, Daniel Schmachtenberger, and Iain McGilchrist, they will look at the incentive structures, collective action problems and ways of thinking that keep reproducing collapse-adjacent patterns across totally different domains🤝
They invite you to zoom out/within and look at why such patterns still hold even when everyone can see it’s not working🤔
📅 25 Jul 2026 (Saturday)
🕒 9.30am-3pm
📍 Location will be disclosed after registration
💵 $50
Sign up at: https://www.studiodojo.com/events/understanding-metacrisis-jul2026/
@openjio @experiencejio
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SQ21: Singapore Queer Families in the 21st Century Book Launch
How does the queer community navigate kinship and family?
Nearly two decades after the first book gave Singapore queer lives real names and real faces on the page, this new volume opens a new chapter on another deeply personal political topic: family.✨
A moving anthology of real Singaporean LGBTQ+ lives, SQ21 looks at the many ways queer people nurture, love and create families here: the families they are born into, the families they choose, and the families they build in a system that was not always built for them🏳️🌈
📅 29 Jul 2026 (Wednesday)
🕒 6.30pm-9.30pm
📍 Proud Spaces
💵 FOC
Sign up at: http://tiny.cc/SQ21booklaunch
@openjio @experiencejio
How does the queer community navigate kinship and family?
Nearly two decades after the first book gave Singapore queer lives real names and real faces on the page, this new volume opens a new chapter on another deeply personal political topic: family.✨
A moving anthology of real Singaporean LGBTQ+ lives, SQ21 looks at the many ways queer people nurture, love and create families here: the families they are born into, the families they choose, and the families they build in a system that was not always built for them🏳️🌈
📅 29 Jul 2026 (Wednesday)
🕒 6.30pm-9.30pm
📍 Proud Spaces
💵 FOC
Sign up at: http://tiny.cc/SQ21booklaunch
@openjio @experiencejio
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Double Take Exhibition📸
What lies behind the lives of sex workers, beyond main stream media portrayal?🤔
Double Take is a student-led exhibition by Project X in collaboration with SUSS students, exploring the lived experiences of sex workers beyond the labels society places on them. Through visuals, personal narratives, and reflective prompts, the exhibition invites visitors to question assumptions surrounding the work, dignity, morality✨
The exhibition is intended to encourage respectful reflection and dialogue. Photography and recording by visitors is restricted in the exhibition space to protect the privacy and dignity of contributors. This is a closed-door exhibition with limited capacity per time slot. Registration is required for entry.
📅 24 Jul- 27 Jul 2026
🕒 1 hour time slot
📍 Inspire Space (The Retreat)
💵 FOC
Sign up at: http://tiny.cc/doubletake
@openjio @experiencejio
What lies behind the lives of sex workers, beyond main stream media portrayal?🤔
Double Take is a student-led exhibition by Project X in collaboration with SUSS students, exploring the lived experiences of sex workers beyond the labels society places on them. Through visuals, personal narratives, and reflective prompts, the exhibition invites visitors to question assumptions surrounding the work, dignity, morality✨
The exhibition is intended to encourage respectful reflection and dialogue. Photography and recording by visitors is restricted in the exhibition space to protect the privacy and dignity of contributors. This is a closed-door exhibition with limited capacity per time slot. Registration is required for entry.
📅 24 Jul- 27 Jul 2026
🕒 1 hour time slot
📍 Inspire Space (The Retreat)
💵 FOC
Sign up at: http://tiny.cc/doubletake
@openjio @experiencejio
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‼️🗣️COMMUNITY DIALOGUE FOR GILMAN BARRACKS
Organised by: Friends & Residents of Gillman Barracks
Would you like to share your thoughts about Gilman Barracks?💭
Programme Flow:
2pm- Arrive @ Handlebar
2:30pm - 4.30pm-Guided Walk (optional!)- Heritage & Forest Walk🌳 by Tan Hong Chong, nature interpreter and environmental educator
(Sign-up here: http://tiny.cc/GBWalk)
4pm - 6pm: Community Dialogue💬 (No sign-ups required, Walk-ins allowed!)
‼️If you have any access needs, let them know here: tinyurl.com/gb-access
📅 26 Jul 2026 (Sunday)
🕒 2pm-6pm
📍Handlebar @ Block 10, Gilman Barracks
💵FOC
@openjio @experiencejio
Organised by: Friends & Residents of Gillman Barracks
Would you like to share your thoughts about Gilman Barracks?💭
Programme Flow:
2pm- Arrive @ Handlebar
2:30pm - 4.30pm-Guided Walk (optional!)- Heritage & Forest Walk🌳 by Tan Hong Chong, nature interpreter and environmental educator
(Sign-up here: http://tiny.cc/GBWalk)
4pm - 6pm: Community Dialogue💬 (No sign-ups required, Walk-ins allowed!)
‼️If you have any access needs, let them know here: tinyurl.com/gb-access
📅 26 Jul 2026 (Sunday)
🕒 2pm-6pm
📍Handlebar @ Block 10, Gilman Barracks
💵FOC
@openjio @experiencejio
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🏳️🌈 What does belonging to Singapore mean to you?
This National Day, join Threads of Belonging for an evening of stories, conversation, food, and community as we explore what it means to call Singapore home through the intersections of identity, culture, faith, and queerness.
Bring a dish for the potluck, connect with others, and, if you’d like, take the mic to share your story through poetry, music, comedy, storytelling, or another creative expression. Whether you’ve always felt at home here or are still finding your place, you’re welcome just as you are.
📅 29 August 2026
⏰ 7.00pm – 10.00pm
📍 Venue shared upon confirmation
🍽️ Potluck & Open Mic
🎟️ http://tiny.cc/ThreadsOfBelonging (Registration is confirmed upon receiving a confirmation email.)
Hosted by QIN (Queer Interfaith Network): QUASA, Rainbodhi SG, South Asian Pride Singapore, and Free Community Church.
Belonging isn’t something we find alone, it’s something we build together. ❤️
@openjio @experiencejio
This National Day, join Threads of Belonging for an evening of stories, conversation, food, and community as we explore what it means to call Singapore home through the intersections of identity, culture, faith, and queerness.
Bring a dish for the potluck, connect with others, and, if you’d like, take the mic to share your story through poetry, music, comedy, storytelling, or another creative expression. Whether you’ve always felt at home here or are still finding your place, you’re welcome just as you are.
📅 29 August 2026
⏰ 7.00pm – 10.00pm
📍 Venue shared upon confirmation
🍽️ Potluck & Open Mic
🎟️ http://tiny.cc/ThreadsOfBelonging (Registration is confirmed upon receiving a confirmation email.)
Hosted by QIN (Queer Interfaith Network): QUASA, Rainbodhi SG, South Asian Pride Singapore, and Free Community Church.
Belonging isn’t something we find alone, it’s something we build together. ❤️
@openjio @experiencejio
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🖥️ ☕️ How can tech create real social impact?
Join Bettr Brews: Builder’s Future for an evening of conversations on social innovation, entrepreneurship, and building solutions that tackle real community, environmental, and systemic challenges.
Meet fellow founders, hackers, and creators, connect over coffee at Singapore’s first B Corp café, and get a first look at the Singapore–India Hackathon 2026, including its Social Innovation & Inclusive Development track.
📅 14 August 2026 (Friday)
⏰ 7.00pm – 9.00pm
📍 Bettr Coffee @ The Foundry
🎟️ Register: http://tiny.cc/BettrBrews
Whether you’re building your first idea or looking to use tech for good, come connect with others shaping more inclusive and impactful futures.
@openjio @experiencejio
Join Bettr Brews: Builder’s Future for an evening of conversations on social innovation, entrepreneurship, and building solutions that tackle real community, environmental, and systemic challenges.
Meet fellow founders, hackers, and creators, connect over coffee at Singapore’s first B Corp café, and get a first look at the Singapore–India Hackathon 2026, including its Social Innovation & Inclusive Development track.
📅 14 August 2026 (Friday)
⏰ 7.00pm – 9.00pm
📍 Bettr Coffee @ The Foundry
🎟️ Register: http://tiny.cc/BettrBrews
Whether you’re building your first idea or looking to use tech for good, come connect with others shaping more inclusive and impactful futures.
@openjio @experiencejio
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