Programs

YES! Mini-Jam – Denver/Boulder, CO

Date: Friday, December 2, 2012

Location: Wesley Foundation and Chapel, 1290 Folsom St.
Boulder, CO 80302

Co-hosted by: PeaceJam Foundation and Patchwork School

Save The Date: Sunday, December 11, 4 pm to 6 pm

Join us at “Connect – Inspire - Collaborate!” a house party to share in the work of YES!, on Sunday evening, December 11, 2011, from 4 pm to 6 pm, hosted at the home of Lynne Twist. To get into the spirit, we like to think of it as 'Occupy Inspiration!'

We invite you to come and hear more about our successes, learning journey and growing edges: a Global Youth Leadership Collaborative which is supporting Jam alumni and facilitating transformative spaces around the globe; nearly two dozen new regional, local and thematic Jams being planned for 2012; and innovative media/documentation to further expand our commitment to internal, interpersonal and systemic change.

by Ocean Robbins, Founder / Co-Director

From March 20-24, twenty-one diverse social leaders converged for the second annual Tipping Point Network Intergenerational Mini-Jam in Nevada City, CA.  Participants ranged from ages 21-72, and were inter-faith, cross-class, inter-partisan, multi-ethnic, and of varied gender expressions.  Born out of the Tipping Point Network (TPN), which was founded in 2006 and is now a community of 60+ servant-leaders working in diverse sectors to help “tip” the balance towards a sustainable future, this mini-Jam combined the insights and distinctions that have emerged from our years of TPN gatherings and conversations, with the YES! Jam methodology and skill set.  The response was fantastic.

by Shilpa Jain, GYLC Coordinator

The Global Youth Leadership Collaborative is hard at work finishing two publications. "No Way Out, Many Ways Forward" is a collection of 20 World Jam alumni stories; it is currently being printed. We hope to have copies for our wider community soon!  Our second publication, "Connect. Inspire. Collaborate" contains 130 activities for facilitating conversation and connection among young change-makers. It is in the final stages of design and editing; we hope to print it later this month.   We are also excited about upcoming projects: a series of children's books from Bolivia, Mali and Egypt; a publication about African diasporic collaborations; several short videos of a diverse array of youth activists; and a series of interviews/graphic recordings of youth-led alternatives from around the world.  We are looking forward to reconnecting in our annual meeting in November 2010, in Cairo, Egypt (hosted by GYLC member Motaz Atalla).

Here is a flyer, and below are description for the workshops for the Tipping Point Network Community Day on Sunday 3/21 afternoon in Nevada City, CA. Please forward it on to anyone in the area. Look forward to seeing you soon!

Transpartisan Grassroots Organizing
With Joseph McCormick and Amanda (Hydro) Roman, leadership team, Transpartisan Alliance

Sharing Our Gifts and Privileges for a Better World Daylong Workshop

Sunday, May 2, 2010, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Kalliopeia Foundation (San Rafael, CA - click here for driving directions)
Coordinated by YES! and Co-hosted by World Cafe Community

Register for this workshop

In a world beset by lack -- of time, of money, of love -- what if we have enough, right now, to make a difference with our lives?  How can we use whatever gifts or privileges we've got, to make a difference for what we love?

Twenty-seven young leaders gathered from Afghanistan, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Egypt, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Pakistan, Palestine, Tunisia, and the USA for a transformational week in Jordan's exquisitely beautiful southern desert. Jam participants built friendships and laid groundwork for vibrant partnerships, and gained support to empower their work for sustainability, peace, localization, community resilience, justice, human rights, interfaith dialogue, social entrepreneurship, youth development and conflict transformation. The Jam was held outdoors in the Wadi Rum desert -- a place of deep peace and deafening silence. Sessions were held under Bedoin tents, sitting on luscious soft flat, right up against towering pink cliffs that provided shade from the intense sun. 

YES!'s 8th Annual "Leveraging Privilege for Social Change Jam" will be held from July 26-August 2, 2010, in Ben Lomond, CA (the Santa Cruz mountains).  Join us for an incredible week of personal reflection, story- and skills-sharing, community-building, and transformational learning and healing.  The application is available on-line.  If you are a constituent, we hope you will send in your application, and please do feel free to contact us with any questions!

- Shilpa Jain, LPSC Jam Steering Committee Member and Facilitator
 

The Global Youth Leadership Collaborative just completed its third year of work. We are in the final stages of printing two publications, “No Way Out – Many Ways Forward” (a collection of 20 World Jammer personal stories and provocative reflections) and “Connect, Inspire, Collaborate – A YES! Activities Facilitation Manual” (featuring over 130 activities/exercises to be used in Jam-like gatherings).

The Global Collaborative had a wonderful meeting in Santa Cruz in July 2009 and are currently planning our next meeting (likely, Cairo in November).  We also just finished documenting how our flow funds of 2009 were spent and are ready to start fundraising for our flow fund this year.  If you or someone you know would like to help support the Global Collaborative distribute money to programs, activists, organizations, and movements, all around the world, please contact us.

- By Shilpa Jain, GYLC Member and Coordinator