Teh Tarik with Dad by BapaHebat SG

BapaHebat SG is organising the Teh Tarik with Dads Talk Series to show how love, faith, and hope can empower fathers and families to face challenging times💪🏻

Participants will hear from two fathers as they share their heartfelt stories of love, faith and resilience🥰

🔴 29 Nov 25, Saturday
🔵 2:30pm - 5pm
🗺️ The Anvil Room, The Foundry, 11 Prinsep Link, S(187949)
💵FOC

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IDEVAW 2025 - Strength in Solidarity

Nearly 1 in 3 or 30% of women has been subjected to some form of gender-based violence, accordingly to an analysis across 161 countries and areas.

IDEVAW is the United Nations’ day to encourage action to eliminate violence against women and girls. The fight to end violence against women is local and it needs to start within our communities, our courts, and our homes🏡

Organised by AWARE, Strength in Solidarity is a conference to transform this global mandate into local action. It is a platform to influence policymakers, showcase fresh research and innovations in hopes of fostering the collaborations needed for true systemic change🤝

This is more than a conference; it's a catalyst💪🏻

🔴 24 Nov 25, Monday
🔵 9:00am - 5:30pm
🗺️ Chui Huay Lim Club #04-01, 190 Keng Lee Road, S(308409)
💵$150
Discount Available‼️Use discount code OPENJIO55 to get tickets at $55)

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🎂Celebrate with them at Kampung HYC Playground🎂

To commemorate their 6th anniversary, Tzu Chi Humanistic Youth Centre is transforming their grounds into a community where participants can freely explore, create and rediscover the freedom of play!

There is no pressure or expectation. All participants can bring their creativity to this welcoming space where everyone belongs ✨

What’s happening?
🍰 A curated cake picnic from local bakers (limited slots at $15/pax)
🎸Live acoustic performance by Yishun Pond Park
🎲Lots of games—from nostalgic ones to social impact driven cards
🎁Mystery surprises awaiting!

🔴 29 Nov 25 , Saturday
🔵 12pm- 2pm
🗺️ Tzu Chi Humanistic Youth Centre
💵 FOC

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Caregivers-to-Caregivers Education Programme (Mental Health) (C2C-MH)

Do you have a family member experiencing mental health challenges or dementia, but unsure or feeling unprepared on how to best care for them? 🥹

Mindfull Community will be conducting its signature Caregivers-to-Caregivers Education Programme (Mental Health), designed for Malay-speaking caregivers of loved ones with mental health challenges and/or dementia. Organised in collaboration with Perdaus, this programme is fully subsidised and conducted in Malay for caregivers in need🤝

🔴 Multiple Sessions
🔵 10am - 12.30pm
🗺️ Imad Perdaus, 125 Bedok North Rd, #01-115, SG(460125)
💵FOC

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AWDA Return and Hope

The International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People commemorates the ongoing struggle for Palestinian rights and the universal human longing for home, belonging and justice💪🏻

Hosted by Echoes of Gaza in collaboration with Lepak Conversations and the Asia Pacific Women’s Coalition for Al-Quds and Palestine, AWDA invites participants to explore the Right of Return through stories, law, and lived experience.

Participants can expect to:
🌿Hear personal stories of displacement, resilience, and connection
🏡Explore heritage, land, and living memory as evidence of continuity
🌏Learn how local and regional solidarity can become meaningful action

🔴 29 Nov 25, Saturday
🔵 8pm-10pm
🗺️ Google Meet
💵FOC

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The Storyteller Series: Up Close with Prof. (Dr) Roy Chan

In commemoration of World AIDS day, Proud Spaces has invited Prof. (Dr) Roy Chan, founding President of Action for Aids (Singapore) for their next Storyteller Series with Singapore Queer Memory Project.

This session will take participants back to the early years of HIV/AIDS awareness: the efforts to organise, the pushback and stigma, and the crucial care work led by the LGBT communities in supporting their peers💕

Let’s come together and work towards a more inclusive future, where HIV/AIDS patients are able to talk freely about their condition and experiences✨

🔴 4 Dec 25, Thursday
🔵 7pm-9pm
🗺️ Proud Spaces SG, 243 Alexandra Road #05-03
💵FOC

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A Call to Persons with Lived Experience

How can life writing build solidarity among persons with lived experiences of mental health issues in Singapore?🧐

Drawing from reconstructed fragments of an unnamed asylum inmate in colonial Singapore, Chan Li Shan argues that speaking, sharing, and listening to lived experience stories are not merely personal acts, but acts of citizenship💪🏻

She argues that life writing can challenge dominant biomedical frameworks, legitimise lived experience as knowledge, and re-politicise Singapore’s mental health landscape✨

🔴 7 Dec 25, Sunday
🔵 4pm
🗺️ Zoom
💵 FOC

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🔥 A Fireside Chat: Reflections on Refugee Experiences & Resilience

How do stories from the refugee space deepen our empathy and expand our sense of what resilience looks like? 🤍

Hear from speakers with years of experience in frontline work, community building, and lived experiences various countries:

🔸 Dr Hakim Young: medical doctor & humanitarian worker with 18 years at the Pakistan–Afghanistan border 🔸 Debbie Fordyce: veteran of the US Refugee Resettlement Program across Singapore, Indonesia & Thailand 🔸 Yuan Siang: co-founder of Monolith, working to expand refugee access to education

Moderated by: 🔹 Madhu: social service practitioner & AFR-SG volunteer with experience supporting Afghan & Syrian families in the UK

📅 Sat, 6 Dec 2025 ⏰ 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM 📍 Kaleo Event & Meeting Space 💰 Free-of-charge (limited slots!)
🔗 Register now: https://bit.ly/AFRSGfiresidechat

Listening to refugee journeys isn’t just an act of compassion; it’s a way of practising shared humanity

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🌈 Heya! December Kampung Kiki is here! Come cosy up with your kakis this December for a chill, affirming afternoon together. 💖

If you're an LGBTQ+ youth (16–29) in Singapore, Kampung Kiki is your safe, in-person hangout to meet new friends, reconnect with community, and just be yourself. ✨

📅 Sat, 13 December (2nd Saturday of the month) ⏰ 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM 📍 Oogachaga, 57B Pagoda Street (Chinatown MRT — Exit A)

Slots are limited and based on first-come-first-served, so don’t wait!
🔗 Sign up: bit.ly/OCKampungKiki

Hang, laugh, and recharge in a safe space ❤️‍🔥🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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🌱 Soil, art, food, and community — all in one living, breathing festival!
Join Living Soil Asia at the Living Earth Festival (LEF) for three days of grounding conversations, hands-on explorations, and gentle reminders of our deep kinship with the natural world.

From the soil beneath our feet to the stories that nourish us, LEF invites you to reconnect, reflect, and re-root yourself.

📅 5–7 Dec 2025
📍 72-13, Home of T:>Works
Soak in LEF’s mycelial magic and 🎟️ Get your tickets now: http://tiny.cc/livingearthfestival

This event is organised by Living Soil Asia as part of the Living Soil Series, produced under their fellowship at T:>Works’ CoThink Lab.

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🎉 Enabling Lives Festival @ Punggol Library
Celebrate inclusion, creativity, and togetherness this December! 💛
From tote-bag making to inclusive storytelling and inspiring sharings, there’s something for everyone: kids, families, and friends alike.

Have a joyful weekend of learning, connection, and community.

📅 Sat & Sun, 6–7 Dec 2025 ⏰ 10:30 AM – 3:30 PM 📍 Punggol Library 💰 Free admission - all are welcome!

🔗 Sign up for programmes here: http://tiny.cc/enablinglivesfestival

Spend a meaningful weekend with disabled artists, learn basic sign language and celebrate inclusivity!

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Play It Up! Carnival

Join them for an exciting afternoon of games, creativity and performances at Play It Up! Carnival, presented by Brahm Centre with grovve, SHINE, Limitless and TOUCH😊

Enjoy VR games, carnival booths, art & craft corners, a New Year magic walk-through, snacks, live performances and a stamp rally with prizes✨

The carnival also highlights mental health support available at grovve, the Youth Integrated Wellness Centre at SCAPE🙂

🔴31 Jan 26, Saturday
🔵2pm-5pm
🗺️grovve SCAPE, 2 Orchard Link #04-06, S (237978)
💵FOC

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Modern Man's Book Club: The Feminist

In this session of the book club, you will be discussing this book features viral short story by Tony Tulathimutte in his short story collection, Rejection. The story depicts the radicalisation of its titular character, an ostensible feminist, in the face of romantic rejection🙌🏻

Tulathimutte's short story is an excellent read that asks uncomfortable questions and refuses to give comforting answers🤔

All are welcome to join this engaging discussion about masculinity and feminism, the manosphere, relationships, and more🤝

🔴 14 Dec 25, Sunday
🔵 1pm-3pm
🗺️ Casual Poet Library, 123 Bukit Merah Lane 1, #01-110, S(150123)
💵FOC

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AI Awda Movie Screening

Al Awda is a feature documentary that offers a rare behind-the-scenes look at the 2018 Freedom Flotilla mission to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza blockade🪧Among the activists on the boat was filmmaker Jason Soo and Singaporean exile Dr Ang Swee Chai💪🏻

🔴 13 Dec 25, Saturday
🔵 8pm
🗺️ Carnival Cinemas, Golden Mile Tower, Level 3
💵$17

Purchase your tickets at: https://carnivalcinemas.sg/#/

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The Cost of Growth virtual discussion by the International Degrowth Network (IDN)'s Asia Circle

What is the actual price paid by humanity and the planet for endless economic growth?💰📈

This film connects local struggles in Europe against extractivism with broader debates on justice, democracy, and building alternatives to an economy not driven by profit, but by well-being💪

🎥 Stream the film on Kinema anytime before 18 Dec, 7pm, for USD 1 at: https://kinema.com/events/The-Cost-of-Growth-p-h234

🔴18 Dec 25, Thursday
🔵 7pm-8.30pm
🗺️ Onine
💵FOC

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Aphasia: Reframed

Join them for a heartfelt event that sheds light on the real stories behind living with Aphasia🫶 Through an afternoon of learning, reflection, and connection, explore the lived experiences of Persons with Aphasia through film, dialogue, and interactive activities✨

🎞 Film Premiere – “Can You Hear Me?” takes a tender and honest look at what it means to live with aphasia — from the inside out.

📚 Mixed Media Human Library features stories and raw truths from people who live through the experiences

💬Dialogue with caregivers and their cast, the people who walk this journey with courage every day.

🔴13 Dec 25, Saturday
🔵3.30pm-5.30pm
🗺️SMU CIS B1 Event Space
💵FOC

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Wild Conversations: Final Session of 2025 Wrap up the year together with an evening of grounding stories, community, and hope. ✨

Regenerating soils, foods, and lives begins with a simple act: reconnecting with the land. Through their living campus, Ground-Up Initiative (GUI) nurtures this reconnection through reviving soils, cultivating mindful relationships with food, and inspiring everyday regenerative practices.

For this closing session, Kampung Architect Bingyu will share how GUI’s kampung spirit and land-based initiatives spark responsibility, belonging, and a deeper hope for a sustainable future. 🌱

📅 Tue, 16 Dec 2025 ⏰ 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM 📍 Stranger Conversations 🏡 195 Pearl's Hill Terrace, #02-38D 💰 Min. $5 donation to GUI
🔗 Register: Wildspace.sg/joinconvos

End the year in conversation and in connection with the land. 🌾

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🌿 A Soft Reset: Year-End Community Hang 🌿

End the year with a soft reset — no big resolutions, no pressure to reinvent yourself. Just a cosy community space to pause, reflect on what shaped your year, and build one small, kind system for January.

Join Ning Collective to explore:
✨ why resolutions can feel overwhelming
✨ what consistency looks like when it honours real energy
✨ how to notice patterns without judgement
✨ how to turn intention into tiny, doable experiments

Come as you are and leave with a calmer, more grounded plan for your next season. 🤍

📅 20 Dec
⏰ 1:00 – 2:30 PM
📍27 Ann Siang
🔗 http://tiny.cc/thegreatunwind

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💸 From Self-Worth to Net Worth: What’s Really Worth It?

As 2026 begins, let’s pause for an honest conversation about money, meaning, and happiness. Join @thewokesalaryman and Happiness Initiative to explore how money shapes our choices, our sense of self-worth, and what we truly value in life.

Expect a thoughtful and engaging afternoon with:
🎨 a comic reading
🃏 What Truly Matters (money edition) conversational game
🔥 a fireside chat with the founders

Come curious, come reflective as we consider what net worth means to us 💛

📅 Sat, 10 Jan 2026
⏰ 2:00 – 4:00 PM
📍 SCAPE, Trampoline at Access (Level 5)
💰 Free (RSVP required)
👥 Limited slots available: http://tiny.cc/Canmoneybuyhappiness

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🚨 Have you seen this Straits Times article on young homelessness?

It’s sparked a lot of conversation, and we’re really curious what you think.

Haven’t read it yet? Take a quick look here: http://tiny.cc/STyounghomeslessness, then come back and share your take with us!

Jump into the poll below and let us know your thoughts! 👇🏼