Jeff Carolin

Jeff Carolin (he/him) is a recovering criminal defence lawyer living in Toronto who has been shifting his work in the world towards facilitation, mediation, and restorative and transformative justice. Basically, he loves to sit in circles. Hence being on this jam journey for 10 years. But it’s more than just the circles. For Jeff, attending jams has been a key part of discovering how he can–in this life, with this body, and with his experiences–engage around complex issues of racism, colonialism, inequality, and other forms of systemic oppression, without this work leading to further division, burnout, and in-fighting among people who are trying to build something new together. Seeking common ground while always acknowledging the importance of difference, starting from a place of openness and caring, and tuning in to the body’s knowledge a little more and the analytical mind a little less, have all been practices that he has continued to hone through jam circles–and are practices that he tries to introduce in all facets of his life.