Mind the Gap Book Launch by Ratna Damayanti Taha
What does merit, success and access means from the lens of a minority🤔
This novel touches the theme on ambition, disillusionment and the quiet compromises people make in order to belong🥹
Moderated by Walid Jumblatt Abdullah (author of Why Palestine? Reflections from Singapore), the programme will open with an introduction and reading of Mind the Gap by the author, followed by a candid conversation about the novel's reflections of our nation's systemic inequalities, and conclude with a book signing🤩
📅 12 Sept 26 (Saturday)
🕒 2pm-4pm
📍 Malay Heritage Centre, 85 Sultan Gate,
💵 FOC
Sign up at: tiny.cc/mindthegapbooklaunch
@openjio @experiencejio
What does merit, success and access means from the lens of a minority🤔
This novel touches the theme on ambition, disillusionment and the quiet compromises people make in order to belong🥹
Moderated by Walid Jumblatt Abdullah (author of Why Palestine? Reflections from Singapore), the programme will open with an introduction and reading of Mind the Gap by the author, followed by a candid conversation about the novel's reflections of our nation's systemic inequalities, and conclude with a book signing🤩
📅 12 Sept 26 (Saturday)
🕒 2pm-4pm
📍 Malay Heritage Centre, 85 Sultan Gate,
💵 FOC
Sign up at: tiny.cc/mindthegapbooklaunch
@openjio @experiencejio
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Community Suicide Prevention Summit 2026
What can we do to build a stronger culture of care and support one another before a crisis happens?🧐
Join Caring for Life’s Community Suicide Prevention Summit 2026 for conversations on caregiving, youth-to-youth suicide prevention, digital addiction and loneliness, dementia, disability, adverse childhood experiences, women in vulnerable circumstances, and community-led suicide prevention✨
📅 10, 12 & 14 September 2026
📍 Cairnhill CC + online via Zoom
🎟️ $29 Summit Access
Online access across all 3 days + 1 selected onsite segment
🎟️ $109 Full 3-Day Onsite
Access to all onsite segments + networking sessions
👉 Find out more & register:
caringforlifesg.org/community-suicide-prevention-summit-2026
Can’t make it? Share this with someone who might. Suicide prevention is everyone’s business. 💛
@openjio @experiencejio
What can we do to build a stronger culture of care and support one another before a crisis happens?🧐
Join Caring for Life’s Community Suicide Prevention Summit 2026 for conversations on caregiving, youth-to-youth suicide prevention, digital addiction and loneliness, dementia, disability, adverse childhood experiences, women in vulnerable circumstances, and community-led suicide prevention✨
📅 10, 12 & 14 September 2026
📍 Cairnhill CC + online via Zoom
🎟️ $29 Summit Access
Online access across all 3 days + 1 selected onsite segment
🎟️ $109 Full 3-Day Onsite
Access to all onsite segments + networking sessions
👉 Find out more & register:
caringforlifesg.org/community-suicide-prevention-summit-2026
Can’t make it? Share this with someone who might. Suicide prevention is everyone’s business. 💛
@openjio @experiencejio
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🦻 Discover Deaf Culture & Community | International Week of Deaf People 2026
Ever wondered what it’s like to navigate the world as a Deaf person? Or had questions about Deaf culture but weren’t sure how to ask?
This International Week of Deaf People, join us to learn, ask questions and connect directly with the Deaf community through a series of Deaf-led activities at *SCAPE.
💬 DISCOVER & CONNECT: Ask Me Anything
📅 19 Sep 2026 | 2pm & 3.30pm
📍 The Gallery, *SCAPE
Bring your questions! This is a space to ask openly, learn from lived experiences and have conversations with members of the Deaf community.
🔎 EXPLORE & ENGAGE: Interactive Exhibition
📅 21–25 Sep 2026 | 3pm–9pm
📍 Commune, *SCAPE
Explore an interactive exhibition and join:
👣 Deaf-led guided tours — 4pm & 5pm
💬 Community sharings — 7.30pm
Come with curiosity, leave with a deeper understanding of Deaf culture, experiences and community.
👉🏼 Register here: http://tiny.cc/sadeaf_IWDP2026
@openjio @experiencejio
Ever wondered what it’s like to navigate the world as a Deaf person? Or had questions about Deaf culture but weren’t sure how to ask?
This International Week of Deaf People, join us to learn, ask questions and connect directly with the Deaf community through a series of Deaf-led activities at *SCAPE.
💬 DISCOVER & CONNECT: Ask Me Anything
📅 19 Sep 2026 | 2pm & 3.30pm
📍 The Gallery, *SCAPE
Bring your questions! This is a space to ask openly, learn from lived experiences and have conversations with members of the Deaf community.
🔎 EXPLORE & ENGAGE: Interactive Exhibition
📅 21–25 Sep 2026 | 3pm–9pm
📍 Commune, *SCAPE
Explore an interactive exhibition and join:
👣 Deaf-led guided tours — 4pm & 5pm
💬 Community sharings — 7.30pm
Come with curiosity, leave with a deeper understanding of Deaf culture, experiences and community.
👉🏼 Register here: http://tiny.cc/sadeaf_IWDP2026
@openjio @experiencejio
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🎬 Film Screening: A Singapore Dementia Story
What does living with dementia look like for individuals and families in Singapore? Join us for a meaningful morning of three short films based on the real stories of people living with dementia, followed by a sharing on dementia awareness, risk reduction and available support.
The films offer a glimpse into the lived realities of dementia, and an opportunity to build greater understanding of what individuals and caregivers experience.
📅 Sat, 19 September 2026
🕙 10am–12pm
📍 Kallang CC Multi-Purpose Hall
🎟️ Free admission
Seats are limited, so register early!
👉 https://go.gov.sg/sdementiastory
@openjio @experiencejio
What does living with dementia look like for individuals and families in Singapore? Join us for a meaningful morning of three short films based on the real stories of people living with dementia, followed by a sharing on dementia awareness, risk reduction and available support.
The films offer a glimpse into the lived realities of dementia, and an opportunity to build greater understanding of what individuals and caregivers experience.
📅 Sat, 19 September 2026
🕙 10am–12pm
📍 Kallang CC Multi-Purpose Hall
🎟️ Free admission
Seats are limited, so register early!
👉 https://go.gov.sg/sdementiastory
@openjio @experiencejio
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🧋 Don’t Let It Bubble
What do you do when a friend is struggling but you’re not sure what to say or how to help?
Don’t Let It Bubble brings young people together over bubble tea for honest conversations and practical peer-support learning. Through guided conversation cards and facilitated discussions, participants will explore how to listen well, support a friend safely, and recognise when it’s time to connect them with further help.
Designed to be light, welcoming and low-pressure, the session offers a taste of Caring for Life’s Guided Peer-Support Model for Youth, while creating space to connect, reflect and learn together. 🫶
📅 5 September 2026, Saturday
🕑 2pm - 3:30pm
📍 grovve
👥 For youths aged 15–29
Join to pick up simple ways to show up for a friend when they need it. 💬
👉 Find out more & register: https://deetz.events/events/dont-let-it-bubble
@openjio @experiencejio
What do you do when a friend is struggling but you’re not sure what to say or how to help?
Don’t Let It Bubble brings young people together over bubble tea for honest conversations and practical peer-support learning. Through guided conversation cards and facilitated discussions, participants will explore how to listen well, support a friend safely, and recognise when it’s time to connect them with further help.
Designed to be light, welcoming and low-pressure, the session offers a taste of Caring for Life’s Guided Peer-Support Model for Youth, while creating space to connect, reflect and learn together. 🫶
📅 5 September 2026, Saturday
🕑 2pm - 3:30pm
📍 grovve
👥 For youths aged 15–29
Join to pick up simple ways to show up for a friend when they need it. 💬
👉 Find out more & register: https://deetz.events/events/dont-let-it-bubble
@openjio @experiencejio
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✨ Memes for a Post-Growth Career, Round 2
Can making a living align with the values we care about? Or are we sometimes caught between earning a living and questioning the systems we work within?
Back by popular demand, this casual gathering uses memes as conversation starters to unpack the tensions many of us experience around work, capitalism, ethics, meaning and burnout, and imagine what careers could look like beyond growth-at-all-costs. 💭
Swipe through some of the memes that got the biggest laughs from the first session, and hear what participants had to say.
📅 29 August 2026, Saturday
🕒 3–5pm
📍 The Arts and Civil Space (near Bendemeer MRT)
👉 Sign up: http://tiny.cc/PostGrowth_CareerR2
Come for the memes, stay for the conversations about what meaningful work could look like. 🌱
@openjio @experiencejio
Can making a living align with the values we care about? Or are we sometimes caught between earning a living and questioning the systems we work within?
Back by popular demand, this casual gathering uses memes as conversation starters to unpack the tensions many of us experience around work, capitalism, ethics, meaning and burnout, and imagine what careers could look like beyond growth-at-all-costs. 💭
Swipe through some of the memes that got the biggest laughs from the first session, and hear what participants had to say.
📅 29 August 2026, Saturday
🕒 3–5pm
📍 The Arts and Civil Space (near Bendemeer MRT)
👉 Sign up: http://tiny.cc/PostGrowth_CareerR2
Come for the memes, stay for the conversations about what meaningful work could look like. 🌱
@openjio @experiencejio
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🧠 Worry Wiggles: Rethinking Academic Stress
Academic stress can be more than just having a lot on our plates. The thoughts we carry about grades, expectations and our own abilities can also shape how we feel, cope and see ourselves.
Worry Wiggles is an evidence-informed psychoeducational board game designed to help youths recognise and rethink unhelpful thoughts around academic stress. Through play, reflection and conversation, we’ll explore how we can challenge our assumptions, develop more balanced perspectives and build healthier ways of coping.
🌱 Join us to take a pause, reflect and explore what supports our mental well-being together.
👥 Who: Youths aged 12–25 who are currently in formal education
📅 Saturday, 29 August 2026
⏰ 2pm–4pm
📍grovve @ SCAPE
👉🏼 Register by 25 August:
tiny.cc/grovve_worrywiggles
💡 Who’s behind this?
Worry Wiggles is a youth-led initiative by Psychology and Community Development students from Ngee Ann Polytechnic, brought to you by grovve.
@openjio @experiencejio
Academic stress can be more than just having a lot on our plates. The thoughts we carry about grades, expectations and our own abilities can also shape how we feel, cope and see ourselves.
Worry Wiggles is an evidence-informed psychoeducational board game designed to help youths recognise and rethink unhelpful thoughts around academic stress. Through play, reflection and conversation, we’ll explore how we can challenge our assumptions, develop more balanced perspectives and build healthier ways of coping.
🌱 Join us to take a pause, reflect and explore what supports our mental well-being together.
👥 Who: Youths aged 12–25 who are currently in formal education
📅 Saturday, 29 August 2026
⏰ 2pm–4pm
📍grovve @ SCAPE
👉🏼 Register by 25 August:
tiny.cc/grovve_worrywiggles
💡 Who’s behind this?
Worry Wiggles is a youth-led initiative by Psychology and Community Development students from Ngee Ann Polytechnic, brought to you by grovve.
@openjio @experiencejio
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Live Well. Leave Well. Festival 2026
What does it mean to live before living?🧐
This festival is a month-long outreach initiative meant to advance public awareness of palliative care in Singapore with educational talks, webinars and interactive workshops🤩
Join them for a jam-packed month of insightful talks, webinars and creative workshops that cover a comprehensive spectrum of palliative care, resources, and service providers🙌🏻
It’s your one-stop destination for everything you need to know about this crucial aspect of life.
📅 29 Sept 26-1 Nov 26
Find out more and sign up at: https://www.singaporehospice.org.sg/lwlw/#about
@openjio @experiencejio
What does it mean to live before living?🧐
This festival is a month-long outreach initiative meant to advance public awareness of palliative care in Singapore with educational talks, webinars and interactive workshops🤩
Join them for a jam-packed month of insightful talks, webinars and creative workshops that cover a comprehensive spectrum of palliative care, resources, and service providers🙌🏻
It’s your one-stop destination for everything you need to know about this crucial aspect of life.
📅 29 Sept 26-1 Nov 26
Find out more and sign up at: https://www.singaporehospice.org.sg/lwlw/#about
@openjio @experiencejio
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Flourishing 3.0 by SOAR SG
What can we do to thrive, build meaningful connections, and ground ourselves through life's transitions?🤔
Flourishing 3.0 is an evidence-informed mental health workshops rooted in the Recovery College model. Built around co-production, this workshops brings together professional expertise and the valuable insights of lived experience.
Over 6 Saturdays, youths (aged 15-24) and trusted adults (above 25, parents, teachers, coaches, mentors) learn alongside each other as equal partners, creating a safe space for honest conversations, reflection, and practical skill-building💪🏻
Join them to pause, learn, and co-create healthier paths to mental wellness together✨
📅 19 Sept – 28 Nov 2026 (6 fortnightly Saturdays)
🕙 10am–12pm
📍 The Foundry
💵 Standard: $60 | Youths: $30
👉🏼Sign up by 12 Sept: http://tiny.cc/flourishingsoar
@openjio @experiencejio
What can we do to thrive, build meaningful connections, and ground ourselves through life's transitions?🤔
Flourishing 3.0 is an evidence-informed mental health workshops rooted in the Recovery College model. Built around co-production, this workshops brings together professional expertise and the valuable insights of lived experience.
Over 6 Saturdays, youths (aged 15-24) and trusted adults (above 25, parents, teachers, coaches, mentors) learn alongside each other as equal partners, creating a safe space for honest conversations, reflection, and practical skill-building💪🏻
Join them to pause, learn, and co-create healthier paths to mental wellness together✨
📅 19 Sept – 28 Nov 2026 (6 fortnightly Saturdays)
🕙 10am–12pm
📍 The Foundry
💵 Standard: $60 | Youths: $30
👉🏼Sign up by 12 Sept: http://tiny.cc/flourishingsoar
@openjio @experiencejio
Rights Here, Right Now!
Want to learn more about children's rights? 💪🏻This event’s premise believes that every child has rights. The right to be heard and to feel safe enough to speak up🤝
Through games, activities and discussion, the events will explore:
✨ What children and youth need to feel happy, healthy and safe
💬 Why their views matter
📣 How they can have a say in matters that affect them
For Youths (Aged 13-21)
📅 4 September, Friday
🕒 3.00pm – 5.00pm
📍 CONNECT @ City Square Mall (connected to Farrer Park MRT)
💵 FOC
👉 Sign up at: http://tiny.cc/rhrnyouth
For Adults
📅 12 September, Saturday
🕒 10.30am – 12.30pm
📍 CONNECT @ City Square Mall (connected to Farrer Park MRT)
💵 FOC
👉 Sign up at: http://tiny.cc/rhrnadult
@openjio @experiencejio
Want to learn more about children's rights? 💪🏻This event’s premise believes that every child has rights. The right to be heard and to feel safe enough to speak up🤝
Through games, activities and discussion, the events will explore:
✨ What children and youth need to feel happy, healthy and safe
💬 Why their views matter
📣 How they can have a say in matters that affect them
For Youths (Aged 13-21)
📅 4 September, Friday
🕒 3.00pm – 5.00pm
📍 CONNECT @ City Square Mall (connected to Farrer Park MRT)
💵 FOC
👉 Sign up at: http://tiny.cc/rhrnyouth
For Adults
📅 12 September, Saturday
🕒 10.30am – 12.30pm
📍 CONNECT @ City Square Mall (connected to Farrer Park MRT)
💵 FOC
👉 Sign up at: http://tiny.cc/rhrnadult
@openjio @experiencejio
Session with Author Diana Rahim, We Saw Mountains
Through these visionary tales, Diana Rahim, whose stories have been featured in Best New Singaporean Short Stories and The Best of World SF asks, can we do things differently? Can we imagine a different kind of life?👀
We Saw Mountains gathers nine stories of human and non-human daring, where quotidian life is cracked open to possibilities of autonomy and re-imagination🤩A teen’s part-time job tests his integrity, a grieving elephant finds a new home by way of a contested river, and on an island a mountain appears, fully formed.
Diana is a writer and visual artist whose work circles around the themes of gender justice, the experience of the environment and the politics of public space🙌🏻
📅 10 Sept 2026 (Thursday)
🕙8pm
📍 Wardah Books, 58 Bussorah Street, Level 2 (Stairs only)
🎟️ $5
👉Sign-up at: https://wardahbooks.com/products/session-with-author-diana-rahim
@openjio @experiencejio
Through these visionary tales, Diana Rahim, whose stories have been featured in Best New Singaporean Short Stories and The Best of World SF asks, can we do things differently? Can we imagine a different kind of life?👀
We Saw Mountains gathers nine stories of human and non-human daring, where quotidian life is cracked open to possibilities of autonomy and re-imagination🤩A teen’s part-time job tests his integrity, a grieving elephant finds a new home by way of a contested river, and on an island a mountain appears, fully formed.
Diana is a writer and visual artist whose work circles around the themes of gender justice, the experience of the environment and the politics of public space🙌🏻
📅 10 Sept 2026 (Thursday)
🕙8pm
📍 Wardah Books, 58 Bussorah Street, Level 2 (Stairs only)
🎟️ $5
👉Sign-up at: https://wardahbooks.com/products/session-with-author-diana-rahim
@openjio @experiencejio
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Deforestation, urbanisation and urban birds: An ecological approach by Urban Birds Initiative SG (UBISG)
How may an understanding of ecology better inform urban planning and bird management? How can we find new ways to relate to birds?🦆
Since 1819, deforestation for agriculture and urbanisation has caused mass species extinction in Singapore. Urban bird populations have increased, but some species are less tolerated and subjected to culling🦅
Join speaker, Jimmy Tan as he dive deeper into the topic on deforestration and urbanisation. Jimmy is a nature advocate and the Founder of Singapore’s Forests & Farrms Facebook group and @sgforests on Instagram
📅 24 September 2026 (Thursday)
🕙7pm-9pm
📍 The Arts and Civil Space - 2 Kallang Avenue #3-16 CT Hub S(339407)
💵 FOC
👉Sign-up at: http://tiny.cc/urbankinship24sept
This is the second event on the form
@openjio @experiencejio
How may an understanding of ecology better inform urban planning and bird management? How can we find new ways to relate to birds?🦆
Since 1819, deforestation for agriculture and urbanisation has caused mass species extinction in Singapore. Urban bird populations have increased, but some species are less tolerated and subjected to culling🦅
Join speaker, Jimmy Tan as he dive deeper into the topic on deforestration and urbanisation. Jimmy is a nature advocate and the Founder of Singapore’s Forests & Farrms Facebook group and @sgforests on Instagram
📅 24 September 2026 (Thursday)
🕙7pm-9pm
📍 The Arts and Civil Space - 2 Kallang Avenue #3-16 CT Hub S(339407)
💵 FOC
👉Sign-up at: http://tiny.cc/urbankinship24sept
This is the second event on the form
@openjio @experiencejio
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📣 In the Public Eye: Media Narratives of Deaf Identities and Sign Language(s) in Singapore
How have Singapore’s media narratives shaped the way we understand deafness, disability and sign language?
Join deaf researcher Phoebe Tay as she traces representations of deaf identities and sign languages in Singaporean media from 1945 to 2025. Drawing on decades of newspaper archives, the talk explores how recurring narratives such as disability stereotypes, “inspiration porn”, benevolence and tokenism influence public attitudes towards deaf people and sign language.
The session offers a deeper look at how media shapes our understanding of disability, inclusion and language rights.
📅 Saturday, 12 September 2026
🕚 11am–12pm
📍 National Library Building, Programme Room, Level 7
♿ Singapore Sign Language (SgSL) interpretation available
👉🏼 Register: http://tiny.cc/InThePublicEye
A thoughtful opportunity to question the stories we’ve been told, and consider whose voices get to shape them.
@openjio @experiencejio
How have Singapore’s media narratives shaped the way we understand deafness, disability and sign language?
Join deaf researcher Phoebe Tay as she traces representations of deaf identities and sign languages in Singaporean media from 1945 to 2025. Drawing on decades of newspaper archives, the talk explores how recurring narratives such as disability stereotypes, “inspiration porn”, benevolence and tokenism influence public attitudes towards deaf people and sign language.
The session offers a deeper look at how media shapes our understanding of disability, inclusion and language rights.
📅 Saturday, 12 September 2026
🕚 11am–12pm
📍 National Library Building, Programme Room, Level 7
♿ Singapore Sign Language (SgSL) interpretation available
👉🏼 Register: http://tiny.cc/InThePublicEye
A thoughtful opportunity to question the stories we’ve been told, and consider whose voices get to shape them.
@openjio @experiencejio