Double Take ExhibitionπΈ
What lies behind the lives of sex workers, beyond main stream media portrayal?π€
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, moralityβ¨
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.
π 24 Jul- 27 Jul 2026
π 1 hour time slot
π Inspire Space (The Retreat)
π΅ FOC
Sign up at: http://tiny.cc/doubletake
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What lies behind the lives of sex workers, beyond main stream media portrayal?π€
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, moralityβ¨
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.
π 24 Jul- 27 Jul 2026
π 1 hour time slot
π Inspire Space (The Retreat)
π΅ FOC
Sign up at: http://tiny.cc/doubletake
@openjio @experiencejio
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βΌοΈπ£οΈCOMMUNITY DIALOGUE FOR GILMAN BARRACKS
Organised by: Friends & Residents of Gillman Barracks
Would you like to share your thoughts about Gilman Barracks?π
Programme Flow:
2pm- Arrive @ Handlebar
2:30pm - 4.30pm-Guided Walk (optional!)- Heritage & Forest Walkπ³ by Tan Hong Chong, nature interpreter and environmental educator
(Sign-up here: http://tiny.cc/GBWalk)
4pm - 6pm: Community Dialogue㪠(No sign-ups required, Walk-ins allowed!)
βΌοΈIf you have any access needs, let them know here: tinyurl.com/gb-access
π 26 Jul 2026 (Sunday)
π 2pm-6pm
πHandlebar @ Block 10, Gilman Barracks
π΅FOC
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Organised by: Friends & Residents of Gillman Barracks
Would you like to share your thoughts about Gilman Barracks?π
Programme Flow:
2pm- Arrive @ Handlebar
2:30pm - 4.30pm-Guided Walk (optional!)- Heritage & Forest Walkπ³ by Tan Hong Chong, nature interpreter and environmental educator
(Sign-up here: http://tiny.cc/GBWalk)
4pm - 6pm: Community Dialogue㪠(No sign-ups required, Walk-ins allowed!)
βΌοΈIf you have any access needs, let them know here: tinyurl.com/gb-access
π 26 Jul 2026 (Sunday)
π 2pm-6pm
πHandlebar @ Block 10, Gilman Barracks
π΅FOC
@openjio @experiencejio
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π³οΈβπ 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 youβd like, take the mic to share your story through poetry, music, comedy, storytelling, or another creative expression. Whether youβve always felt at home here or are still finding your place, youβre welcome just as you are.
π 29 August 2026
β° 7.00pm β 10.00pm
π Venue shared upon confirmation
π½οΈ Potluck & Open Mic
ποΈ 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 isnβt something we find alone, itβs something we build together. β€οΈ
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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 youβd like, take the mic to share your story through poetry, music, comedy, storytelling, or another creative expression. Whether youβve always felt at home here or are still finding your place, youβre welcome just as you are.
π 29 August 2026
β° 7.00pm β 10.00pm
π Venue shared upon confirmation
π½οΈ Potluck & Open Mic
ποΈ 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 isnβt something we find alone, itβs something we build together. β€οΈ
@openjio @experiencejio
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π₯οΈ βοΈ How can tech create real social impact?
Join Bettr Brews: Builderβs 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 Singaporeβs first B Corp cafΓ©, and get a first look at the SingaporeβIndia Hackathon 2026, including its Social Innovation & Inclusive Development track.
π 14 August 2026 (Friday)
β° 7.00pm β 9.00pm
π Bettr Coffee @ The Foundry
ποΈ Register: http://tiny.cc/BettrBrews
Whether youβre 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: Builderβs 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 Singaporeβs first B Corp cafΓ©, and get a first look at the SingaporeβIndia Hackathon 2026, including its Social Innovation & Inclusive Development track.
π 14 August 2026 (Friday)
β° 7.00pm β 9.00pm
π Bettr Coffee @ The Foundry
ποΈ Register: http://tiny.cc/BettrBrews
Whether youβre 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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π¨ Can the arts help build a more inclusive society?
Join one of the sessions at Curio 2026 β Beyond the Frame: How Can the Arts Build More Inclusive Lives? and explore how the arts can empower, connect, and create opportunities for persons with disabilities to participate fully in society.
Hear from artists, educators, caregivers, community practitioners, young creatives, and people with lived experience as they share how creativity can unlock confidence, self-expression, and belonging. Together, discover how we can create spaces where everyone has the opportunity to thrive.
π Saturday, 1 Aug 2026, 1-2pm
π Objectifs Centre
π΅ Free
ποΈ Register: rainbowcentre.org.sg/curio2026
Whether youβre an artist, educator, caregiver, advocate, or simply passionate about inclusion, join the conversation and imagine how the arts can help build a more inclusive Singapore.
@openjio @experiencejio
Join one of the sessions at Curio 2026 β Beyond the Frame: How Can the Arts Build More Inclusive Lives? and explore how the arts can empower, connect, and create opportunities for persons with disabilities to participate fully in society.
Hear from artists, educators, caregivers, community practitioners, young creatives, and people with lived experience as they share how creativity can unlock confidence, self-expression, and belonging. Together, discover how we can create spaces where everyone has the opportunity to thrive.
π Saturday, 1 Aug 2026, 1-2pm
π Objectifs Centre
π΅ Free
ποΈ Register: rainbowcentre.org.sg/curio2026
Whether youβre an artist, educator, caregiver, advocate, or simply passionate about inclusion, join the conversation and imagine how the arts can help build a more inclusive Singapore.
@openjio @experiencejio
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π§© What pieces make up your heritage?
This National Day, step into The Memory Block, a youth-led showcase exploring how young people revive, remix, and reimagine heritage through art, performance, exhibitions, interactive experiences, and conversations.
Journey through stories of family, identity, and community as youth creatives, artists, and heritage organisations piece together what heritage means today. Discover how the places we grow up, traditions we inherit, and memories we create continue to shape who we are and who we can become.
π 8β9 August 2026
π The Treetop & The Gallery, SCAPE (Level 5)
π€³Check out http://tiny.cc/HyphenatedSG_instagram for upcoming event details
Come explore, reflect, and celebrate the many stories that connect us. Heritage isnβt just about the past, itβs something we continue to shape together. πΈπ¬
@openjio @experiencejio
This National Day, step into The Memory Block, a youth-led showcase exploring how young people revive, remix, and reimagine heritage through art, performance, exhibitions, interactive experiences, and conversations.
Journey through stories of family, identity, and community as youth creatives, artists, and heritage organisations piece together what heritage means today. Discover how the places we grow up, traditions we inherit, and memories we create continue to shape who we are and who we can become.
π 8β9 August 2026
π The Treetop & The Gallery, SCAPE (Level 5)
π€³Check out http://tiny.cc/HyphenatedSG_instagram for upcoming event details
Come explore, reflect, and celebrate the many stories that connect us. Heritage isnβt just about the past, itβs something we continue to shape together. πΈπ¬
@openjio @experiencejio
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π§ What does melting Arctic ice have to do with Singapore?
Step into Melting Ice, Sinking Cities: The Arctic Impact, an immersive climate exhibition that explores how melting polar ice, ocean health, biodiversity, and the future of our cities are deeply interconnected.
Journey through five interactive zones to discover how changes in the Arctic affect ecosystems and communities around the world and why they matter here in Singapore.
π Now till 31 July 2026
β° 9.00am β 6.00pm daily (Closed every last Tuesday of the month)
π CDL Green Gallery, Singapore Botanic Gardens
π΅ Free admission
Whether youβre a climate enthusiast or simply curious about our changing planet, take a closer look at the connections shaping our shared future before the exhibition closes. πβοΈ
@openjio @experiencejio
Step into Melting Ice, Sinking Cities: The Arctic Impact, an immersive climate exhibition that explores how melting polar ice, ocean health, biodiversity, and the future of our cities are deeply interconnected.
Journey through five interactive zones to discover how changes in the Arctic affect ecosystems and communities around the world and why they matter here in Singapore.
π Now till 31 July 2026
β° 9.00am β 6.00pm daily (Closed every last Tuesday of the month)
π CDL Green Gallery, Singapore Botanic Gardens
π΅ Free admission
Whether youβre a climate enthusiast or simply curious about our changing planet, take a closer look at the connections shaping our shared future before the exhibition closes. πβοΈ
@openjio @experiencejio
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Old Spaces, New Purposes: Reimagining Heritage for Communities
π What does it take to breathe new life into historic buildings while preserving the stories they hold?
Join them to find out how heritage spaces can be thoughtfully reimagined to serve today's communitiesβ¨
Through the intersection of history, architecture, adaptive reuse, and placemaking, this event explores how old spaces can become vibrant hubs for connection and social impactππ»
π 8 Aug 2026, Saturday
π 2.30pm-4pm
πTemasek Shophouse
π΅ FOC
Sign up at: http://tiny.cc/TSAug8
@openjio @experiencejio
π What does it take to breathe new life into historic buildings while preserving the stories they hold?
Join them to find out how heritage spaces can be thoughtfully reimagined to serve today's communitiesβ¨
Through the intersection of history, architecture, adaptive reuse, and placemaking, this event explores how old spaces can become vibrant hubs for connection and social impactππ»
π 8 Aug 2026, Saturday
π 2.30pm-4pm
πTemasek Shophouse
π΅ FOC
Sign up at: http://tiny.cc/TSAug8
@openjio @experiencejio
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Healing Through Community by SGFamilies
Are you a caregiver or parent who is supporting a child or youth who is experiencing mental health struggles? You don't have to struggle aloneπ€
Join SG Families, a ground-up movement for parents, by parents who have journeyed with their children through difficult moments. In this session, they will use scrap-booking as an activity to support one another, find resonance and communityπ
π 15 Aug 2026, Saturday
π 11.30am-2pm
π Grovve @ Scape
π΅ FOC
Sign up at: http://tiny.cc/healingthroughcommunity
@openjio @experiencejio
Are you a caregiver or parent who is supporting a child or youth who is experiencing mental health struggles? You don't have to struggle aloneπ€
Join SG Families, a ground-up movement for parents, by parents who have journeyed with their children through difficult moments. In this session, they will use scrap-booking as an activity to support one another, find resonance and communityπ
π 15 Aug 2026, Saturday
π 11.30am-2pm
π Grovve @ Scape
π΅ FOC
Sign up at: http://tiny.cc/healingthroughcommunity
@openjio @experiencejio
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Navigating Climate Emotions: Climate in Therapy Film Screening and Discussion
Ever felt overwhelmed, anxious, or numbed when thinking about climate change?π
Presented in collaboration with π‘ArtScience Museum, join them for a free screening of π₯Climate in Therapy (2025), a documentary where seven climate scientists sit together to unpack their own emotions about the crisis they study, followed by a facilitated conversation about navigating climate emotionsπ§
π 15 Aug 2026, Saturday
π 3pm to 5.30pm
π ArtScience Cinema, Level 4
π΅ FOC
Sign up at: https://marinabaysands.jotform.com/form/Festival-programmes
@openjio @experiencejio
Ever felt overwhelmed, anxious, or numbed when thinking about climate change?π
Presented in collaboration with π‘ArtScience Museum, join them for a free screening of π₯Climate in Therapy (2025), a documentary where seven climate scientists sit together to unpack their own emotions about the crisis they study, followed by a facilitated conversation about navigating climate emotionsπ§
π 15 Aug 2026, Saturday
π 3pm to 5.30pm
π ArtScience Cinema, Level 4
π΅ FOC
Sign up at: https://marinabaysands.jotform.com/form/Festival-programmes
@openjio @experiencejio
MAJU For The People
π¨π£SAVE THE DATE!
2 weeks from now, SG Climate Rally will gather with fellow workers, residents and nature lovers at Hong Lim Park to MAJU (progress) for The People.
π³ Discuss our land use and who gets to enjoy access to space and nature
π³ Reflect on our feelings around the loss of our forests and natural spaces
π³ Reimagine organising Singapore around the sustainability, equitability, and health of our People and Planet
π³ Demand that decisions on land use are made with full transparency and genuine public involvement
π 16 Aug 2026, Sunday
π 4pm-6pm
πHong Lim Park
π΅ FOC
@openjio @experiencejio
π¨π£SAVE THE DATE!
2 weeks from now, SG Climate Rally will gather with fellow workers, residents and nature lovers at Hong Lim Park to MAJU (progress) for The People.
π³ Discuss our land use and who gets to enjoy access to space and nature
π³ Reflect on our feelings around the loss of our forests and natural spaces
π³ Reimagine organising Singapore around the sustainability, equitability, and health of our People and Planet
π³ Demand that decisions on land use are made with full transparency and genuine public involvement
π 16 Aug 2026, Sunday
π 4pm-6pm
πHong Lim Park
π΅ FOC
@openjio @experiencejio
(Inter) National Caturdayπ±
Celebrate International Cat Day with Cat Welfare Society π
There will be a volunteer meetup at 2pm and a private screening of 9Lives, an antology film at 4.30pm, followed by a short panel session with members of the CWS Boardπ¬
π 8 Aug 2026, Saturday
π 2pm-6pm
π FilmHouse
π΅ FOC
@openjio @experiencejio
Celebrate International Cat Day with Cat Welfare Society π
There will be a volunteer meetup at 2pm and a private screening of 9Lives, an antology film at 4.30pm, followed by a short panel session with members of the CWS Boardπ¬
π 8 Aug 2026, Saturday
π 2pm-6pm
π FilmHouse
π΅ FOC
@openjio @experiencejio
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All of us experience loss in different ways - through the end of relationships, changes in life plans, watching our parents grow older, and eventually, the death of people we love. These experiences shape not only how we grieve, but also how ready (or unready) we are to talk about death itself.
Interestingly, a YouGov Singapore survey in 2024 that explored the idea of a living funeral found that attitudes towards end-of-life conversations differ across generations, suggesting that our experiences and life stage may influence how we think and feel about topics such as grief, death, and planning for the future.
In lieu of the global National Grief Awareness month, in collaboration with The Life Review, we are using grief and loss as a more relatable, less taboo starting point to explore how our community experiences and talks about these moments. We want to understand what feels difficult, what has been helpful, and what might make conversations about grief, loss, and death feel a little safer.
Your responses can be kept anonymous, and we will share key insights from what we learn with the community. πβοΈ
@openjio
Interestingly, a YouGov Singapore survey in 2024 that explored the idea of a living funeral found that attitudes towards end-of-life conversations differ across generations, suggesting that our experiences and life stage may influence how we think and feel about topics such as grief, death, and planning for the future.
In lieu of the global National Grief Awareness month, in collaboration with The Life Review, we are using grief and loss as a more relatable, less taboo starting point to explore how our community experiences and talks about these moments. We want to understand what feels difficult, what has been helpful, and what might make conversations about grief, loss, and death feel a little safer.
Your responses can be kept anonymous, and we will share key insights from what we learn with the community. πβοΈ
@openjio
Yougov
Living Funerals: Have most Singaporeans heard about it and how many are open to having one?
How aware and comfortable are Singaporeans with living funerals: celebrating oneβs life with loved ones before passing on?
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Before today, had you heard of the idea of a living funeral?
Anonymous Poll
82%
Yes, I have!
18%
No, this is the first time π
How comfortable would you feel attending a living funeral?
Anonymous Poll
15%
Very comfortable
43%
Comfortable
23%
Neutral
20%
Uncomfortable
3%
Very uncomfortable
How comfortable would you feel about holding a living funeral for yourself?
Anonymous Poll
13%
Very comfortable
32%
Comfortable
27%
Neutral
18%
Uncomfortable
10%
Very uncomfortable
If someone you love wanted a living funeral, how confident do you feel about talking to your family about it?
Anonymous Poll
16%
Very confident
39%
Confident
18%
Neutral
18%
Not confident
10%
Not confident at all
What usually stops you from talking about grief or loss?β (Choose one that feels most true)
Anonymous Poll
28%
I don't know how to start the conversation
42%
I don't want to burden others
32%
I'm afraid people won't understand or will judge
36%
My family/culture prefers to not talk about this
26%
Not having the language to talk about grief & loss
27%
I'm not sure... it just feels awkward