Jam Alumni Learning Journey
We are so excited to invite you to our Jam Alumni Learning Journey— a 3 day virtual series for jam alumni across the globe to connect, to refresh and practice jam tools, and to explore how to jam in our daily lives. The details are:
Jam Alumni Learning Journey
July 9th – July 11th
9 am PST / 12 pm EST / 7 pm TRT / 9:30 pm IST*
2.5 hrs
Facilitants: Nour Elkhattaby Strauch & Nandita Batheja
Each day will have a different theme, though in every call we will have time to share stories, play, practice jam tools, and think about how we can apply these insights/practices to our lives.
Session Themes:
July 9th: Self — reflection, remembering, re-setting
July 10th: Kinship — exploring and strengthening our interpersonal webs
July 11th: Systems — our roles in systemic change and how to give/receive support
Cost & Registration:
We invite your contribution for what you can afford at this time. We know that everyone is coming from a different personal situation and global context, and we leave it to you to decide what to offer. We lovingly encourage landing somewhere between accessible to generous.
Our suggested contribution is a sliding scale of $50 – $400. We know that our global Jam alumni come from different economic backgrounds, and that currency rates vary enormously across countries. We also know that the average cost for a program like this varies widely across the globe. We trust you to choose the amount that feels aligned and right for you. If $50 is too high, just let us know what feels doable for you. And if you’re able to pay at the higher end or more, we encourage your generosity which will allow others to pay at the lower end. Any amount above $400 is tax-deductible for US participants.
If you are paying in U.S. currency, you can send contributions by check to 3240 King St, Berkeley CA 94703 USA or through PayPal to yesjamfinances@gmail.com. Otherwise, let us know in your registration what currency you’d like to pay in, and we will follow up with logistics through email.
If you’re interested, please register here. Your payment will serve as confirmation for your registration. We will be closing the registration at 15 participants, so please sign up early if you know you want to come!
If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to email Nandita (nandita@yesworld.org) or Nour (nour@yesworld.org).
We hope to see you there!
With love,
Nandita & Nour
Organizer
Nour Elkhattaby Strauch is a community organizer and facilitator from Casablanca, Morocco, currently living in Western Massachusetts. Nour has been organizing and facilitating YES! Jams since 2012, including the Middle East Leadership Jam, the North America Leadership Jam, the Men Raised as Men Jam and others. He is currently serving as Executive Director of YES!, and hopes to continue growing the impact of this organization that works with social changemakers at the meeting point of internal, interpersonal and systemic change to co-create thriving, just and balanced ways of life for all.
Nour has also worked with many other notable non-profits in Morocco, the U.S., and beyond including Neighborhoods Association Idmaj, LifePath, Seeds of Peace, CorpsAfrica, Casablanca-Chicago Sister Cities, among others. He is a former member of the National Administrative Council of Amnesty International Morocco.
Nandita Batheja (she/they) is a facilitator, artist, question-asker and community weaver who works across sectors, advocating for justice, liberation and creative being. They believe imagination is crucial to change-work and that play is freedom’s underdog. Traveling between the worlds of education, nonprofits, artist residencies and decentralized movement spaces, Nandita has followed a life-long desire to tend to these questions: How do we build ecologies of right relationship and spiritual bravery in our relationships, actions, systems and creations? What is it to live the world we are dreaming, to every-day-it into existence? These questions and more are what guided Nandita to YES! and their current work in the world.
In addition to Jams, Nandita studies and practices the somatics of living, aging & dying to help herself and others navigate these tumultuous times. Nandita also facilitates with Equal Justice USA, leads InterPlay, and recently co-founded (with two other Jammers!) the Stingray Virtual Artist Residency – an international community art residency that encourages individuals to stand strong in their not-for-capital creative intelligence, and to mutually support each other’s artistic journeys. Nandita is currently based in San Diego, with roots reaching to New York, India, Indonesia, the-in-between and the sky.
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