OpenJio #WeeklyBites🍪
Fresh insights in the social space!

📰 THIS WEEK'S FEATURE:
Stakeholders Series: My Journey to becoming a UX Storyteller by Latfiah Latiff

What is the dream your soul longs for?

👉 Read here: http://bit.ly/OJWeeklybites21

Photo Story

Piece your recovery journey together with the help from various photography enthusiasts through pictures and snapshots of your life. Fret not, you will be guided to create your visual gallery by volunteer photographer-enthusiasts and volunteer peer facilitators. If a picture tells a thousand words, come join us and to write your epic novel.

🔴 Various dates
🔵 7pm - 8.30pm
⚪️ Apex@Henderson
♿️Wheelchair Accessible

👉 Sign up here: http://bit.ly/2Ua1cmr

#mentalhealth #story #photography

Organized by Resilience Collective

Transgender Day of Visibility Events: Camaraderie Workshop & Solidarity Session

Learn how you can support and be an ally to the transgender folks around you! Join us in the TDOV Camaradie Workshop to forge bonds of comradeship and camaraderie in the battle against transphobia. Not sure where to start or how you can support your trans friends? Have no fear! Take part in the TDOV Solidarity Session to figure out where and how exactly to start!

🔴 19 Mar, Thurs & 26 Mar, Thurs
🔵 7.30pm - 9.30pm
⚪️ Venues and directions will be disclosed after sign up

👉 Find out more here: http://bit.ly/3aRQ18S

#transgender #support

Organized by Gender Collective and TransNUS

YouthSpeak Forum 2020 - The Future of Work: Design Thinking Workshop

What is design thinking? How do you apply this skill into your daily life? Come an delve deep into Design Thinking with Sharina Khan, an Experience Design Consultant, who is well-versed in the field of gender equality and female empowerment.

🔴 20 Mar, Fri
🔵 5 pm - 7 pm
⚪️ Energize Room@Scape Headquarters (Level 4), Scape, 2 Orchard Link, S237978

👉 Sign up here: http://bit.ly/2QjGyiM

#genderequality #womenempowerment

Organized by AIESEC Singapore

Are You Ready? Let's Talk about ASEAN!

We often think of having a global mindset but on a regional scale, how well are we taking advantage of the growth opportunity in ASEAN? Join us in a session of close door sharing, as we uncover our understanding of ASEAN!

🔴 21 Mar, Sat
🔵 10.30am to 1pm and 1.30pm to 4.30pm
⚪️ Energize Room@Scape Headquarters (Level 4), Scape, 2 Orchard Link, S237978

👉 Sign up here: http://bit.ly/33kC1BQ

#career #asean

Organized by ASEAN Business Youth Association

OpenJio #WeeklyBites🍪
Fresh insights in the social space!

📰 THIS WEEK'S FEATURE:
Crisis is exactly the time to make structural changes to address poverty and inequality by Teo You Yenn & Ng Kok Hoe

What are we choosing not to see in this suspended reality?

👉 Read here: https://bit.ly/OJWeeklybites22

COVID-19: Flattening the curve

Why is ‘flattening the curve’ important?

In a 4-part live webinar series, speakers will share on these issues and how we can do our part to build & maintain healthy communities in times of crisis. Each session begins with a 15min presentation followed by a moderated Q&A session.

🔴 28 Mar / 4Apr / 11Apr, Sat
🔵 9 / 10am
⚪️ Webinar via Zoom

👉 Sign up here https://bit.ly/2U7MAFt
👉 Limited to first 100 participants for each session

Organised by Society Of Behavioural Health, Singapore

#covid19 #webinar

Not Just Fiction: Writing the Climate Crisis

What happens when a poet, activist and researcher collide?

Don’t know where to start? Join this conversation to interrogate the role of literature in the climate crisis. Ask the hows and whys we must write about the environment! Featuring Esther Vincent (The Tiger Moth Review), Komal Lad (SG Climate Rally) & Melissa Low (NUS Energy Studies Institute).

💰
General: $12 (inclusive $6 drink)
Student: $6 (no drink)

🔴 28 Mar, Sat
🔵 3-5pm
⚪️ THE MOON, 37 Mosque Street, S059515

👉 Sign up here https://bit.ly/2Wwfvoh
👉 Email jennifer@ethosbooks.com.sg by 12PM, 27Mar to purchase student ticket

#climatechange #literature #conversation

Rejuvenate! in March

Is your mind in a whir of worry?

Join us for our upcoming Bullet Journal to up your self-care game! In this workshop, get in the right headspace and learn the beginner’s guide to bullet journaling and practice mental health strategies!

Please bring a journal/notebook of your choice!

🔴 26 Mar, Thurs
🔵 730-830pm
⚪️ Global Cultural Alliance, Temenggong 18/20, 18 Temenggong Road, S098771

👉 Sign up here https://bit.ly/2Ja4X6d

Organised by The RICE Company Limited & Global Cultural Alliance

#mentalhealth #workshop

《Help Our Loved Ones Care for Us》Seminar

Living with advanced illnesses requires lots of support, care and decision-making. In this interactive talk, learn about Advance Care Planning and the different types of care for your future health needs. Join us to take steps towards achieving peace of mind for you and your family.

🔴 26 Mar, Thurs
🔵 3-5pm
⚪️ Life Cafe @ 111 Somerset, 111 Somerset Road, #02-04, S238164

👉 Sign up here https://bit.ly/395q04r

Organised by Grief Matters, Nirvana, Life Cafe

#advancecare #seminar

OpenJio #WeeklyBites🍪
Fresh insights in the social space!

📰 THIS WEEK'S FEATURE:
Directing artistic and intellectual energies in Singapore: ‘Passion made possible’? by Cherian George

We all have passions, what do you use yours for?

👉 Read here: https://bit.ly/OJWeeklybites23

Dear OpenJio Community,

Hope everyone is keeping well and washing their hands regularly!

To ensure everyone's safety during this COVID-19 🦠 period, we will only be sharing events that are held virtually, every Monday! Let's stay socially connected while being physically distant! ❤

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In the meantime, continue to Jio your friends for any virtual events! Forward them this message and invite them to join us at t.me/openjio.

Stay safe and connected🤗

Love,
Team OpenJio

Hi everyone,

Hope you guys are warm and well at home :)

Lately, many of us have been feeling anxious, scared and lost. Yet in this difficult period also lies a choice to make a difference for yourself, and people around you.

We want to exercise what it means to be #SGUnited - our kampung spirit. ❤️

In other words, let's take care of our neighbours!🤗

This initiative has several purposes and we are calling out for you to join us! Let's do what we can to lighten the load of our government, and you can start exactly where you are.

Join us at: https://bit.ly/2V2jXJd

PS. If you'd like to support the wider community, you can refer to this: www.aidhubsg.com

Not Just Snowflakes: Young Feminists Break Down Activism in SG

This International Women's Day, join us for an honest conversation with three young feminists doing activism work. Spend the evening in invigorating conversation about what it means to be an activist in Singapore.

🔴 9 Apr, Thurs
🔵 7 pm - 8.30 pm
⚪️ ONLINE!

👉 Sign up here: https://bit.ly/3aNcowD

#women #paneldiscussion

Organised by AWARE

Earth Day 2020: Global Digital Strikes

Come online for a cause! Join our digital strike to express support and solidarity for systemic change. This movement is supported by Polluters Out, Fridays For Future Digital, UN Youth Envoy, March for Science, amongst other leading climate action movements.

We may not be able to take our strikes to the streets, but that doesn't mean we're going to stay silent.

🔴 22 Apr, Wed

👉 Sign up here: https://bit.ly/2UI81NI

#environment

Organised by We The Planet

Earth Day x Earth.Org (Online Panel Discussion)

Come and celebrate Earth Day with us from the comfort of your own homes! This event will start off with a short film screening that touches upon issues in the conservation space. Followed by an engaging panel discussion on the climate crisis, the future of environmental policymaking and what you can do to help protect and restore our planet. Wrapping up with a Q&A session with key advocates of sustainability and environmental protection.

🔴 22 Apr, Wed
🔵 7 pm - 9 pm
⚪️ the Hive Singapore via Facebook Live

👉 RSVP here: https://bit.ly/2UK1cel

#environment #paneldiscussion

Organised by the Hive Singapore